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"Love Don't Cost a Thing"
Song

"Love Don't Cost a Thing" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez from her second studio album, J.Lo (2001). Released as the album's lead single from December 2000 to January 2001, it was a commercial success, topping eigh different charts, and reached three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It was also her first number-one in the United Kingdom.

Its Spanish-language version, "Amor Se Paga con Amor" ("Love Is Paid with Love"), included on the Latin American and Spanish edition of J.Lo, was restricted to the U.S. Latin music charts. Lyrically, the song talks about love not being able to be bought through material goods, and is considered to be inspired by her former boyfriend Sean Combs.

Background

In August 2000, following the commercial success of her debut album, On The 6 Lopez announced that she had begun working on her sophomore album.[1] "Love Don't Cost a Thing" was announced as the album's lead single, and Lopez performed the song for the first time at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2000 on November 16, 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden.[2] Lopez performed the song at her 2001 concert Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud.[3] It was officially released to radios on December 1, 2000, allowing it to debut on the Billboard Hot 100 eight days later; the CD version was released on January 9 the following year in the UK, and January 27 in the United States.

Composition

"Love Don't Cost a Thing"
a 23-second sample of "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
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The song was written by Damon Sharpe, Greg Lawson, Georgette Franklin, Jeremy Monroe and Amille Harris; Ric Wake served as Producer. In "Love Don't Cost a Thing", Lopez sings about the "inner workings of love."[4] Lyrically, the song is about a female lover "over" her love buying her heart through material goods, and she is frustrated to the extent of saying "even if you were broke, my love don't cost a thing." The inspiration has been believed to have come from her relationship with rapper Sean Combs, who had allegedly showered her with diamonds and Jewelry.[5]

James Dinh from MTV wrote "In addition to birthing the public persona known as "J.Lo," this track is also the tale of a materialistic relationship (full of credit cards and lavish gifts) on the lead single to her sophomore effort. Think you gonna keep me iced, you don't/ Think I'm gonna spend your cash, I won't/ Even if you were broke/ My love don't cost a thing Lopez sings during the chorus. Rumor has it that the tune was about her high-profile relationship with Diddy."[6]

Critical reception

Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine wrote "'Love Don't Cost a Thing,' is a cheap carbon copy of Rodney Jerkins' style of frothy R&B."[7] A reviewer from the Toronto Star wrote "Fortunately, [Jennifer Lopez] doesn't take herself too seriously as a singer and largely sticks with her strengths on the Latin-tinged, dance- friendly effort. She's best on fun, r 'n' b-ish, uptempo tracks such as the first single, "Love Don't Cost A Thing," and "Play" where the catchy hooks and thumping bass do most of the work."[8]

Chart performance

The song was a commercial success, and it one of Lopez's most successful songs to date. In the United States, "Love Don't Cost a Thing" debuted at 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, winning the "Hot Shot Debut" of the week, the week ending December 9, 2000.[9] Within three weeks, the single had reached the top twenty, and most notably rose from 10-4 on the Hot 100 the week of January 27, 2001, as the airplay of the single maximized, reaching 3 on the Airplay Chart.[10] Despite becoming the first of four number one Hot 100 Airplay hits for Lopez, "Love Don't Cost a Thing" peaked at number three for two consecutive weeks, unable to break the stride of stronger singles from Shaggy and Joe.[11]

In Asia, the song topped the MTV Asia Hitlist for seven weeks, the longest stay at number one for a Lopez single. Since its debut, airplay increased rapidly, but fellow Latin artists Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera's duet "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" prevented the song for staying at the top spot for three weeks, by gaining more airplay. Thus, Lopez's single peaked at number two for three weeks, before descending the top twenty. In the United Kingdom, the song became (as of May 2011) the first of three UK number ones for Lopez, topping the charts for a week in January 2001.

The song also reached number one in Canada, Netherlands, Finland, Italy and New Zealand, and reached four in Australia.

