"
On the Floor" is a song by American recording artist and actress
Jennifer LopezJennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, featuring Latin American rapper
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
. It was released by
Island RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
on February 11, 2011, as the
lead singleA lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Lopez's seventh studio album,
Love?"Love?" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Donna and Joe.The song is an up-tempo duet with the brother-and-sister duo singing about the problems that love can cause...
(2011). "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Achraf Jannusi, Pitbull and Geraldo Sandell, as well as
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
, who also produced the song. Its release coincided with Lopez’s appointment as a judge on the
tenth seasonThe tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music...
of US reality TV show
American IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, as well as several other product endorsement deals.
American Idol also provided a platform to debut the single's
music videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, as well as the stage for Lopez's first live performance of the song.
"On the Floor" is an up-tempo
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, electropop and electro house song, set in
common time"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...
with a
tempoIn musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
of 130 beats per minute. Other elements of the song are borrowed from
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
,
Latin AmericanLatin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
and techno music, including heavy synths and club beats. Its development was motivated by Lopez’s Latin heritage and pays homage to her career-beginnings as a dancer. It interpolates elements of the 1982 composition "
Llorando Se Fué"Llorando se fue" is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song is very popular in Latin America since the 1980's and has been covered several times...
" written by
Gonzalo and Ulises HermosaLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
, a composition previously sampled by
KaomaKaoma was a pop group made up in France of former members of the band Touré Kunda: Chyco Dru , Jacky Arconte , Jean-Claude Bonaventure , Michel Abihssira , Fania , and Loalwa Braz , Chico and Roberta...
in their 1989 single "Lambada". Taking account of the sample, and RedOne's production, Lopez described "On the Floor" as an evolution of her classic sound and as something which sounded very current.
Editors from BBC Music and
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compared "On the Floor" to Lopez’s debut single, "
If You Had My Love"If You Had My Love" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez, taken from her debut studio album, On the 6 . Released in 1999, the single peaked at number one in the United States, becoming Lopez's first number-one single; it also peaked at number four in the United Kingdom...
" (1999) and follow-up single, "
Waiting for Tonight"Waiting for Tonight" is a song originally recorded by American female pop trio 3rd Party for their 1997 album Alive. American recording artist Jennifer Lopez recorded a version for her debut album, On the 6 , and the song became the second single from the album and also the most famous version of...
" (1999). Critics complimented the exotic production, referring to the sound as "vintage" Lopez, but criticized RedOne's lack of originality. Commercially, "On the Floor" is Lopez’s most successful single to date, topping more than eighteen national single charts and selling more than 1.5 million copies in Europe to become the biggest selling single of 2011 to date. In the United States, it was Lopez's first single in four years to garner airplay, and to date has sold over three million copies, earning triple Platinum certification. The song was also certified triple Platinum in Australia and reached Platinum status in six other countries.
An accompanying music video was directed by TAJ Stansberry and choreographed by Frank Gatson, Jr, with fans being given the chance to vote for their preferred ending for the video. The completed clip premiered simultaneously on
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and during the March 3, 2011 episode of
American Idol, watched by 25.26 million people. It depicts a
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underground club culture where Lopez portrays a "queen of the nightclub " amongst other characters. The video received critical acclaim for its expensive production, the styling and choreography, that critics felt best highlighted Lopez’s abilities as a dancer. A critic from
MTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
described the premiere of the video as something which overshadowed the episode of
Idol on which it was shown. The video for "On the Floor" is currently the second and female video most watched
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video of all time, with over 434 million views.
Background and release
Lopez's seventh studio album,
Love?Love? is the seventh studio album by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez. The album was released on April 28, 2011. Produced during the pregnancy of her twins Emme and Max, Love? is Lopez's most personal album to date, taking inspiration from the birth of her twins and her own...
, was conceived in late 2007 and early 2008. During that time frame, under contract to
Epic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
, Lopez released "Louboutins", a song written and produced by
The-DreamTerius Youngdell Nash , better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for co-writing "Umbrella" for Rihanna and "Single Ladies " for Beyoncé, as well as for his three solo albums, Love Hate, Love vs...
and Tricky Stewart, as the project's lead single. However upon release, the song failed to garner enough airplay to chart, despite topping the US
BillboardBillboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Lopez subsequently left Epic Records, citing that she had fulfilled her contractual obligations and now wished to release
Love? under a new label. Upon signing with
The Island Def Jam Music GroupThe Island Def Jam Motown Music Group, formerly The Island Def Jam Music Group, is an umbrella label formed in 1999 when Universal Music Group merged two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a label group. In 2011, Motown Records was split from the Universal...
, Lopez continued working with The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, in addition to collaborating with new producers such as
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
. It wasn't until January 2011 that Lopez teased the media about the new lead single for
Love?. In a tweet on her official
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account, Lopez posted: "I see u @RedOne_Official! We're making BIG things happen 'On the Floor' this new year!!!". Subsequently on January 16, 2011, an unfinished snippet of "On the Floor" leaked online, labelled as a
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
production and featuring rap vocals from
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
. It is the second time that Lopez and Pitbull have collaborated, the first being "
Fresh Out the Oven"Fresh Out the Oven" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez as Lola, featuring American rapper Pitbull. The song was written by Pharell Williams, Amanda Ghost, Lopez and Pitbull, with production handled by The Neptunes...
", the leaked 2009 club single which reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
According to the
Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
s Gerrick D. Kennedy, a full length unfinished version of "On the Floor" leaked online over the same weekend in time for Lopez's new
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commercial, which premiered during the telecast of the
68th Golden Globe AwardsThe 68th Golden Globe Awards was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais....
ceremony in
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. The timing of the leak also coincided with Lopez's debut on judges panel for
season tenThe tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music...
of
American IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
. Lopez confirmed the single's title as "On the Floor" during the red carpet ceremony at The Golden Globes, before appearing the following day on the radio show
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for the song's US premiere. The final version of the song was uploaded to Ryanseacrest.com, where the site's editor, Sadao Turner, revealed that the final master of the song was different to the previously leaked and unfinished version. "On the Floor" made its debut in the United Kingdom, on January 28, 2011 when it was played by DJ
Scott MillsScott Robert Mills is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1...
on his radio show,
Ready for the Weekend. Benji Eisen from
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Music stated that Lopez had used "genius marketing and branding" by synchronising the digital release of "On the Floor" with the premiere of its music video on
American Idol. It was added to the B-playlist on the UK's biggest mainstream radio station,
BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, on March 16, 2011.
