Love Don't Cost a Thing (song)

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"Love Don't Cost a Thing"
Single by Jennifer Lopez
from the album J. Lo
Released	2001
Format	CD maxi single, 12" maxi single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	3:42
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Damon Sharpe, Greg Lawson, Georgette Franklin, Jeremy Monroe, Amille Harris
Producer(s)	Anders "Bag" Bagge, Arnthor Birgisson
Certification	Silver (BPI)
Chart positions
#1 (Canada, Finland, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, UK) #3 (U.S.) #4 (Australia, Ireland)
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"Let's Get Loud" (2000)	"Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2001)	"Play" (2001)

"Love Don't Cost a Thing" is the first single from Jennifer Lopez' second album, J. Lo (2001). It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, besides being her first number one in the UK. Its Spanish-language version, "Amor Se Paga con Amor" ("Love Is Paid with Love"), featured on the Dutch and Spanish editions of J. Lo, only managed to chart on the U.S. Latin music charts.

The lyrics of the song allude to indiscriminate treatment of the rich and poor, with regard to non-platonic relationships.

The music video for "Love Don't Cost a Thing" received two MTV Video Music Awards nominations in 2001: "Best Female Video" and "Best Dance Video".

Contents 1 Track listings 2 Chart performance 3 Charts 3.1 "Love Don't Cost a Thing" 3.2 "Amor Se Paga con Amor" 4 See also

[edit] Track listings

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

[edit] Chart performance

In the U.S., "Love Don't Cost a Thing" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of December 9, 2000 at a lofty number forty-six. Within three weeks, the single was on the top twenty, and most notably rose from number ten to number four the week of January 27, 2001, as airplay of the single maximized (the single reached number one on the airplay charts in 2001). "Love Don't Cost a Thing" eventually peaked at number three for two consecutive weeks, unable to break the stride of stronger singles from Shaggy and Joe.

Nonetheless, "Love Don't Cost a Thing" began what would become an outstanding year for Lopez, and also one of her most popular singles of her entire career.

[edit] Charts

[edit] "Love Don't Cost a Thing"

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	40
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales	1
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	21
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay	11
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	37
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	3
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks	1
U.S. Billboard ARC Weekly Top 40	1
U.S. MTV's Total Request Live video countdown	1 (8 times)
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	4
Austrian Singles Chart	11
Canadian Singles Chart	1
Canadian MuchMusic's Countdown video countdown	1 (2 times)
Danish Singles Chart	4
Dutch Top 40	1
Finnish Singles Chart	1
French Singles Chart	5
German Singles Chart	6
Irish Singles Chart	4
Mexican Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	1
Norwegian Singles Chart	3
Swiss Singles Chart	2
UK Singles Chart	1
United World Chart	1

[edit] "Amor Se Paga con Amor"

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks	21
U.S. Billboard Latin Pop Airplay	8
U.S. Billboard Latin Tropical Airplay	3

[edit] See also

• ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 2001 (U.S.)
• List of number-one singles from the 2000s (UK)
• List of number-one singles in 2001 (NZ)
• Dutch Top 40 number-one hits of 2001
• Number-one hits of 2001 (World)

Preceded by "Touch Me" by Rui da Silva featuring Cass Fox

UK Singles Chart number-one single January 14, 2001

Succeeded by "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" by Limp Bizkit