Music video

File:Lovedontcostathing capture.jpg
In the music video for "Love Don't Cost a Thing", Lopez—showered in jewelry—is fed up with being stood up and left with a bracelets

The music video was directed by Dave Meyers[12] The video stars with Lopez talking to her boyfriend on her cell phone. He tells her that he wouldn't be able to make it for their date, standing her up. He asks her if she received the bracelet that he bought for her, and she says she received it and it was beautiful, but she would rather him there with her instead, and hangs up the phone.

The camera switches to a view of Lopez coming out of her villa, stepping into her convertible and storming off into the highway. The music then begins. She drives to a road near the beach, where she gets off and begins to walk to the beach and starts to strip; first she takes off her sunglasses, then her coat, and then her necklace. Then she removes a postcard from her pocket, that reads: "Wish you were here"; Lopez is shown on it with a couple of dancers on a beach (one of the dancers is her ex-husband, Cris Judd)[13]

The camera then zooms in on the postcard, Lopez and the dancers performs a routine to the song's RJ Schoolyard Remix. Afterwards, the camera zooms out to its previous position before they started the routine. After which, the audio switches back to the original version and Lopez, after tearing the postcard up, throws it away. Then Lopez runs to the beach, stripping to her underwear, and at the end of the video takes her top off and covers her breasts with her hands. Throughout the video there are intercut scenes of Lopez in her golden underwear lying on the sand and on the water, and dancing near trees.

The video received two nominations at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards: Best Female Video and Best Dance Video. The song was also featured in Lopez's 2001 movie The Wedding Planner.

Track listings

U.S. CD single
  1. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (HQ2 Club Vocal Mix)
  2. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Main Rap #1 featuring P. Diddy)
  3. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (RJ Schoolyard Mix featuring Fat Joe)
  4. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Full Intention Club Mix)
  5. "Let's Get Loud" (Kung Pow Club Mix)
2-track CD single[14]
  1. "Amor Se Paga Con Amor (Love Don't Cost a Thing)"
  2. "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
UK enhanced CD single
  1. "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
  2. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Full Intention Club Mix)
  3. On the 6 Megamix ("If You Had My Love"/"Waiting for Tonight"/"Let's Get Loud")
  4. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Video)
Australian CD single
  1. "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
  2. On the 6 Megamix ("If You Had My Love"/"Waiting for Tonight"/"Let's Get Loud")
  3. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (RJ Schoolyard Mix featuring Fat Joe)
Thailand CD single
  1. "Love Don't Cost a Thing"
  2. "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (Schoolyard Mix)
  3. On the 6 Megamix ("If You Had My Love"/"Waiting for Tonight"/"Let's Get Loud")

Charts

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Italian Singles Chart number-one single
January 12, 2001 		Succeeded by
"Io sono Francesco" by Tricarico
Preceded by Finnish Singles Chart number-one single
January 13, 2001 		Succeeded by
"Stan" by Eminem featuring Dido
Dutch Top 40 number-one single
January 20, 2001 – January 27, 2001 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number-one single
January 20, 2001 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New Zealand Singles Chart number-one single
March 4, 2001 – March 11, 2001 		Succeeded by

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  4. ^ Vena, Jocelyn (2011-07-19). "Jennifer Lopez Questioned Love On Album Before Split - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
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  7. ^ Cinquemani, Sal (February 11, 2011). "Jennifer Lopez: J.Lo| Music Reviews". Slant Magazine. Retrieved June 06, 2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Text "Slant Magazine" ignored (help)
  8. ^ "Lightweight Lopez CD will satisfy only fans Pop Reviews". Toronto Star. 20-1-2001. p. 16. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  9. ^ Billboard Magazine: December 9, 2000 (Billboard Magazine)
  10. ^ Billboard Magazine: January 27, 2001 (Billboard Magazine)
  11. ^ Billboard Magazine: February 4, 2001 (Billboard)
  12. ^ The Reel Me (Media notes). New York City, NY: Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. 2003. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Unknown parameter |artist= ignored (|others= suggested) (help)
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