When speaking of the "On the Floor", during an interview with
MTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Lopez said that she wanted a song that would evolve her sound, "it feels like me today, which I like. It's not something that you hear and you're like, 'That's not her,' but you also go, 'Is that her? I like that. It's new,' and that's what I wanted. I wanted it to be very me, but I wanted it to be me not from my first album or my second album, but for today." Additionally, Lopez felt a strong connection to "On the Floor" because it captured both sides of her career, singing and dancing, "The minute RedOne played it for me, I made him play it 20 times in a row, and I just sat there at the board and I kept listening to it and listening to it ... Because I really feel like, emotionally, I connected to it, but also because of how much I love to dance and how much that's always been such a big part of who I am since I started. Since I was a little girl, I just totally connected with the idea of getting out there."
Composition
"On the Floor" is an up-tempo
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
song produced by
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
, influenced by electropop and electro house. It also contains heavy synths and elements of
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
, Latin American and techno music. Latin American artist
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
starts the song with a rap introduction while the melody
interpolatesInterpolation in music refers to an abrupt change in musical elements from the main theme.-In classical music:In music and musical composition, especially 20th century and later, interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with continuation of the first idea...
elements of the
Los KjarkasLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
composition, "
Llorando se fue"Llorando se fue" is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song is very popular in Latin America since the 1980's and has been covered several times...
", popularized by
KaomaKaoma was a pop group made up in France of former members of the band Touré Kunda: Chyco Dru , Jacky Arconte , Jean-Claude Bonaventure , Michel Abihssira , Fania , and Loalwa Braz , Chico and Roberta...
's 1989 hit single "Lambada". "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Gonzalo Hermosa, Ulises Hermosa, Achraf Janussi, RedOne, Pitbull and Geraldo Sandell in the key of E
"
On the Floor" is a song by American recording artist and actress
Jennifer LopezJennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, featuring Latin American rapper
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
. It was released by
Island RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
on February 11, 2011, as the
lead singleA lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Lopez's seventh studio album,
Love?"Love?" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Donna and Joe.The song is an up-tempo duet with the brother-and-sister duo singing about the problems that love can cause...
(2011). "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Achraf Jannusi, Pitbull and Geraldo Sandell, as well as
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
, who also produced the song. Its release coincided with Lopez’s appointment as a judge on the
tenth seasonThe tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music...
of US reality TV show
American IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, as well as several other product endorsement deals.
American Idol also provided a platform to debut the single's
music videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, as well as the stage for Lopez's first live performance of the song.
"On the Floor" is an up-tempo
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, electropop and electro house song, set in
common time"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...
with a
tempoIn musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
of 130 beats per minute. Other elements of the song are borrowed from
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
,
Latin AmericanLatin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
and techno music, including heavy synths and club beats. Its development was motivated by Lopez’s Latin heritage and pays homage to her career-beginnings as a dancer. It interpolates elements of the 1982 composition "
Llorando Se Fué"Llorando se fue" is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song is very popular in Latin America since the 1980's and has been covered several times...
" written by
Gonzalo and Ulises HermosaLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
, a composition previously sampled by
KaomaKaoma was a pop group made up in France of former members of the band Touré Kunda: Chyco Dru , Jacky Arconte , Jean-Claude Bonaventure , Michel Abihssira , Fania , and Loalwa Braz , Chico and Roberta...
in their 1989 single "Lambada". Taking account of the sample, and RedOne's production, Lopez described "On the Floor" as an evolution of her classic sound and as something which sounded very current.
Editors from BBC Music and
Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
compared "On the Floor" to Lopez’s debut single, "
If You Had My Love"If You Had My Love" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez, taken from her debut studio album, On the 6 . Released in 1999, the single peaked at number one in the United States, becoming Lopez's first number-one single; it also peaked at number four in the United Kingdom...
" (1999) and follow-up single, "
Waiting for Tonight"Waiting for Tonight" is a song originally recorded by American female pop trio 3rd Party for their 1997 album Alive. American recording artist Jennifer Lopez recorded a version for her debut album, On the 6 , and the song became the second single from the album and also the most famous version of...
" (1999). Critics complimented the exotic production, referring to the sound as "vintage" Lopez, but criticized RedOne's lack of originality. Commercially, "On the Floor" is Lopez’s most successful single to date, topping more than eighteen national single charts and selling more than 1.5 million copies in Europe to become the biggest selling single of 2011 to date. In the United States, it was Lopez's first single in four years to garner airplay, and to date has sold over three million copies, earning triple Platinum certification. The song was also certified triple Platinum in Australia and reached Platinum status in six other countries.
An accompanying music video was directed by TAJ Stansberry and choreographed by Frank Gatson, Jr, with fans being given the chance to vote for their preferred ending for the video. The completed clip premiered simultaneously on
VevoVevo is a music video website. It is a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009...
and during the March 3, 2011 episode of
American Idol, watched by 25.26 million people. It depicts a
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
underground club culture where Lopez portrays a "queen of the nightclub " amongst other characters. The video received critical acclaim for its expensive production, the styling and choreography, that critics felt best highlighted Lopez’s abilities as a dancer. A critic from
MTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
described the premiere of the video as something which overshadowed the episode of
Idol on which it was shown. The video for "On the Floor" is currently the second and female video most watched
YouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
video of all time, with over 434 million views.
Background and release
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- —MTV News
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Lopez's seventh studio album,
Love?Love? is the seventh studio album by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez. The album was released on April 28, 2011. Produced during the pregnancy of her twins Emme and Max, Love? is Lopez's most personal album to date, taking inspiration from the birth of her twins and her own...
