“Whenever, Wherever” is a Latin pop song written by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and Tim Mitchell for Shakira’s first English language album, Laundry Service. The track was produced by Shakira, and recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami as well as Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and was engineered by Terry Manning. “Suerte”, meaning “luck”, is a version of “Whenever, Wherever” recorded in Spanish. It is about how fortunate she is to have found a person like the man with whom she is in a relationship.