Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)

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"Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)"

Single by Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule & Caddillac Tah
from the album J to tha L-O!: The Remixes & Exodus
Released	2002
Format	CD single 12" maxi single
Genre	R&B, Hip-Hop
Length	3:49 [Murder Remix Radio Edit]
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Caddillac Tah, Ashanti Douglas, Irv Gotti, Cory Rooney, 7 Aurelius, Easy Mo Bee, Craig Mack
Producer(s)	Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius, Cory Rooney, Dan Shea
Chart positions
#1 (United States) #4 (UK) #12 (Canada)
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"I'm Real" (2001)	"Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (2002)	"I'm Gonna Be Alright" (2002)
Ja Rule singles chronology
"Always on Time" (2002)	"Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (2002)	"Down Ass Chick" (2002)
Caddillac Tah singles chronology
"Just Like a Thug" (2001)	"Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" (2002)	"It's Caddillac" (2002)

"Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" is an R&B-Hip-Hop song written by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Caddillac Tah, Ashanti Douglas, Irv Gotti, Cory Rooney, 7 Aurelius, Easy Mo Bee, and Craig Mack for remix album, J To Tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002).

1 Song information
2 Charts
3 Tracklisting
4 See also
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Song information

Released in 2002, the single, which features Ja Rule, peaked at number-one in the U.S. becoming Lopez's third number-one single; it also peaked at number-four in the UK. Caddillac Tah also performs on this song and appears on the song's music video, and even has a longer part than Ja Rule.

The original version appears on Lopez' 2001 second album J. Lo, and was also a single of its own in 2001 (see "Ain't It Funny"). The original version of the song was written by Cory Rooney for the soundtrack of Lopez' film The Wedding Planner, but it was felt that the timbales gave it too much of a Latin sound, and the song was not used for the soundtrack. After the success of "I'm Real (Murder Remix)", a previous Lopez-Ja Rule duet, they decided to remix "Ain't It Funny" as a duet and release it as a follow up. The remix samples Craig Mack's smash 1994 hit single Flava In Ya Ear.

The song spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 from March 9, and followed another Ja Rule duet, "Always On Time" with Ashanti. Ashanti's song "Foolish" replaced it at the number one spot. Ashanti also receives writing credit for the track and appears in the video alongside Jennifer Lopez, Ja Rule, Irv Gotti, Caddillac Tah and other Inc. members.

[edit] Charts

Chart	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	4
U.S. Top 40 Tracks	1
U.S. Mainstream Top 40	1
U.S. Rhythmic Top 40	1
U.S. Hot Dance Club Play	8
U.S. Latin Tropical Airplay	36
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	1
UK Singles Chart	3
Canadian Singles Chart	12
German Top 100 Singles	18
Switzerland Top 100 Singles	7
Netherlands Top 100 Singles	10
Brazil Top 20 Charts	1
World Singles Official Top 100	1

[edit] Tracklisting

"Ain't It Funnny (Murder Remix Feat. Ja Rule & Cadillac Tah)
"Play (Artfull Dodger Main Mix) (Radio Edit)
"Feelin' So Good (HQ2 Club Mix)
"Ain't It Funny (Almighty Remix)
"Ain't It Funny (Remix Enhanced CD Video)

[edit] See also

Hot 100 number-one hits of 2002 (USA)

[edit] References

The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, fifth edition

[edit] External link

Jennifer Lopez music videos — watch both versions of "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)" at LAUNCHcast

Preceded by "Always On Time" by Ja Rule featuring Ashanti	Billboard Hot 100 number one single March 9, 2002- April 13, 2002	Succeeded by "Foolish" by Ashanti