, was conceived in late 2007 and early 2008. During that time frame, under contract to
Epic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
, Lopez released "Louboutins", a song written and produced by
The-DreamTerius Youngdell Nash , better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for co-writing "Umbrella" for Rihanna and "Single Ladies " for Beyoncé, as well as for his three solo albums, Love Hate, Love vs...
and Tricky Stewart, as the project's lead single. However upon release, the song failed to garner enough airplay to chart, despite topping the US
BillboardBillboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Lopez subsequently left Epic Records, citing that she had fulfilled her contractual obligations and now wished to release
Love? under a new label. Upon signing with
The Island Def Jam Music GroupThe Island Def Jam Motown Music Group, formerly The Island Def Jam Music Group, is an umbrella label formed in 1999 when Universal Music Group merged two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a label group. In 2011, Motown Records was split from the Universal...
, Lopez continued working with The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, in addition to collaborating with new producers such as
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
. It wasn't until January 2011 that Lopez teased the media about the new lead single for
Love?. In a tweet on her official
TwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account, Lopez posted: "I see u @RedOne_Official! We're making BIG things happen 'On the Floor' this new year!!!". Subsequently on January 16, 2011, an unfinished snippet of "On the Floor" leaked online, labelled as a
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
production and featuring rap vocals from
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
. It is the second time that Lopez and Pitbull have collaborated, the first being "
Fresh Out the Oven"Fresh Out the Oven" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez as Lola, featuring American rapper Pitbull. The song was written by Pharell Williams, Amanda Ghost, Lopez and Pitbull, with production handled by The Neptunes...
", the leaked 2009 club single which reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
According to the
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{{'}}s Gerrick D. Kennedy, a full length unfinished version of "On the Floor" leaked online over the same weekend in time for Lopez's new
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commercial, which premiered during the telecast of the
68th Golden Globe AwardsThe 68th Golden Globe Awards was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais....
ceremony in
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. The timing of the leak also coincided with Lopez's debut on judges panel for
season tenThe tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music...
of
American IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
. Lopez confirmed the single's title as "On the Floor" during the red carpet ceremony at The Golden Globes, before appearing the following day on the radio show
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for the song's US premiere. The final version of the song was uploaded to Ryanseacrest.com, where the site's editor, Sadao Turner, revealed that the final master of the song was different to the previously leaked and unfinished version. "On the Floor" made its debut in the United Kingdom, on January 28, 2011 when it was played by DJ
Scott MillsScott Robert Mills is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1...
on his radio show,
Ready for the Weekend. Benji Eisen from
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Music stated that Lopez had used "genius marketing and branding" by synchronising the digital release of "On the Floor" with the premiere of its music video on
American Idol. It was added to the B-playlist on the UK's biggest mainstream radio station,
BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, on March 16, 2011.
When speaking of the "On the Floor", during an interview with
MTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Lopez said that she wanted a song that would evolve her sound, "it feels like me today, which I like. It's not something that you hear and you're like, 'That's not her,' but you also go, 'Is that her? I like that. It's new,' and that's what I wanted. I wanted it to be very me, but I wanted it to be me not from my first album or my second album, but for today." Additionally, Lopez felt a strong connection to "On the Floor" because it captured both sides of her career, singing and dancing, "The minute RedOne played it for me, I made him play it 20 times in a row, and I just sat there at the board and I kept listening to it and listening to it ... Because I really feel like, emotionally, I connected to it, but also because of how much I love to dance and how much that's always been such a big part of who I am since I started. Since I was a little girl, I just totally connected with the idea of getting out there."
Composition
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" by
Los KjarkasLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
, with
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
,
houseHouse music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
and
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. Latino rapper
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provides vocals in two verses.
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"On the Floor" is an up-tempo
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
song produced by
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
, influenced by electropop and electro house. It also contains heavy synths and elements of
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
, Latin American and techno music. Latin American artist
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
starts the song with a rap introduction while the melody
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elements of the
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composition, "
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", popularized by
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's 1989 hit single "Lambada". "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Gonzalo Hermosa, Ulises Hermosa, Achraf Janussi, RedOne, Pitbull and Geraldo Sandell in the key of E
"
On the Floor" is a song by American recording artist and actress
Jennifer LopezJennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, featuring Latin American rapper
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
. It was released by
Island RecordsIsland Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...
on February 11, 2011, as the
lead singleA lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
from Lopez's seventh studio album,
Love?"Love?" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Donna and Joe.The song is an up-tempo duet with the brother-and-sister duo singing about the problems that love can cause...
(2011). "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Achraf Jannusi, Pitbull and Geraldo Sandell, as well as
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
, who also produced the song. Its release coincided with Lopez’s appointment as a judge on the
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of US reality TV show
American IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
, as well as several other product endorsement deals.
American Idol also provided a platform to debut the single's
music videoA music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
, as well as the stage for Lopez's first live performance of the song.
"On the Floor" is an up-tempo
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, electropop and electro house song, set in
common time"Common Time" is a science fiction short story written by James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros ; in The Penguin Science Fiction...
with a
tempoIn musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
of 130 beats per minute. Other elements of the song are borrowed from
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
,
Latin AmericanLatin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
and techno music, including heavy synths and club beats. Its development was motivated by Lopez’s Latin heritage and pays homage to her career-beginnings as a dancer. It interpolates elements of the 1982 composition "
Llorando Se Fué"Llorando se fue" is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song is very popular in Latin America since the 1980's and has been covered several times...
" written by
Gonzalo and Ulises HermosaLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
, a composition previously sampled by
KaomaKaoma was a pop group made up in France of former members of the band Touré Kunda: Chyco Dru , Jacky Arconte , Jean-Claude Bonaventure , Michel Abihssira , Fania , and Loalwa Braz , Chico and Roberta...
in their 1989 single "Lambada". Taking account of the sample, and RedOne's production, Lopez described "On the Floor" as an evolution of her classic sound and as something which sounded very current.
Editors from BBC Music and
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compared "On the Floor" to Lopez’s debut single, "
If You Had My Love"If You Had My Love" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez, taken from her debut studio album, On the 6 . Released in 1999, the single peaked at number one in the United States, becoming Lopez's first number-one single; it also peaked at number four in the United Kingdom...
