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"If You Had My Love"
Song
B-side"No Me Ames"

"If You Had My Love" is the debut single by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez, from her debut studio album On The 6 (1999). The mid-tempo pop song[2] song was written by Rodney Jerkins.

Controversy followed the song's composition, as Rodney Jerkins had previously written a similar song for Chanté Moore. The song is well known for its voyeuristic music video and is one of her signature hits along with "Waiting For Tonight".[3]

Background

Lopez was born in the Castle Hill neighborhood of The Bronx, New York to Puerto Rican parents Guadalupe Rodriguez and David Lopez.[4] By the age of five, Lopez began taking singing and dancing lessons.[5] Her parents stressed the importance of work ethic and being able to speak English. They encouraged their three daughters to put on performances at home, singing and dancing in front of each other and their friends so that they would stay "out of trouble".[5] While attending her final year of high school, Lopez learned about a film casting that was seeking several teenage girls for small roles. She auditioned and was cast in My Little Girl (1986), an low-budget film co-written and directed by Connie Kaiserman.[6] After she finished filming her role in the film, Lopez knew that she wanted to become a "famous movie star". She told her parents her dream of becoming a movie star, but they ensisted that it was a "really stupid" idea and that "no Latinos did that". The differences in opinions led Lopez to move out of their family home and into an apartment in Manhattan. During this period, Lopez performed in regional productions of several musicals, before being hired for the chorus in a Golden Musicals of Broadway, which toured Europe for five months. She was unhappy with the role, as she was the only member of the chorus not to have a solo.[7] She later got a job on the show Synchronicity in Japan, where she acted as a dancer, singer and a choreographer.[7] After working as a backup dancer for the New Kids on the Block,[8] Lopez gained her first regular high-profile job as a Fly Girl dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. She moved to Los Angeles with then-boyfriend David Cruz to film the series and remained a regular cast member until 1993 when she decided to pursue an acting career. After her departure from the show, Lopez became a backup dancer for Janet Jackson; also making an appearance in her 1993 video "That's the Way Love Goes".[9][10][11]

Lopez received her big break came in 1996, when she was cast to play the title role in Selena, a biopic of the late American singer-songwriter Selena.[12] During pre-production, Mexican-American activists were highly critical that Lopez was selected to play Selena, preferring an actress with Mexican roots. However, after seeing Lopez's portrayal of Selena, they revised their opinions and were more accepting of the director, Gregory Nava's decision.[13] Lopez earned widespread praise from critics for her portrayal of Selena.[14] In the film, Selena's real voice is used for the musical sequences in Selena, but nonetheless, Lopez would sing the lyrics during the scenes.[15] When asked by an interview if Selena inspired her to launch a music career, Lopez stated: "I really, really became inspired, because I started my career in musical theater on stage. So doing the movie just reminded me of how much I missed singing, dancing, and the like..." After filming Selena, Lopez was "really feeling [her] Latin roots" and cut a demo in Spanish. [16] The song, entitled "Vivir Sin Ti", was written by one of Selena's back-up dancers. She took the song to Sergio George and asked him to produce the song as a demo. Lopez's manager then sent the song to Sony Music Entertainment's Work Records, who showed an interest in signing Lopez. Tommy Mottola, the head of the label told her "We ought to do an English record".[17] Around this time, Latin music artists were beginning to receive mainstream recognition. In an interview in December 1999, Lopez recalled the events: "I had gotten a record deal based on a demo I had recorded in Spanish. When I told the record company that I wanted to do an album that was a combination of Latin music, R&B and pop, they were like 'What?' This was two years ago, before all the recognition of Latin music artists became mainstream."[18] Lopez was aware of the fact that she received her recording contract on the premise of her looks and having an already established name in the entertainment industry. She wanted to prove that she had musical talent.[19]

Recording and production

The song is a remake (with the chorus being almost identical) to the song Rodney Jerkins had written for Chanté Moore entitled "If I Gave Love" from her CD, This Moment Is Mine which was released on March 25, 1999, three months ahead of Lopez's album.[20] Almost ten years later, Moore stated—

"JLo and i came out around the same time, when her first album came out [...] Rodney Jerkins actually came out and wrote this wonderful song for me called "If I Gave Love", and you know that Jennifer Lopez's song was "If You Had My Love" [...] he wrote the same song, for her. I heard that it was because Puff Daddy walked in and said "I want that song," and he [Rodney] was like "Yeah, that's already taken [...] we wrote that for Chante," and he [Combs] was like "Mm, i want that song." So Rodney wrote, really, the same song. Honestly if you hear my song it's the same song [...] i can't even remember cause' it's so close i can't even sing it right now [...] I wanted to sack Rodney Jerkins in the head!"[20]

Music and lyrics

"If You Had My Love" is an a song with a length of four minutes and twenty-five seconds (4:25).[21] The song was written by Rodney Jerkins, La Shawn Daniels and Cory Rooney; Rodney Jerkins also served as producer.[22] Larry Gold and Jennifer Karr served as backing vocalists to Lopez.[22] According to the digital music sheet published at musicnotes.com, the song is written in the key of B♭ minor. The instrumentation of "If You Had My Love" consists of a piano and guitar. Lopez's vocals in the song span from the lower note of A♯3 to the higher note of E♯5.[23]

Lyrically, the song is about Lopez confronting her admirer with a number of ground rules before they begin their relationship. The song's opening lines consist of Lopez saying "Now if I gave you me, this is how it's got to be/ First of all I won't take you cheatin' on me/ Tell me who can I trust if I can't trust in you/ And I refuse to let you play me for a fool."[24] Allmusic lyrically described it as "insistent", calling the sound fiery and soulful.[21]

Release

"If You Had My Love" was serviced to radio in the United States on May 4, 1999.[25]

Response

Critical reception

Commercial performance

"If You Had My Love" debuted at sixty-four on the Billboard Hot 100 the week ending May 15, 1999. It jumped to eight two weeks later, and eventually reached the top spot on the chart by June 12, 1999.[26][27][28] Dethroning Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" as the number-one song in the country; this was the first time a Latin artist followed another Latin artist to the top of the chart since Gloria Estefan's "Coming Out Of The Dark" replaced Timmy T's "One More Try" as the chart's number one song in March 1991. Lopez also became the first artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 with their debut single since Britney Spears did so with her single, "...Baby One More Time just four months prior.[26] "If You Had My Love" was also Rodney Jerkins' third song to top the chart.[26] The song bowed at two on the US Pop Songs chart, and in addition reached number one in Australia, Canada, Finland, Netherlands and New Zealand.[27]

It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and the Australian Recording Industry Association.[29][30]

Legacy

Looking back on the record's success, during an interview in 2011, Lopez stated: "Still I think about that and still it's like wow, my first record I ever did went to number one. It's just an overwhelming feeling. This does not happen all the time. This is a very special thing."[31] Lopez was one of few artists who have converted successfully from an acting career into a recording career, and the first since Vanessa Williams (1992) and Martika (1989).[26]

Music video

In the video for "If You Had My Love", Lopez sings and dances while asking questions about love to a camera, while various people watch from screens elsewhere

The music video was directed by Paul Hunter in April 1999.[32][33] It begins with a man (Adam Rodriguez) logging onto his personal computer—while prompted by a search bar—and enters the name "Jennifer Lopez", and is redirected to a website Jennifer Lopez Online. He clicks onto the link and is transported through the internet (which is displayed by special effects emulating binary numbers). After arriving, a figure in white walks across a room filled with cameras recording action: it turns out to be Lopez in a hallway. From the privacy of his computer, the man then redirects to a new page where Lopez is now seen in the living room and crawling over a table, and she is visibly aware of the cameras and viewers, waving at it at a point.[33]

The man is not alone in his voyeuristic actions as patrons of an Internet café and a little girl logging in from her own computer, watches Lopez, streaming live, on "Internet TV". The man then clicks on a room showing Lopez in the bathroom, singing whilst checking her reflection in the mirror. Worldwide, Lopez's feed is being streamed live to a nightclub and to other users with laptops. The man then clicks on the dance option and is once again entered through the special effect binary. Lopez then proceeds to perform a series of dances (including jazz, house, and Latin soul) as the song moves into a remixed (Pablo Flores Remix) portion. The man then zooms in on Lopez's skirt, as she dances to Latin music.[33]

He then raises the sexual intonation again by requesting a scene in which Lopez is taking a shower (although she is never seen nude). Garage workers who had been watching this soon turn their heads to Lopez and pay no attention to their burning car as they glue their eyes to the screen. A new user is introduced, and it is implied that he throws his computer underwater to "turn down the heat" (so to speak). He then continues to watch her there.[33]

Formats and track listings

US CD single[34]
No.TitleLength
1."If You Had My Love"4:28
2."No Me Ames" (Tropical Remix)5:05
Total length:9:28
EU maxi single[35]
No.TitleLength
1."If You Had My Love" (Radio Edit)3:47
2."If You Had My Love" (Pablo Flores Remix Edit)3:54
3."If You Had My Love" (Dark Child Remix Radio Edit)3:56
4."If You Had My Love" (Dark Child Remix Extended)6:01
Total length:17:38
US maxi single[36]
No.TitleLength
1."If You Had My Love" (Radio Edit)3:47
2."If You Had My Love" (Pablo Flores Remix Edit)3:54
3."If You Had My Love" (Dark Child Remix Radio Edit)4:00
4."If You Had My Love" (Pablo Flores Remix)9:12
5."If You Had My Love" (Dark Child Remix Extended)6:18
6."No Me Ames" (Tropical Remix)5:03

Charts

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