Do It Well

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“Do It Well”
“Do It Well” cover
Single by Jennifer Lopez
from the album Brave
Released September 25, 2007 (U.S.)
September 21, 2007 (Germany)
October 1, 2007 (UK)
Format Digital download, CD single, Ringle, 12" single, 7" single
Recorded 2007
Genre Dance-pop, R&B
Length 3:05
Label Epic
Writer(s) Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Ryan "Alias" Tedder, Frank Wilson
Producer Ryan Tedder
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"Me Haces Falta"
(2007)		 "Do It Well"
(2007)		 "Hold It Don't Drop It"
(2008)

"Do It Well" is a dance-pop song written and produced by Ryan Tedder for Jennifer Lopez's fifth studio album, Brave (2007). It contains a sample of 1973's "Keep on Truckin'", written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, and Frank Wilson and performed by Eddie Kendricks, and was solicited to radio formats on August 21, 2007 (see 2007 in music) and digital formats on September 18, 2007 in the United States.

The song has reached the top 10 in Brazil and Italy and the top 20 in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and on a composite United World Chart. "Do It Well" also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S. in late 2007.

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[edit] Critical reception

"First single from upcoming Brave—follow-up to her March number-one Spanish bow Como Ama Una Mujer—is a satisfying, flamethrowing pop-urban pearl befitting top 40 hits from Rihanna and Kat DeLuna. J.Lo may now be following the footsteps of a new generation of pop stars, but there's no shame in that. Not since 'Waiting for Tonight' has she served up a song with such potential to rally long-term play, not to mention imminent remixes for the dancefloor. Let's hope her successful return sans rapper will signal to all that it's high time for change—for good. 'Do It Well,' well done." — Chuck Taylor from Billboard.com.

[edit] Music video

Jennifer Lopez in the LaChapelle-directed music video for "Do It Well" (2007).
Jennifer Lopez in the LaChapelle-directed music video for "Do It Well" (2007).

The music video for the song, which was guided under the direction of David LaChapelle, was filmed August 16 and August 17, 2007 in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.[1] The edited video worldpremiered on Yahoo! Music on September 6, 2007.

The video debuted on MTV's TRL on September 17, 2007, and at number 10 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown on September 22, 2007. It has since climbed to number 3 on TRL and at number 5 on VH1's Countdown. It premiered on the Indian broadcast of VH1 on October 1, 2007.

The video starts with Lopez walking down a street and she gets a message with a video on her PDA which is an SOS from a little boy captured and forced to work in the kitchen of an S&M nightclub, on Union Street. She enters the club, pushing a doorman down the stairs after he questions her. She continues through the crowd, entering rooms looking for witnesses to the boy's whereabouts. She questions people and punches and slaps them to get information. While this is going on, there are scenes of Jennifer dancing in a red dress and she does a dance routine in the breakdown. In the end she finally finds the little boy and they leave together.

[edit] Formats and Tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Do It Well."

CD single (Basic)
  1. "Do It Well"
  2. "Me Haces Falta"
Digital/CD single (Premium)
  1. "Do It Well"
  2. "Me Haces Falta"
  3. "Como Ama Una Mujer"
  4. "Me Haces Falta" (video)

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 18
Austrian Singles Chart[3] 34
Belgian Singles Chart[3] 22
Brazilian Hot 100[4] 9
Brazilian Hot 30 Dance Club Play[5] 9
Bulgarian National Top 40[6] 2
Canadian Hot 100[3] 23
Dutch Singles Chart[7] 17
Euro 200 Chart[8] 8
French Singles Chart[3] 29
Georgian Singles Chart[9] 2
German Singles Chart[3] 30
Irish Singles Chart[3] 13
Italian Singles Chart[10] 2
Lithuanian Airplay Chart[11] 14
Chart (2007) Peak
position
Norwegian Singles Chart[3] 20
Poland National Top 50[12] 14
Russian Airplay Chart[13] 42
Slovakian Airplay Chart[14] 38
Spanish Los 40 Chart[15] 21
Swedish Singles Chart[3] 54
Swiss Singles Chart[3] 12
Turkish Top 20 Chart[16] 1
Dubai Top 40 Chart[17] 1
UK Singles Chart[3] 11
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[18] 31
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 99
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 29
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 1
United World Chart[3] 13
Preceded by
"Amazing" by Seal		 U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
December 1, 2007		 Succeeded by
"Shut Up and Drive" by Rihanna

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Plus Zac Efron, Amy Winehouse, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, 'Harry Potter,' Kanye West, 50 Cent & More, In For The Record" Retrieved August 9, 2007
  2. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart. australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k International Song Performance. A-Charts. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  4. ^ Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks. Hot100Brasil. Retrieved on September 30, 2007.
  5. ^ Brazilian Hot 30 Dance Club Play
  6. ^ Hold It Don't Drop It at αCharts.us
  7. ^ "Do It Well" Chart History. SwissCharts. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
  8. ^ "Do It Well" European Chart. EUchart. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
  9. ^ [1]
  10. ^ APCCHART.COM © 1988 - 2007 APC-stats EU/UE
  11. ^ Lithuanian Airplay Chart
  12. ^ Poland Song Performance. apcchart.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-07.
  13. ^ Russian Singles Chart
  14. ^ Sns Ifpi
  15. ^ Spanish Singles Chart
  16. ^ Turkish Airplay Chart
  17. ^ Dubai Top 40 Charts
  18. ^ "Jennifer Lopez Chart History"
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