Saving All My Love for You Kelley L. Carter of MTV also listed the track on their "Whitney Houston's Top 10 Songs", complimenting the singer for taking an already-recorded song and giving it new life." 'On "The New York Daily News"'s "The 100 Greatest Love Songs", "Saving All My Love for You" was placed at number 79. The song was also on "The Telegraph",s "The 50 Best Love Songs of the 80's", with the authors wrote that, "The song that launched Whitney, invented a newly minted variety of globe-storming soul diva", picking the line, "Though I try to resist, being last on your list/But no other
If You Had My Love Drivers." "Rolling Stone" noted that the single marked the beginning of Lopez's own media empire. Writing for "Dazed," Kat George opined that Lopez was celebrity feminist, a premise that was defined by "If You Had My Love," which had a "succinct and demanding message about womanhood". The success of "If You Had My Love," which was considered unlikely, coincided with the "Latin explosion" of 1999, which was led by Ricky Martin. Some critics assumed that Lopez was attempting to capitalize on the growing popularity of Latin music in the United States. Her subsequent success on the charts came as a