" (1999) and follow-up single, "
Waiting for Tonight"Waiting for Tonight" is a song originally recorded by American female pop trio 3rd Party for their 1997 album Alive. American recording artist Jennifer Lopez recorded a version for her debut album, On the 6 , and the song became the second single from the album and also the most famous version of...
" (1999). Critics complimented the exotic production, referring to the sound as "vintage" Lopez, but criticized RedOne's lack of originality. Commercially, "On the Floor" is Lopez’s most successful single to date, topping more than eighteen national single charts and selling more than 1.5 million copies in Europe to become the biggest selling single of 2011 to date. In the United States, it was Lopez's first single in four years to garner airplay, and to date has sold over three million copies, earning triple Platinum certification. The song was also certified triple Platinum in Australia and reached Platinum status in six other countries.
An accompanying music video was directed by TAJ Stansberry and choreographed by Frank Gatson, Jr, with fans being given the chance to vote for their preferred ending for the video. The completed clip premiered simultaneously on
VevoVevo is a music video website. It is a joint venture among Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake. The service was launched officially on December 8, 2009...
and during the March 3, 2011 episode of
American Idol, watched by 25.26 million people. It depicts a
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underground club culture where Lopez portrays a "queen of the nightclub " amongst other characters. The video received critical acclaim for its expensive production, the styling and choreography, that critics felt best highlighted Lopez’s abilities as a dancer. A critic from
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described the premiere of the video as something which overshadowed the episode of
Idol on which it was shown. The video for "On the Floor" is currently the second and female video most watched
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video of all time, with over 434 million views.
Background and release
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- —MTV News
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Lopez's seventh studio album,
Love?Love? is the seventh studio album by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez. The album was released on April 28, 2011. Produced during the pregnancy of her twins Emme and Max, Love? is Lopez's most personal album to date, taking inspiration from the birth of her twins and her own...
, was conceived in late 2007 and early 2008. During that time frame, under contract to
Epic RecordsEpic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
, Lopez released "Louboutins", a song written and produced by
The-DreamTerius Youngdell Nash , better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is known for co-writing "Umbrella" for Rihanna and "Single Ladies " for Beyoncé, as well as for his three solo albums, Love Hate, Love vs...
and Tricky Stewart, as the project's lead single. However upon release, the song failed to garner enough airplay to chart, despite topping the US
BillboardBillboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Dance Club Songs chart. Lopez subsequently left Epic Records, citing that she had fulfilled her contractual obligations and now wished to release
Love? under a new label. Upon signing with
The Island Def Jam Music GroupThe Island Def Jam Motown Music Group, formerly The Island Def Jam Music Group, is an umbrella label formed in 1999 when Universal Music Group merged two of its daughter companies, Island Records and Def Jam Recordings, to create a label group. In 2011, Motown Records was split from the Universal...
, Lopez continued working with The-Dream and Tricky Stewart, in addition to collaborating with new producers such as
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
. It wasn't until January 2011 that Lopez teased the media about the new lead single for
Love?. In a tweet on her official
TwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
account, Lopez posted: "I see u @RedOne_Official! We're making BIG things happen 'On the Floor' this new year!!!". Subsequently on January 16, 2011, an unfinished snippet of "On the Floor" leaked online, labelled as a
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
production and featuring rap vocals from
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
. It is the second time that Lopez and Pitbull have collaborated, the first being "
Fresh Out the Oven"Fresh Out the Oven" is a song by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez as Lola, featuring American rapper Pitbull. The song was written by Pharell Williams, Amanda Ghost, Lopez and Pitbull, with production handled by The Neptunes...
", the leaked 2009 club single which reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart.
According to the
Los Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
{{'}}s Gerrick D. Kennedy, a full length unfinished version of "On the Floor" leaked online over the same weekend in time for Lopez's new
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commercial, which premiered during the telecast of the
68th Golden Globe AwardsThe 68th Golden Globe Awards was broadcast live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on January 16, 2011, by NBC. The host was Ricky Gervais....
ceremony in
Los AngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. The timing of the leak also coincided with Lopez's debut on judges panel for
season tenThe tenth season of American Idol premiered on January 19, 2011 and concluded on May 25, 2011, on Fox. The show underwent a number of changes from season nine, including the reduction of the judging panel to its original number of just three judges , a returning executive producer, a new music...
of
American IdolAmerican Idol, titled American Idol: The Search for a Superstar for the first season, is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment...
. Lopez confirmed the single's title as "On the Floor" during the red carpet ceremony at The Golden Globes, before appearing the following day on the radio show
On Air with Ryan SeacrestOn Air with Ryan Seacrest is the name of an American syndicated radio program hosted by Ryan Seacrest. As of 2010, the daily morning radio show airs on Los Angeles top 40 station KIIS-FM and was launched at the same time as the television show with the same name, although Seacrest had hosted a...
for the song's US premiere. The final version of the song was uploaded to Ryanseacrest.com, where the site's editor, Sadao Turner, revealed that the final master of the song was different to the previously leaked and unfinished version. "On the Floor" made its debut in the United Kingdom, on January 28, 2011 when it was played by DJ
Scott MillsScott Robert Mills is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1...
on his radio show,
Ready for the Weekend. Benji Eisen from
AOLAOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
Music stated that Lopez had used "genius marketing and branding" by synchronising the digital release of "On the Floor" with the premiere of its music video on
American Idol. It was added to the B-playlist on the UK's biggest mainstream radio station,
BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
, on March 16, 2011.
When speaking of the "On the Floor", during an interview with
MTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Lopez said that she wanted a song that would evolve her sound, "it feels like me today, which I like. It's not something that you hear and you're like, 'That's not her,' but you also go, 'Is that her? I like that. It's new,' and that's what I wanted. I wanted it to be very me, but I wanted it to be me not from my first album or my second album, but for today." Additionally, Lopez felt a strong connection to "On the Floor" because it captured both sides of her career, singing and dancing, "The minute RedOne played it for me, I made him play it 20 times in a row, and I just sat there at the board and I kept listening to it and listening to it ... Because I really feel like, emotionally, I connected to it, but also because of how much I love to dance and how much that's always been such a big part of who I am since I started. Since I was a little girl, I just totally connected with the idea of getting out there."
