Qué Hiciste
"Qué Hiciste" is a song by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez. The song was written by Jimena Romero, Julio Reyes, Marc Anthony, and produced by Estéfano and Reyes for Lopez' first full-length Spanish-language album, Como ama una Mujer (2007). According to Lopez, the initial idea for the song came from a dream that Anthony had with Spanish recording artist Rocío Dúrcal. "Qué Hiciste" achieved moderate success, reaching the top position in Italy and in Switzerland. The song also charted at the top position on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Latin Tracks.
The song was a hit in Europe and the United States where it notably peaked at #1 in the U.S. Latin Chart; in Spain, it has sold more than 260,000 ringtones and more than 120,000 digital downloads [1]. Lopez performed the song on American Idol on April 11, 2007. She is the first artist ever to perform a Spanish song on the hit competition.
Background and writing
"Qué Hiciste" was written by Jimena Romero, Julio Reyes, Marc Anthony, and produced by Estéfano and Reyes.[2] The idea for the song originally came up from a dream that Anthony had with late Spanish recording artist Rocío Dúrcal. According to Anthony, he dreamed that Dúrcal said to him, "Come here, get in this room right now, listen to this. This song is for Jennifer."[3] Lopez revealed that, without any studio equipment nearby, she grabbed her phone, called up her answering machine and asked her husband to sing the melody. After a few months, Lopez started to write the lyrics with a Spanish songwriter, and finished it on fifteen minutes.[3]
The song was originally meant to be a ballad.[3] However, as the lyrics were being written, "Qué Hiciste" turned into "something harder, with a bit more of a rock tinge to it. It's an incredibly intense song. [...] It's passionate and a lot of fun, with a killer message."[3] Lopez claimed she loves the song, "and I hope other people love it as much as I do."[3]
Music video
The music video for the song was filmed at Dumont Dunes, California directed by Michael Haussman and styled by GK Reid. The video starts with Lopez driving an old car down a dusty highway in the middle of the desert, leaning out of the window singing. She pulls over at what looks like a gas station and enters the bathroom to change clothes. As the chorus kicks in, she is seen dancing in the desert with flames in front and behind her. The view cuts between this and Lopez changing into new clothes and dying her hair at the washbasin. She then continues driving, but this time across the desert sand, away from the highway. She stops and gets a can of gasoline out the trunk, then pours it over the car. When the chorus kicks in for a second time, the car explodes behind Jennifer as she walks away. In the following scenes, she is dancing in a change of clothes in the sand, cutting between her back in the car and in the desert with the flames. This theme of a woman escaping from a man in an old car and firing it after was also the theme of the music video of Rester femme, a song in French by Belgian singer Axelle Red released in 1997.
This music video was the first ever in a language other than English to reach the top-spot of MTV's Total Request Live countdown. It was also the first ever by a female artist to reach the top-spot of MTV Tres' Mi TRL.
There is also a remix video using the Tony Moran/Warren Rigg Club Mix.
Track listing
- "Qué Hiciste" (Album Version) – 4:57
- "Qué Hiciste" (Radio Edit) – 4:31
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
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See also
References
- ^ http://www.promusicae.org/listastonos/listas/Top%2020%20Week%202507.pdf/
- ^ Como Ama Una Mujer liner notes. Epic Records (2007)
- ^ a b c d e Vineyard, Jennifer; Silver, Evan (2006-09-12). "Jennifer Lopez Says New Single Came From Marc Anthony's Dream". MTV. MTV Networks. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1540751/jennifer-lopez-new-single-came-dream.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Que Hiciste: Jennifer Lopez: Music". Sony/Epic. 2007-03-17. http://www.amazon.com/Que-Hiciste-Jennifer-Lopez/dp/B000MTFF7M. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
- ^ "Qué Hiciste (Salsa Remix)". Yahoo. http://music.yahoo.com/jennifer-lopez/albums/que-hiciste-salsa-remix--41896333. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ^ "Jennifer Lopez – Qué Hiciste – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jennifer Lopez – Qué Hiciste" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Jennifer Lopez – Qué Hiciste" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ a b c "Qué Hiciste - Jennifer Lopez - Chart History". Prometheus Global Media. http://www.billboard.com/#/song/jennifer-lopez/que-hiciste/8650048. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Italiancharts.com – Jennifer Lopez – Qué Hiciste". Top Digital Download. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Top 30 Ring Tones – Semana 19 De 2007" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. http://www.afp.org.pt/top.php?top=topdigi&qano=2007&sem=19. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
- ^ "Jennifer Lopez – Qué Hiciste – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ^ "Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History". Billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/artist/jennifer-lopez/chart-history/339297. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
- ^ "Romanian Singles Chart". rt100.ro. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080320062624/http://www.rt100.ro/romanian-top-100-2007.html. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
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