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"Louboutins"
Song

"Louboutins" is a song performed by American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez from her seventh studio album Love?. The song was written and produced by Grammy-award winning duo The-Dream and Tricky Stewart for R&B singer Brandy Norwood but when she was dropped by Epic Records the record was given to Lopez. It was debuted at the 2009 American Music Awards (November 22, 2009) where Lopez performed the song with a boxing ring theme and on November 23 it premiered on U.S. radio station, KIIS-FM's On Air With Ryan Seacrest. Later on December 21, 2009 it was released as a digital download to U.S. iTunes and Amazon.com.

The electro/dance pop song incorporates lyrics are about splitting up from a bad relationship and deciding that rather than getting upset you're going to get dressed up [with your louboutins] and leave the house to have a good time. The hook and title of the song are centered around the world 'Louboutins' which is high-end celebrity footwear brand by designer Christian Louboutin. The designer label name can be heard more than thirty times in the song.

The single made its U.S. chart debut at number 50 on the Hot Dance Club Chart, but then in February 2010 it was confirmed that the ten-year relationship between Sony Music and Lopez was officially over and "Louboutins" would be the last release under Epic Records. Plans for a video release and further promotion are now unlikely, although despite no further promotion the single managed to peak at number one on the U.S. Dance Club Chart.

Background

During interviews with Rap-Up Magazine Tricky Stewart confirmed that he was working on many projects but would definitely be producing for Lopez's upcoming album.[4] He revealed that "Louboutins" was co-produced and co-written by himself and The-Dream for R&B artist Brandy Norwood but when she left Epic Records[4] the song stayed with the label and was subsequently given to Lopez.[5] This is the second time in her ten year career that Lopez has acquired a song previously recorded by Brandy, the first being "Ryde or Die" featured on Lopez's album Rebirth originally recorded for Brandy's Afrodisiac.

Stewart further talked to Vibe magazine about the track, saying that he predicts it will be a big hit for Lopez: "If the females get behind it and they really get into the lyrics of what she's saying and the metaphor, I think it could be a really, really big hit for her." Of the song's conception he said

"That was Dream and me just getting in the room and clicking, we were both on two different keyboards, two different drum machines and once again just got behind the mic and the rest is history. After [Brandy] lost her deal [with Epic] we didn't want the record to die. "When [Jennifer] heard it, she loved it. She absolutely loved that record. And I love it, too. That's one of my favorite records that we've done.[4]

Concept and structure

Christian Louboutin told Fashion Week Daily: "[Jennifer] told me about the song back in January, and I was extremely flattered, But of course, in America the public pronounces my name in like a million different ways. So Jennifer called me, and she was like, 'Listen, I want to make sure that I get it right.' And she did...from the very first time!. I know the song by heart now, because the brilliant part of the single is that it's not about me. It's about a girl and her shoe. When something is so in mass culture and you have almost nothing to do with it, it's kind of cool. It's weird but not disagreeable. [...] My name is mentioned 45 times. "Trust me, I've counted! [laughs]".[6]

One editorial in Vibe magazine described the song as a metaphor for "a woman walking out on a no-good man, with the red bottoms on the popular Christian Louboutin heels visible as she struts off".[4]

E! Online talked about the structure of the song. It's chorus is made up from the line "I'm throwing on my Louboutins," eight times and if multiplied by the number of times the chorus is song (four), the line is actually heard 32 times in the song.[7]

Lopez revealed the concept herself during an interview:

It’s basically about when you get to that point in a bad relationship and you’re like, ‘Damn, I really have to leave. It’s just not good for me,’. This song is actually about when you’ve made the decision—I’m out. It’s not the girl who’s like, ‘I’m gonna take my stuff, and I’m gonna put on my sweatpants, and I’m gonna cry, and my girlfriends are gonna pick me up and we’re gonna go eat ice cream.’ It’s not that girl. This girl is like putting on her hottest dress and her sexiest Louboutin shoes, and leaving your ass.[8]

Promotion

MTV was first to name Lopez as one of the many performers to take to the stage at the 2009 American Music Awards which aired on November 22, 2009,[9] Lopez later confirmed this on a KIIS FM interview with DJ SKEE.[8] The performance took on a boxing theme, and featured famous ring announcer Michael Buffer introducing Lopez to the stage. Lopez performed in a boxing-like outfit and had a costume change halfway through the performance.[10] The performance was well-received by critics although the praise was more focused on Lopez's swift recovery from an unchoreographed fall in the middle of the performance. Lopez reprised the performance on the Ellen Dengeneres Show on December 3, 2009 where she also laughed and joked about the incident.[11] She was also booked to perform on the season six finale of So You Think You Can Dance on December 16, 2009. The performance took on a holiday theme and was choreographed by the show's team.[12] Her final performance of the year came on December 31, 2009 where Lopez performed "Louboutins" along with a medley of previous hits "Waiting For Tonight" / "Let's Get Loud" at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. Lopez's choice of outfit, a shimmering skin-tight catsuit, received attention from the media with the NY Daily News praising her for her "flawless physique".[13]

Track listings and versions

U.S. digital download
  1. "Louboutins" (Terius Nash, Christopher Stewart)[2] — 3:46

Critical reception

Nick Levine from Digital Spy described the track as "a Tricky and The-Dream-produced club banger with a chorus that succeeds through sheer attrition, with a proper Janet Jackson-style dance break. [...] Truth be told, it's not a J.Lo classic to rival 'Play' or 'Love Don't Cost a Thing', and it's about as original as starting your day with a bowl of Kelloggs Cornflakes, but it does burrow into your brain after a few spins."[15] Nathan S. of DJ Booth said "Jenny from the block has never been one to go down without a fight and on her new track Louboutins she’s back to prove she can still make hits. [...] It is an unusually up-tempo track from the production duo (Tricky and The-Dream) featuring a pounding synth.[16]

Tom Stacks of EW was less than impressed saying "J. Lo needs to move on from her recording career. She had some fun, catchy songs ('If You Had My Love,' 'Love Don't Cost a Thing'), but trying to regain musical relevance by singing about pricey high-heels just seems a little sad. I say focus on getting the movie career back on track..."[17]

Music video

According to media reports, Lopez was scheduled to film the music video for the song in January 2010.[18] The designer of the shoes by which the song is inspired, Christian Louboutin said that he was thrilled about hearing his designer footwear mentioned so many times in Lopez's single. He also said he would design exclusive footwear to appear in the video.[19] In a radio interview, Lopez revealed the concept of the video:

It's gonna be a lot of dancing, I definitely want to do some dancing because it's been a while and I want to do a dance video, and it's going to be really empowering. It's going to be about that woman, you know when you have that moment when you realize you have to really get out of here that's the moment we're trying to cauterize in the video. Even when you know that it's gonna hurt later, you feel good about making the decision, so you're like "I decided! I'm walking up out the house right now" and that's the part we're gonna do in the video except I'm gonna dance my way out the house [...] and maybe she'll take her Louboutins with her.[20]

Following Lopez's departure from Epic Records in February 2010 plans for further promotion of the single were shelved. It is unlikely that the clip was filmed or would be released.

Charts

After debuting at number 50 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Songs chart and almost two months after release in January 2010, the single slowly ascended up the charts eventually peaking at number one in March 2010. It is the second consecutive song from Lopez's upcoming 2010 album, Love? to top the dance chart following "Fresh Out the Oven". Love? is Lopez's fifth overall album to produce at least two U.S. number one dance hits[21] bringing the total number of dance-number ones to eight and means all of Lopez's U.S. singles which charted on the U.S. Dance chart reached top ten (excluding "Let's Get Loud" which was only officially released in the Europe). According to Billboard the song failed to chart on any of the U.S. airplay charts.[22]

Chart (2010) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Songs Chart[23] 1
Preceded by
"Fancy Free" by Sun
 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs number-one single
March 27, 2010 		Succeeded by