Composition
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|description = A 22-second sample of "On the Floor", which combines a sample of "
Llorando se fue"Llorando se fue" is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song is very popular in Latin America since the 1980's and has been covered several times...
" by
Los KjarkasLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
, with
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
,
houseHouse music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
and
Latin musicLatin American music, found within Central and South America, is a series of musical styles and genres that mixes influences from Spanish, African and indigenous sources, that has recently become very famous in the US.-Argentina:...
. Latino rapper
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
provides vocals in two verses.
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"On the Floor" is an up-tempo
danceDance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
song produced by
RedOneNadir Khayat , known by the stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan producer and songwriter. Renowned for co-producing hit singles such as "Just Dance", "Poker Face", "LoveGame", "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Judas", he is attributed by some as the key to Lady Gaga's success...
, influenced by electropop and electro house. It also contains heavy synths and elements of
EurodanceEurodance is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s or early 1990s primarily in Europe. It combines many elements from House, Techno, Hi-NRG and especially Italo-Disco...
, Latin American and techno music. Latin American artist
PitbullArmando Christian Pérez , better known by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. His first recorded performance was from the Lil Jon album Kings of Crunk in 2002, after which he released his debut album in 2004 titled M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records...
starts the song with a rap introduction while the melody
interpolatesInterpolation in music refers to an abrupt change in musical elements from the main theme.-In classical music:In music and musical composition, especially 20th century and later, interpolation is an abrupt change of elements, with continuation of the first idea...
elements of the
Los KjarkasLos Kjarkas is a Bolivian band from the Capinota Province in the department of Cochabamba, one of the most popular Andean pop bands in the country's history...
composition, "
Llorando se fue"Llorando se fue" is a Bolivian folk song recorded by Los Kjarkas in 1981 on the album Canto a la mujer de mi pueblo and released as a B-side of the "Wa ya yay" single in 1982. The song is very popular in Latin America since the 1980's and has been covered several times...
", popularized by
KaomaKaoma was a pop group made up in France of former members of the band Touré Kunda: Chyco Dru , Jacky Arconte , Jean-Claude Bonaventure , Michel Abihssira , Fania , and Loalwa Braz , Chico and Roberta...
's 1989 hit single "Lambada". "On the Floor" was written by Bilal Hajji, Kinda Hamid, Gonzalo Hermosa, Ulises Hermosa, Achraf Janussi, RedOne, Pitbull and Geraldo Sandell in the key of E{{music. It is written in the
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of
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, set at a
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of 130 beats per minute. Lopez's vocal range spans from A{{music to B{{music while the melody uses a simple
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of E{{music|flat}}–C{{music–G{{music–B{{music.
According to
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and Gerrick Kennedy from the
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, "On the Floor" is reminiscent of Lopez's single, "
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" (1999).
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's Bill Lamb compared the song to Lopez's debut single "
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" (1999), stating that it's production also had an "exotic touch," similar to that of
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's 2010 single "
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." Kennedy elaborated on the comparisons, stating that "listeners haven’t heard this dance-electro-pop side of Lopez since 1999... much of her back catalog flirts with more gritty urban-pop sounds." Editors for the
New York Daily News made some comparisons between "On the Floor" and another RedOne production,
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's 2010 single, "Party O'Clock". DeLuna's song contains the lyrics "Party in Ibiza, Party in New York/All the way to Africa/Love in the Caribbean/On my way to Vegas" whereas Lopez sings the nearly identical line, "Cuz London to Ibiza/Straight to L.A. New York/Vegas to Africa."
Critical reception
"On the Floor" was met with generally positive reception from music critics. Bill Lamb from
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gave the song a positive review, awarding it 4 stars out of 5, enjoying "Jennifer Lopez' authoritative party leading vocals", the "irresistible dance-pop groove" and a "small touch of the exotic". Later in the review he said, "[Lopez's vocals make her] completely convincing as the party leader. This is a record and party ready to take off, and if you miss it, then it is your loss. Mikael Wood from the
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agreed, calling "On the Floor" the standout track from
Love? Wood said, "On the Floor" "returned Lopez to the upper reaches of the
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" but added that the rest of the album was unlikely to match its success. The
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{{'}}s Joey Guerra concurred with his fellowing critics, nothing that "On the Floor" was one of the four standout moments on the album, typyifying the "aggressively sexual anthems that are likely to soundtrack the summer." Comments echoed by
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{{'}}s Hermione Hoby read, "the song ['On the Floor'] was a particular triumph."
In his article for the
Los Angeles Times, Gerrick Kennedy said the song is a "sweat-inducing, sticky dance floor track" which was "vintage J.Lo" and catchier than either of her previous releases, "Louboutins" or "
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". Although Kennedy praised the song's overall appeal, he commented that RedOne had produced more inventive "pop gems" with the likes of
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and that
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's appearance was a "throwaway verse." In her review for
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's Radio Blog, Nadine Cheung commented that Lopez "reinforces her renaissance woman status." Nick Levine from
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called "On the Floor" a song that
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would have been "proud to have released". Levine's review agreed with others that the song was a "welcome comeback for Lopez," and praised the use of a "not so-subtle" sample with the "Latin-tinged electro-housy" production. Overall, he said that the production was "the antithesis of classy", and although not original "there's no denying that this gets the job done."
Not all of the reviews were positive, with some critics citing a lack of originality. In his review of
Love?, BBC Music's Alex Macpherson said that "On the Floor" was a predictable recording from Lopez as it was "not too disimilar to the supreme millennial
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of '
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' (1999)". He went on to describe "On the Floor," and album track "
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," as "apparent distillations of the trashy Miami house aesthetic that dominates pop these days." Ken Capobianco from
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described "On the Floor" as quiet generic.
