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| - %22On the Floor%22 is a song recorded by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez for her seventh studio album, Love? (2011). Featuring American rapper Pitbull, it was released by Island Records on February 8, 2011 as the lead single from the album. %22On the Floor%22 was written by Kinda %22Kee%22 Hamind, AJ Junior, Teddy Sky, Bilal %22The Chef%22 Hajji, Pitbull, Gonzalo Hermosa, Ulises Hermosa, along with the song's producer RedOne. It is an up-tempo dance song with a common time with a tempo of 130 beats per minute. %22On the Floor%22 incorporates elements of electro house and electropop and draws further musical influences from eurodance, Latin music and techno music. Lopez recorded a Spanish-language version of the song titled %22Ven a Bailar%22 (English: %22Come to Dance%22), which includes additional lyrical contributions from Julio Reyes Copello and Jimena Romero.Its development was motivated by Lopez's Latin heritage and pays homage to her career-beginnings as a dancer. Interpolated within the song are recurrent elements of the 1982 composition %22Llorando se fue%22 written by Gonzalo and Ulises Hermosa, a composition that gained notoriety when it was sampled by Kaoma in their 1989 single %22Lambada%22. Lopez described %22On the Floor%22 as an evolution of her classic sound and as something which sounded very current. The debut and release of %22On the Floor%22 coincided with Lopez's appointment as a judge on the tenth season of US reality TV show American Idol, as well as several other product endorsement deals. American Idol also provided a platform to debut the single's music video, as well as the stage for Lopez's first live performance of the song.%22On the Floor%22 was met with a generally positive reception from music critics, with editors from BBC Music and Los Angeles Times drawing comparisons to Lopez's debut single, %22If You Had My Love%22 (1999) and follow-up single %22Waiting for Tonight%22 (1999). Commercially, %22On the Floor%22 is Lopez's most successful single to date, topping more than twenty national single charts. In the United States, it was Lopez's first single in four years to garner airplay, and to date has sold over three million copies, earning a triple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It resulted in being one of the biggest hits of the year on the year-end charts; %22On the Floor%22 finished in first place in Austria, Finland, Germany, Spain and Switzerland.A music video was directed by TAJ Stansberry and choreographed by Frank Gatson, Jr, with fans being given the chance to vote for their preferred ending for the video. The completed clip premiered simultaneously on Vevo and during the March 3, 2011 episode of American Idol. It depicts a Los Angeles underground club culture where Lopez portrays a %22queen of the nightclub%22, amongst other characters. The video received critical acclaim for its lavish production, the styling and choreography, that critics felt best highlighted Lopez's abilities as a dancer. As of September 2015, %22On the Floor%22 is the eighteenth most viewed YouTube video of all time, with over 860 million views.
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