Radio and release history

References

  1. ^ http://www.amazon.com/Louboutins/dp/B0030INV6O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1270314352&sr=8-3
  2. ^ a b anon. (2009). "ASCAP: Work ID: 880692046 Louboutins (Jennifer Lopez)". ASCAP. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
  3. ^ http://defpenradio.com/jennifer-lopez-good-hit/
  4. ^ a b c d Hope, Clover (November 23, 2009). "Tricky Stewart Predicts J.Lo's "Louboutins" Will Be Big Hit". Vibe Magazine. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Walks in Brandy's "Louboutins"". Rap-up.com. Retrieved October 28, 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ TWI Interactive. "Pop Christianity - dispatch - news". fashion week daily. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  7. ^ http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/b154822_jennifer_lopez_really_really_loves_her.html
  8. ^ a b "Jennifer Lopez Delivers Kick with "Louboutins" Single". Rap-up.com. Retrieved 2009-11-16. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ Ditzian, Eric (October 13, 2009). "Taylor Swift and Michael Jackson lead AMA Nominations - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News". mtv.com. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
  10. ^ "American Music Awards". November 22, 2009. ABC. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (help)
  11. ^ "12 Days of Giveaways - Thursday, December 3, 2009 - Promos". Ellen.warnerbros.com. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  12. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Gets a Do-Over on SYTYCD". Tvwatch.people.com. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
  13. ^ Smith, Olivia (January 1, 2010). "Jennifer Lopez' New Year's outfit; singer stalks into 2010 in a glimmering skin tight catsuit". nydailynews.com. Retrieved January 2, 2010.
  14. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Louboutins [Official CDMixes". OnlineJLoFan.com. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  15. ^ Levine, Nick (November 23, 2009). "New J.Lo single Ahoy". Digital Spy. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
  16. ^ "Jennifer Lopez - Louboutins - Listen Now". Djbooth.net. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  17. ^ Stack, Tim (2009-11-23). "Jennifer Lopez: 'Waiting for Tonight' was awesome...but it might be time to stop singing | EW.com". Music-mix.ew.com. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  18. ^ "Tricky Stewart Explains Giving Brandy Record to Jennifer Lopez". Rap-Up.com. 2009-12-29. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  19. ^ TWI Interactive (2009-12-01). "Pop Christianity - dispatch - news". fashion week daily. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  20. ^ "zhttp://mornings.ktu.com/cc-common/mediaplayer/player.html?redir=yes&mps=interviews.php&mid=http://a1135.g.akamai.net/f/1135/25886/1h/cchannel.download.akamai.com/25886/7345/richmedia/Jennifer_Lopez_1.mp3?CCOMRRMID=16287623&CPROG=RICHMEDIA&MARKET=NEWYORK-NY&NG_FORMAT=personality&NG_ID=CUBBIP&OR_NEWSFORMAT=&OWNER=7345&SERVER_NAME=mornings.ktu.com&SITE_ID=7345&STATION_ID=CUBB-IP&TRACK=z". Urlcash.net. Retrieved 2010-01-30. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  21. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/jennifer-lopez/chart-history/339297?f=359&g=Singles Jennifer Lopez Album & Song Chart History: Dance/Club Play Songs. Retrieved 2010-03-17.
  22. ^ Concepcion, Mariel; Ben-Yehuda, Ayala; Caulfield, Kieth (2010-02-23). "UPDATED: Jennifer Lopez Confirms Split With Epic Records". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2010-03-16.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ "Chart Highlights: Adult Contemporary, Country Songs & More". Billboard. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
  24. ^ Seacrest, Ryan (November, 23 2009). "Jennifer Lopez Interview at On Air With Ryan Seacrest". KIIS FM. Retrieved November 23, 2009. {{cite episode}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Missing or empty |series= (help)
  25. ^ "Future releases for Top 40/Mainstream radio". Allaccess. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
  26. ^ "The Official Jennifer Lopez Site | The Official Jennifer Lopez Site". Jenniferlopez.com. 2008-05-14. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
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