The single also drew comparisons to "Party O'Clock," a 2010 single by Latin American singer
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, also produced by RedOne. In a statement issued to the
New York Daily News, DeLuna said "It's cool that artists like J.Lo are inspired by my musical sound and style. ... Jennifer helped pave the way for Latinas like myself. I love her", and insisted that there wasn't an issue. DeLuna also noted Lopez as someone who inspired her, and paved the way for someone like her to perform. Following previews of the music video for "On the Floor," DeLuna changed her mind about how she felt with the claims of copying. In another interview with the New York Daily News, several days after the first, she said "I've seen this before, where the more established artist tries to take the vision and artistic ideas away from an emerging artist, and assumes no one will notice because of their bigger shadow,... Luckily, my loyal fans and the power of the Internet have let the 'Kat' out of the bag." Lopez was interviewed about the issue on Latin-American entertainment program
Despierta America. Lopez replied "What? Really? I'm not aware of that...", and when pressed by the presenter a second time, insisted she had not heard rumors of the comparisons.
US and Canada
"On the Floor" made its chart debut in Canada, during the week beginning February 12, 2011. It debuted at number eighty-six on the
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, despite not being released until February 22, 2011, thus becoming the first release from
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to receive airplay recognition. Neither the album's Epic Records buzz single ("
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", which also features
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), nor the previous lead single "Louboutins" charted on US
Billboard Charts. In the chart week dated April 16, 2011, "On the Floor" became Lopez's fourth Canadian chart-topper, and highest charting single in nine years following "
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" (1999), "
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" (2001) and "
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" (2002). In the United States, "On the Floor" made its chart debut on the Hot Dance Club Songs, at number twenty-six. Additionally it debuted on the US
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chart at number forty, marking Lopez's first appearance on pop airplay charts since 2007. The single went on to make its
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debut at number nine, becoming the highest debuting Hot 100 single of Lopez's career. "On the Floor" became Lopez's tenth top-ten hit on the Hot 100, of which, six have featured other artists.
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{{'}}s Gary Trust reported that it was Lopez's highest peaking chart position since her 2006 feature on
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's "
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," although it was actually in 2003 when Lopez last released a top-ten peaking single as a lead artist ("
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" with LL Cool J). The full single was not released until February 22, almost one month after it was uploaded to
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and serviced to radio, despite a remix
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being available before hand. Keith Caulfield from
Billboard noted that
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's strategy of delaying the release was unusual as fellow
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contemporaries, such as
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and
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, "released their singles to digital retailers at about the same time they were serviced to radio and streaming sites." The single's release was synchronized with the debut of the
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on
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of
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, resulting in first week sales of 170,000 copies and a Hot Digital Songs chart position of number three.
As a direct result,
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's 1989 single "Lambada" re-entered the charts after more than two decades, making its digital chart debut at number three on the
Billboard World Digital Chart. In the week following the music video's debut, "On the Floor" experienced a 31% increase in sales, which totaled 232,000 copies, and landed the song at number two on the Hot Digital Songs chart, as well as number five on the Hot 100. "On the Floor" thus became Lopez's seventh top-five hit in the United States. It is the first single since "
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" (2008) by
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to debut in the top-ten of the Hot 100, and then climb up the chart in its second week. Just over a month after release "On the Floor" had sold over 600,000 copies in the United States, according to
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{{'}}s Bill Keveney. Keveney, attributed Lopez's commercial comeback to product endorsement deals with
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and Gillette, also noting her appointment as a judge on
American Idol a contributing factor in the growth of her popularity. During the week ending May 8, 2011, "On the Floor" rose from number seven to a new peak of number three on the Hot 100. By March 28, 2011, "On the Floor" reached number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, becoming her fifth consecutive US dance chart topper, with three coming from her album
Love?, including "Fresh Out the Oven" (with Pitbull) and "Louboutins" (2009). "On the Floor" brings Lopez's US dance number ones total to nine singles since she launched her career in 1999. Since then, it has been certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the
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(RIAA), denoting shipments of three million copies. As a result of Lopez's first televised performance of the song on May 5, 2011, "On the Floor" logged 175,000 digital sales that week (up 25% on the previous week), earning Lopez the "Digital Gainer" title that week. Consequently, "On the Floor" reached a new peak of number three on the Hot 100 and number five on the US
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chart, becoming her highest charting single commercial single as a lead artist, as well as her most successful airplay hit on
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, since 2002's "Jenny from the Block". As of September 2011, the song has sold over 3,000,000 downloads in the US alone.
Europe and Australia
Internationally, "On the Floor" topped nineteen national single charts (see charts section). On the Slovakia Airplay chart, the single debuted at number sixteen, before peaking at number one where it remained for two weeks beginning on March 7, 2011. It returned to the top of the chart in the first week of April 2011, after dipping to number two at the end of March, and made a third return to number one in the third week of April. In total, "On the Floor" spent a total of seven weeks at number one. It also topped both the
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and
Wallonian single charts in Belgium. On the Flanders
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, "On the Floor" peaked at number one, remaining there for four weeks. Meanwhile, on the Wallonia
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, the single remained at number one for four weeks, before dropping to number four and then returning to number one for a fifth week. In both territories, it is Lopez's first number one single in Belgium. The
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(BEA) certified the single gold, for selling 15,000 copies. In Finland, "On the Floor" debuted at number one, giving Lopez her third number one in the country, behind "Love Don't Cost a Thing" (2001), and debut single "If You Had My Love" (1999). In total it spent nine weeks at number one, making it Lopez's longest serving number-one, as well as her longest charting single in the country.
"On the Floor" also reached number one in Spain (fifteen weeks), Germany (six weeks) and France (one week). In Spain, "On the Floor" reached number one on March 13, 2011, where it remained for fifteen weeks. Consequently, the single was certified Platinum, by the Productores de Música de España (PROMUSICAE), for shipments of 80,000 copies. It was also certified 3x Gold by the
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(BVMI), in Germany, for shipping 450,000 copies. In Italy, "On the Floor" entered the Italian Singles Chart at number four before ascending to the summit, where it would remain for four weeks. It is Lopez's fourth Italian number-one, and first English-language single to reach number one since "
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" (2005), though Spanish single "
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 . According to Lopez, the initial idea for the song came...
" reached number one in 2007. The
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(FIMI) certified "On the Floor" Multi-Platinum for shipping 60,000 copies. The single experienced similar success in Sweden and Switzerland, where it respectively spent three and five weeks at the top of the countries' singles charts. In Sweden it is Lopez's first number one single, whereas in Switzerland it is her second, following 2007's "Qué Hiciste". In both countries the single was certified Double Platinum, shipping 40,000 copies in Sweden and 60,000 copies in Switzerland. As of July 26, 2011 "On the Floor" had official sales of 1.41 million copies.
