First Love (Jennifer Lopez Song)
| First love | |
|---|---|
| Jennifer Lopez | |
| publication | May 1, 2014 |
| length | 3:35 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ilya Salmanzadeh |
| album | AKA |
First Love is a song by the American singer Jennifer Lopez that she recorded for her album AKA . The song was written by Max Martin, Savan Kotecha and Ilya Salmanzadeh. It was produced by Max Martin, Ilya Salmanzadeh and Peter Carlsson. It was released on May 1, 2014 as the second single from the album on Capitol Records .
background
When Lopez was working on the AKA album, she first explained working with producer Max Martin. The song was first featured on April 25 at a press conference for Lopez's new album, during the conference she announced that the song would be released as the album's second single. The official single cover was shown to the public on April 27th.
criticism
The song received generally positive reviews. Benjamin Jeff from Fuse TV said with First Love she spans the line between pop and hip-hop very well, as she always does, and the chorus is the most noticeable thing about the song. Two of Spin found the song a welcome change after I Luh Ya Papi .
Commercial win
First Love was not very successful in the charts. The song only made it to # 87 on the Billboard Hot 100, but reached # 1 on Hot Dance Club Songs . In Spain we achieved a top 20 placement with 15th place.
Charts
| Charts | Top position |
Weeks |
|---|---|---|
 United Kingdom
|
63 | 1 |
 United States
|
87 | 3 |
|
US dance club songs
|
1 | ... |
|
US pop songs
|
21st | 9 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erika Ramirez: Jennifer Lopez Previews New Album in Malibu: First Listen. In: Billboard. April 25, 2014, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Jennifer Lopez First Love: Single Cover. In: Rap-Up.com. April 27, 2014, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Benjamin Jeff: Jennifer Lopez Gets Emotionally Deep on New Single "First Love". In: Fuse TV. May 1, 2014, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Ziwei: Jennifer Lopez Dedicates Her New Single To Her “First Love”. In: Spin or Bin. May 3, 2014, accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ spanishcharts.com: Jennifer Lopez - First Love. Retrieved June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Official Singles Chart Top 100: June 15, 2014 - June 21, 2014. Accessed June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Billboard Hot 100: Week of July 19, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Jennifer Lopez Chart History: Dance Club Songs. Retrieved June 20, 2015 .
- ↑ Jennifer Lopez Chart History: Pop Songs. Retrieved June 20, 2015 .