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| Writer = | Producer = Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins | This single = "If You Had My Love" (1999) | Next single = "No Me Ames" (1999) }} "If You Had My Love" is the debut single by American singer Jennifer Lopez. The song was serviced to radio in the United States on May 4, 1999 as the lead single from her debut studio album ''On the 6'' (1999). The song was written by LaShawn Daniels, Cory Rooney, and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins; the latter is also the producer. "If You Had My Love" is a mid-tempo song, that features the use of a piano and guitar. Lyrically, the song is about Lopez confronting her admirer with a number of ground rules before they begin their relationship. Upon release, "If You Had My Love" was met with positive reviews from music critics, who praised its production and catchiness. Controversy followed the song's composition, as Darkchild had previously written a similar song entitled "If I Gave Love" for Chanté Moore's 1999 album ''This Moment Is Mine''. Commercially, "If You Had My Love" was a success, peaking at number one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100; in doing so, it made Lopez the first artist to top that chart with their debut single since Britney Spears released "...Baby One More Time" in 1998. The song was also successful internationally, topping the charts in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Netherlands and Finland. The song is well known for its music video, and is one of Lopez's signature hits along with "Waiting for Tonight". ==Recording and production == "If You Had My Love" was produced by Rodney Jerkins of Darkchild Entertainment, Inc., who has worked with a range of popular artists such as Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. Lopez recorded her vocals for the song at Sony Music Studios in New York City; the song was later mixed by Tony Maserati at The Hit Factory in New York City and Larrabee Sound Studios in California.〔 Larry Gold and Jennifer Karr served as backing vocalists to Lopez.〔 According to recording artist Chanté Moore, her song "If I Gave Love" which was intended to be released as the second single from her album, ''This Moment Is Mine'', released in March 1999, was re-written by Jerkins with the same arrangement for Lopez after Sean Combs, a producer for ''On the 6'', said he wanted the song.〔 As a result of this, Moore's plans to release "If I Gave Love" were shelved as the songs were almost identical. In 2008, Moore stated that "We should have been aggressive instead of backing off our single, we backed off of it because J.Lo had such a machine at the time. We should have just stepped out."〔 She explained the issue further in her interview with NPR, stating: "I heard that it was because Puff Daddy walked in and heard my song and said, 'I want that song.' () was like, 'Yeah, it's already taken. We wrote that for Chante.' And () was like, 'Yeah, mmm hmm, I want that song.' So Rodney wrote really the same song () Hers, I can't even remember. It's so close I can't even sing it right now. Same song."〔 Moore continued to say "I wanted to sock him () in the head," and her song "It Ain't Supposed To Be This Way" is believed to reference the event of Combs "stealing" her song.〔 NPR News &Notes〕 In 2015, journalist Damien Shields revealed that Michael Jackson was played a number of songs by Jerkins, including "If You Had My Love". Jackson thought it had a "really great groove" and briefly considered recording it. However, by this stage the song had already been recorded by Lopez and was about to be released as her debut single. Shields said: "Everyone’s like, 'Shit, now we’re going to have to argue with the King of Pop because that’s already going to be Jennifer’s first song and it’s already in motion and is going to radio in two months.' How do you possibly tell Michael Jackson no?" Jackson passed on the song, believing it was better suited for a female singer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「If You Had My Love」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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