In Australia, "On the Floor" debuted at number ten, becoming Lopez's first top-ten single in the country since 2005's "Get Right". It has since reached number one, becoming her second Australian chart topper, and first in nearly twelve years since 1999's "If You Had My Love". It was certified 4× platinum by the
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(ARIA) for selling at least 280,000 copies. It reached number three in New Zealand, and was certified double-Platinum for sales of 30,000 copies. In Ireland, "On the Floor" debuted at number twelve on the
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on March 10, 2011. It continued a steady climb to the top spot, spending two weeks at number two before finally reaching number one on April 14, 2011. In the United Kingdom, "On the Floor" was added to playlists on
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in March 2010. On April 3, 2011, "On the Floor" made its UK Single Chart debut at number one, becoming Lopez's third chart-topper in that country. Overall it is Lopez's twelfth UK top-five hit, and topped the UK Digital Songs chart after logging first week sales of 130,000 copies - the highest first week sales for Lopez in the UK. "On the Floor" also debuted at the top of the
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. It remained at number one for two weeks, becoming the only single by Lopez to do so.
Background and development
The
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for "On the Floor" was filmed over the weekend dated January 22–23, 2011, with TAJ Stansberry serving as the director and Frank Gatson as the choreographer. Lopez told
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that for the video she was holding an open casting call to find club kids, "[We want] those kids who go to the club and they dance all night and that's all they care about? It's just about having a good time, getting all sweaty, and it's all about the music and leaving it on the dance floor. I don't want to say what the video is, but that's the type of dancers. We're doing a big casting call..." Meanwhile Gatson said that Lopez wanted a post-2AM
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club vibe for the video. He said, {{quote|"[We're trying to create a vibe] that's so amazing. [It's like] everybody had some watermelon and the watermelon made them high, it gave them a little buzz — but a good buzz, a real magical buzz, a dance buzz, a buzz that makes you feel like fried chicken, so she just wants everybody to have a good old time.... The club must have this vibe, where you get on the floor and everybody's bringing it", he added. "We've seen so many club videos, but we want to see a club video with a vibe unique to Jennifer Lopez."}}
Just prior of the casting call and video shoot, Stansberry expressed his views to MTV News on the concept for the video – originality. "Originality, being you. This song is about being who you want. It's about letting loose. There's no explanation. This is this underground video, this underground party." During the video shoot, MTV interviewed Lopez about the concepts for the video. Lopez described some of the characters she played, telling MTV that in one scene "I play one character where she kind of runs this party, acts like she's kind of over it, but at the same time loves it and loves this kind of underground kind of party dance culture,... So I got to be wild and crazy, and at the same time I got to be sexy and sweet too." The video makes use of
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, including
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,
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and
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, according to Tanner Stransky from
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. Stransky also noted the "unintentional placement" of fake eyelashes and wigs, weaves, and other hair-extending products.
Lopez later confirmed in an interview
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, that the completed music video would premiere jointly on
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of
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and on
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on March 3, 2011. Fans could vote between three alternative endings through
Idol{{'}}s official website. Lopez said the idea behind giving fans the choice was to give them a chance to see what she experienced. "You get to do what I do,... Like, I go in there with my videos and I start editing and picking all the shots I like and the things that I like and what I feel the best kind of feeling for the record is. You guys get to do that. We picked two different ones and we weren't sure." The alternative endings included three varying scenes: in the first, the video ends with a close-up of Lopez's face in the silver lace catsuit; the second ends with a shot of dancers defying gravity on the walls and ceiling, while the final ending ends with a shot of Lopez on the dance floor in her harem pants. The first ending was the one used in the final video.
Synopsis
The clip begins with Lopez's arrival at a club in a black
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, one example of the
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used throughout the video. As the music begins, she puts on a pair
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crystal earrings before the camera switches to inside the club. where it descends from the ceiling amongst the
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-style crystal chandeliers. Choreographer Frank Gatson Jr. called the club, "the best dance party in town," where Lopez played several different characters. Both the scenary and artist were styled to pay homage to her background as a professional dancer, she said she wanted the video to "introduce people to a new J.Lo-ration of party people". In one scene, she plays a dominant queen of the party who watches from above, on a balcony surrounded by servants. When portraying this character, Lopez was styled with "a big
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, gold gladiator heels and a glittery gold gown with
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-esque detailing in its high collar and leaves." The 'queen' character "dangles lazily on a couch" and "regally oversees a crowd of people getting down on the dancefloor." In another scene, Lopez wears a silver crystal and lace skin-tight catsuit, designed by
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, as she dances against a "gold cardio
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" before preceding to shake her "money maker," according to the
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. Spliced in between these scenes, she is seen dressed in black harem pants and a bikini top, as she walks through the crowd to mount a circular stage on the Las Vegas-style dancefloor.
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's Kelly Carter and
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's Khawlhring Sawmteii describe the final scenes as Lopez "tearing up the floor", and "breaking it down 'fly-girl' style".
Reception
The music video was welcomed with positive reception from music critics, praising the expensive finish, arrangement, Lopez's sense of fashion and the overall execution. Based on a preview of the video,
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{{'}}s Tanner Stransky said the clip brought together a flawless realness with an expensive set-up, things that are "very important elements in the pop music world and to the old Lopez that everyone knew and loved." Following its full premiere, Stransky added that the video was "sexy and sultry." Kyle Anderson from
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's Newsroom agreed, noting the "gorgeous and exquisite execution," particularly praising Lopez's "incredible hairstyles" and the "gorgeous club interiors-[set design]." Anderson ended his review by stating that the premiere of the song's music video almost overshadowed the episode of
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in which it was shown.
