Ain't It Funny

Infobox Single
Name = Ain't It Funny


Artist = Jennifer Lopez
Album = J. Lo
Released = July 3, 2001
Format = CD single, 12" single
Recorded = Sony Music Studios
(New York City, New York)
Genre = Latin pop
Length = 4:06
Label = Epic
Writer = Jennifer Lopez, Cory Rooney
Producer = Cory Rooney, Dan Shea
Certification =
Last single = "Play"
(2001)
This single = "Ain't It Funny"
(2001)
Next single = "I'm Real"
(2001)

"Ain't It Funny" is a Latin pop song written by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Lopez and Cory Rooney for Lopez's second studio album, "J. Lo" (2001). It was produced by Rooney and Dan Shea and was released as the album's third international single in the middle of 2001.

ong information

"Ain't It Funny" was the third international single from "J. Lo". Although originally set for European and Australian release only, promotional singles of the song were sent out to U.S. radio stations in the autumn of 2001 after the success of "I'm Real" in the U.S. Lopez even stopped by MTV's "Total Request Live" to premier the video and explain the concept of the song. She said she had written the song while filming "The Wedding Planner". The song was originally intended for the film's soundtrack, but did not make the final cut.

Due to lack of promotion and radio airplay, the single did not receive a proper U.S. commercial release and was therefore ineligible to chart on any of the "Billboard" charts. It nevertheless became an international hit, reaching the top five in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Sweden, the top ten in Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, and Australia. "Ain't It Funny" later received a hip hop-oriented remix entitled "Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix), which appeared on Lopez's 2002 remix album ""; it went on to be far more successful than the original track in the United States. Unlike "I'm Real", "Ain't It Funny"'s original version and its remix charted separately.

"Que Ironia" (meaning "What an Irony"), the Spanish-language version of "Ain't It Funny", was released to Spanish-speaking countries in 2001. This version is commercially available on all Latin American copies of the "J. Lo" album, and it is also available on some international CD singles.

Music video

The music video was filmed in sepia tone and directed by Herb Ritts. It opens with Lopez traveling on a road where she finds a fortune-teller who shows Lopez her future with the cards. A group of female gypsies (one of them played by former Pussycat Dolls member Carmit Bachar) shows up and makes over Lopez so as to make her one of their own. Then Lopez finds a man (played by Mexican soap opera actor Eduardo Verástegui) she could not resist, falling in love with him. In the middle of the video, there is an extended dance sequence, in which she performs a flamenco-influenced routine. Eventually all the people there start dancing together, including Lopez and her lover. The video debuted the week of July 2, 2001 internationally and in the autumn of 2001 in the U.S.

Track listings

CD maxi single (671202 2)
(Released: July 16, 2001)
#"Ain't It Funny" (Album Version) – 4:05
#"Ain't It Funny" (Silk's House Mix Pt. 1 & 2) – 8:28
#"Ain't It Funny" (Brandnew Extended) – 4:54
#"Ain't It Funny" (Tropical Dance Remix) – 3:49
#"Ain't It Funny" (D'Hip Mix) – 4:20CD single (671202 1)
(Released: July 16, 2001)
#"Ain't It Funny" (Album Version) – 4:05
#"Ain't It Funny" (Brandnew Extended) – 4:54

Credits and personnel

* Lead vocals: Jennifer Lopez
* Background vocals: Shalene Thomas, Cory Rooney
* Programming: Dan Shea, Jose Sanchez
* Pro-Tools: Peter Wade Keusch
* Guitar: René Toldeo
* Trumpet: Angel Fernandez
* Recorded by Robert Williams, Fabian Marasciullo, Glen Marchese
* Audio mixing - Tony Maserati, and Dan Hetzel & Richie Jones
* Mix engineer: Dan Hetzel
* Assistant mix enginner: Jim Annunziato, Peter Wade Keusch
* Mastered by Ted Jensen

Charts

{|class="wikitable" !align="center"|Chart (2001)!align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|Latvian Airplay Top 30 [cite web |url=http://www.lanet.lv/news/airplay/2001/010923lv.html |title=Latvian Airplay Top 30 – week 38 – 2001 |accessdate=2008-08-16 |work=Lanet.lv]
align="center"|3
-
align="left"|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart
align="center"|31
-
align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart
align="center"|9
-
align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart
align="center"|3
-
align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart
align="center"|9
-
align="left"|UK Singles Chart [cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=29265 |title=Chart Stats – Jennifer Lopez – Ain't It Funny |accessdate=2008-08-15 |work=Chart Stats]
align="center"|3
-
align="left"|United World Chart [cite web |url=http://www.mediatraffic.de/week38-2001.htm |title=United World Chart – singles & airplay – week 38 / 2001 |accessdate=2008-08-15 |work=Media Traffic]
align="center"|1
-!align="center"|Chart (2003)!align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|Hungarian Mahasz Airplay Chart [cite web |url=http://www.mahasz.hu/m/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=radios&ev=2003&het=26&submit_=Keresés |title=Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista – 2003. 26. hét |accessdate=2008-08-15 |work=Mahasz |language=Hungarian]
align="center"|16

References

succession box
before = "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child
title = United World Chart number-one single
years = September 22, 2001 – October 6, 2001
after = "Can't Get You out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue