jenny from the block came out on december 1.
jenny from the block came out on december 1.
when did jenny from the block come out?
december 1
on september 26, 2002, a song entitled "jenny from the block" by lopez featuring styles p and jadakiss of the lox was leaked online. a pop radio station in hatford, connecticut, later picked up the song from the internet. "jenny from the block" was then immediately distributed to other stations owned by infinity broadcasting as the album's lead single. cory rooney later revealed in 2016 that it was sony music executive tommy mottola who leaked the song. rooney and lopez initially wanted a song titled "glad" to be the album's lead single, but mottola favored "jenny from the block". rooney recalled: "when we played 'jenny from the block,' he said, 'this is your single.' so right away we both were like no no no that’s not the single. he told us, 'you guys are crazy. this is the single i don’t give a shit what you say you’re gonna destroy the album if you don’t listen to me.'" according to rooney, mottola leaked the single the following day without their knowledge, noting: "he pulled the trigger and all over the world they were playing that record that day." "jenny from the block" went on to experience international commercial success, peaking within the top ten in the united states as well as over twelve other countries. an accompanying music video for the song, directed by francis lawrence and featuring affleck, was released. according to "the spectator", "before celebrities become stars, they dream about gaining fame, fortune, and being in the spotlight [...] the video is basically about how she cannot find privacy with her fiance ben affleck. a lot of glamour is associated with fame and fortune; however, along with that glamour comes the loss of privacy". the music video became one of the most controversial ones in pop culture at the time. considered "the video that killed ben affleck's career", the actor stated, years after his engagement to lopez ended, that he regretted filming it.
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"jenny from the block" is considered one of lopez's signature songs and most iconic single. the lyrical content of country artist faith hill's 2005 song "mississippi girl" was considered to be influenced by the song, with "rolling stone" describing it as "country music's version" of the single; "billboard" called it "a countrified 'jenny from the block'". other songs that were noted to have followed the theme of "jenny from the block" were gwen stefani's "orange county girl" and fergie's "glamorous". american singer-songwriter taylor swift, who performed the song with lopez during a los angeles concert as part of the red tour in 2013, described "jenny from the block" as her "hair brush song", saying: "when i was a little girl, you know how you have your favorite song that you would just play over and over again, you’d blast it in your room? you’d sing it in front of a mirror, into a hairbrush right?" mexican-american recording artist becky g recorded a cover version of the song, entitled "becky from the block". the song's accompanying music video was shot in inglewood, california. lopez made a cameo appearance towards the end of the music video. the lyrics of this version are significantly different from the original. "entertainment tonight" described the version to have "give[n] jenny's ny-based tune a west coast slant". australian rapper iggy azalea referenced the song in her verse from lopez's 2014 song "booty", stating: "the last time the world seen a booty this good, it was on jenny from the block." in her 2018 single, "dinero" featuring dj khaled, american rapper cardi b ends her verse by referencing rapper's and lopez's beginnings: "two bad bitches that came from the bronx, cardi from the pole and jenny from the block".
jenny from the block