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's Benji Eisen called "On the Floor" a "comeback of sorts" for Lopez, particularly noting its clever
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with
Idol and Lopez's multiple product endorsement deals. He applauded Lopez for moving on from her previous lack of commercial success in recent years. Kim Dawson, an editor for the UK daily newspaper
Daily Star, also praised the video for returning Lopez to her "day job" (as a performer) despite being everyone's "new favourite
Idol judge." The sex appeal in the video for "On the Floor" was likened to that last displayed by Lopez in the video for 2002's "I'm Gonna Be Alright". A reviewer from the
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said "Jennifer Lopez once told us in song that 'I’m Gonna Be Alright' and now she’s proved it... The curves she displayed when she recorded the hit video nine years ago have been replaced by a leaner, fitter look [in 'On the Floor']." Matthew Perpetua from
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agreed with comparisons to Lopez's earlier work: "Basically, this is classic Lopez tweaked for 2011... visuals that update late-Nineties bling with a high fashion wardrobe nearly as eccentric as that of
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and
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." As a result of the video's premiere, the online traffic at Lopez's official
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account increased by 1000%. In the space of two weeks, the video was viewed over thirty million times on Lopez's official Vevo page, according to
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. As of November 2011, the video has received over 439,182,830 views on
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, making it 2nd most viewed Video overtaking Lady Gaga's Bad Romance.
Live performances
On May 5, 2011, Lopez and
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took the stage of
American Idol to perform "On the Floor" for the first time. The performance consisted of her breaking two dancers out of glass boxes, an elaborate dance routine and two appearances from Pitbull. Initially he appeared from the crowd, but for his second appearance, he arrived at the back of the stage via a moving staircase. Lopez was dressed in a "glimmering ensemble" while the set included lasers and
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. According to Adam Graham from
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, the performance was taped prior to the episode of
Idol, made apparent by what Graham called "sloppy editing." According to
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, Lopez pretaped the performance due to a perceived danger of flying shards of glass from the earlier part of the routine. The performance was praised by Caryn Ganz from
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Music, who compliment all of the element of the performance. Ganz said "[everthing from the] lush production values to her own high energy dancing and live vocals ... This performance maxed out what an artist can do in such a medium -- awesome lighting, high-impact video footage, a strong feature from Pitbull, excellent staging, solid choreography, a bit of pyro, and a ton of warmth and personality." An editor from
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magazine agreed, saying that "Lopez showed the contestants how its done, commanding the stage during her smashing performance."
The duo reprised their performance at
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music festival in
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, on May 14, 2011. Lopez wore a shiny gold catsuite for the performance, which did not go as planned when halfway through the performance her microphone failed. She continued performing for 20 seconds, before realising that she had lost sound. According to lifestyle website Female First, Lopez proceeded to dance, and urged the audience to sing along. At the end of the performance, Lopez addressed the crowd straight after the performance, saying "We ain’t gonna let that get us down, right? Nobody keeps mama down." After Pitbull informed her of the malfunction, she turned to the band asking them to start from the beginning so that she could perform the song again.
On June 11, 2011, Lopez flew to the
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to promote "On the Floor," first appearing at
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's
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. She performed "On the Floor" as the last song of her set, leaving the stage only to return dressed in a "beige basque, jewelled tights and over-the-knee boots" for the performance, attended by 75,000 people, at
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. Later that day, she appeared at the finale of the
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of
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to reprise the performance. Wearing a skin tight catsuit, Lopez descended from the ceiling in an illuminated heart before preceding to perform the song, which included her dropping to her knees during the chorus. The
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{{'}}s Jody Thompson called the performance "sizzling" but noted that Lopez's low-cut bra and skin-tight outfit left "viewers gasping." The episode was watched by 3.39 million people, and Lopez received a standing ovation from the show's judges.
Track listing
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- "On the Floor" (featuring Pitbull
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) – 3:51
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- Digital download – Spanish Remix
- "Ven a Bailar (On the Floor)" (featuring Pitbull) – 4:52
- "On the Floor" (Radio Edit) - 3:51
- "On the Floor" (CCW Club Mix) – 6:26
- "On the Floor" (Ralphi
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's Jurty Club Vox) – 8:43
- "On the Floor" (Music video
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) – 4:27
- "On the Floor" – 3:51
- "On the Floor" (Low Sunday Club Remix) – 6:22
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- "On the Floor" (CCW Radio Mix) – 3:44
- "On the Floor" (Low Sunday Radio Edit) – 3:51
- "On the Floor" (Ralphi's Jurty Radio Edit) – 3:57
- "On the Floor" (Mixin Marc & Tony Svejda La to Ibiza Radio Edit) – 3:16
- "On the Floor" (CCW Club Mix) – 6:26
- "On the Floor" (Low Sunday Club) – 6:22
- "On the Floor" (Ralphi's Jurty Club Vox) – 8:43
- "On the Floor" (Mixin Marc & Tony Svejda La to Ibiza Mix) – 6:40
- "On the Floor" (CCW Dub Mix) – 6:07
- "On the Floor" (Low Sunday Dub) – 6:37
- "On the Floor" (Ralphi's Jurty Dub) – 8:43
- "On the Floor" (Mixin Marc & Tony Svejda La to Ibiza Dub) – 5:36
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Credits and personnel
Recording
- Recorded at: Cove Studios, New York
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.
- Contains interpolations
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of the composition: "Llorando Se Fue", written by Gonzales Hermosa and Ulises Hermosa.
Personnel
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- Alessandro Giulini – accordion
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- Josh Gudwin – vocal recording
- Bilal Hajji – songwriter
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- Kinda Hamid – songwriter
- Kuk Harrell
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– vocal arranger, vocal editor, vocal producer, vocal recording
- Gonzalo Hermosa – songwriter
- Ulises Hermosa – songwriter
- Achraf Janussi – songwriter
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- Trevor Muzzy – audio mixer
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, recording engineer
- Nadir "RedOne
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" Khayat – producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, songwriter, vocal arranger, vocal editor, vocal producer, instruments and programming, recording engineer
- Jennifer Lopez
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- Chris "TEK" O'Ryan – vocal editor, recording engineer
- Armando "Pitbull
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" Perez – rap vocalist, songwriter
- Geraldo "Teddy Sky" Sandell – songwriter
- Low Sunday (Bart Schoudel & Ron Haney) – additional production for remix
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Charts
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Certifications
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Release history
See also
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External links
Official Music Video at
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