| "Love Don't Cost a Thing" | ||||||||
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| Single by Jennifer Lopez | ||||||||
| from the album J.Lo | ||||||||
| Released | December 1, 2000 (radio) January 9, 2001 (UK) January 27, 2001 (US) |
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| Format | CD single, 12" single | |||||||
| Recorded | July 2000; Cove City Sound Studios (Glen Cove, New York) Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York) |
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| Genre | R&B, pop | |||||||
| Length | 3:40 | |||||||
| Label | Epic | |||||||
| Writer(s) | Damon Sharpe, Greg Lawson, Georgette Franklin, Jeremy Monroe, Amille Harris | |||||||
| Producer | Ric Wake | |||||||
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"Love Don't Cost a Thing" is the lead single from Jennifer Lopez's second studio album, J.Lo (2001). It peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, besides being 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 edition of J.Lo, was restricted to the U.S. Latin music charts. Lopez performed the song for the first time at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2000 on November 16, 2000 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The song, along with Jennifer Lopez, is referred to in The Black Eyed Peas song "Latin Girls" (Elephunk album).
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The video starts while Lopez is talking to her boyfriend on her cell phone; he tells her that he is not going to be able to make it. He then asks her if she received the bracelet that he had bought for her. She says "yes" and tells him that it is beautiful, but she would prefer him there with her instead, and the last thing she needs is another bracelet, she then hangs up. The camera then switches to a view of Lopez coming out of her villa, and stepping into her convertible, then she drives onto the highway, eventually throwing her purse from the car. She continues on to a beach where she starts walking, 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). 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.
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. 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.
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.
Peak positions
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"Amor Se Paga con Amor"
Year-end charts
Certifications
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| Preceded by "Goodnight Moon" by Shivaree |
Italian Singles Chart number-one single January 12, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Io sono Francesco" by Tricarico |
| Preceded by "Can't Fight the Moonlight" by LeAnn Rimes |
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 "Ms. Jackson" by OutKast |
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| Preceded by "Touch Me" by Rui da Silva featuring Cassandra |
UK Singles Chart number-one single January 20, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" by Limp Bizkit |
| Preceded by "Don't Tell Me" by Madonna |
New Zealand Singles Chart number-one single March 4, 2001 – March 11, 2001 |
Succeeded by "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely" by Ricky Martin and Christina Aguilera |
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