No Me Ames

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"No Me Ames"

Single by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
from the album On the 6
Released	1999
Format	Airplay only
Genre	Latin pop
Length	4:38
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani, Ignacio Ballesteros, Aleandro Baldi
Producer(s)	Dan Shea
Certification	—
Chart positions
#1 (U.S. Latin)
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"If You Had My Love" (1999)	"No Me Ames" (1999)	"Waiting for Tonight" (1999)
Marc Anthony singles chronology
"I Need to Know" (1999)	"No Me Ames" (1999)	"You Sang to Me" (2000)

"No Me Ames" (Spanish for "Don't Love Me") is the second single from Jennifer Lopez' debut album, On the 6. Due to its limited release though, many view "Waiting for Tonight" as the album's second single. Released in 1999, the single (which is a duet with Marc Anthony and also appears on his 1999 greatest hits album Desde Un Principio: From the Beginning) was only released to Latin markets

1 Song information
2 Awards and nominations
3 Track listing
4 Charts

[edit] Song information

The song is in fact a cover of a 1992 Italian ballad called "Non Amarmi" written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani, and Aleandro Baldi. It became very popular in Italy despite the lack of notoriety of the two Italian performers – Aleandro Baldi and Francesca Alotta. "Non Amarmi" won the newcomers section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1992.

Ignacio Ballesteros wrote the Spanish lyrics. Although Lopez and Anthony are now a married couple, they were only friends and did not have romantic intentions in each other when the song was recorded. Instead the pair had met while Lopez was recording On the 6 in a studio, and Anthony had been next door. Anthony came over while Lopez was recording and asked her to be in a music video. As she was not an established artist at the time and she needed credibility in the Latin market, Lopez' street smarts kicked in, and she agreed too only if Anthony would sing a song with her. Anthony thought about it and agreed.

The song was later covered by Brazilian pop trio KLB under the title "Não Me Ames" for their 2002 self-titled album KLB.

[edit] Awards and nominations

2000 Billboard Latin Music Awards for "Tropical/Salsa Track of the Year", "Hot Latin Track of the Year" & "Hot Latin Track of the Year by a Vocal Duo".
2000 Latin Grammy Award for "Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal" and "Best Music Video".