I'm Glad

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"I'm Glad"
Single by Jennifer Lopez
from the album This Is Me... Then
ReleasedApril 7, 2003 (2003-04-07)
StudioHit Factory (New York City)
GenreR&B
Length3:42
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Troy Oliver
  • Cory Rooney
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"All I Have"
(2002) 		"I'm Glad"
(2003) 		"Baby I Love U!"
(2003)
Music video
"I'm Glad" on
YouTube

"I'm Glad" is a song by American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez for her third studio album, This Is Me... Then (2002). It was written by Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Mr. Deyo and Jesse Weaver Jr. and produced by Oliver and Rooney. It was released as the album's third single on April 7, 2003.

Background and composition

Lopez's third studio album This Is Me... Then was released in November 2002. It featured the entertainer in a more "hands-on role" than ever before, writing more material.

DVD single, and a cassette single.[6] In Australia, a CD single was distributed on June 23, 2003.[7]

"I'm Glad" is an uptempo

C5. Its instrumentation includes the use of piano and guitar.[12] "I'm Glad" is about finding true love, containing lyrics such as "I think I'm in love. Damn, finally".[13] The Boston Globe noted the song's lyrics to be about her relationship with actor Ben Affleck, who served as Lopez's muse for This Is Me... Then.[11]

Reception

Steven Morse of

Hot Dance Club Songs chart, peaking at number four on the issue date July 12, 2003.[17] The song made its peak at 11 in the UK Official Charts Company for 14 good weeks. "I'm Glad" debuted and peaked at number eight in Canada, becoming her eighth top-ten hit. It also entered the Australian Singles Chart at number ten, its peak position,[18] and was later certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association
.

Music video

Development and synopsis

The music video for "I'm Glad" was filmed in February 2003.[19] When coming up with ideas for the video, Lopez's only goal was to dance by herself without the help of any other people. She hired David LaChapelle to direct, and he then came up with the idea to recreate the film Flashdance (1983). LaChapelle identically fashioned the "sets, iconography, and costuming" of Flashdance as a back-drop for Lopez to dance.[20] For the music video, Lopez sported her natural curly hair,[21] leotards and "tiny pants".[22] She spent several hours at night perfecting the music video, taking part in the editing process herself.[4]

During the music video's editing stages, Lopez wanted to make sure everything was authentic. She said, "I really worked out and did the diet thing... and then after the video...there's always that one guy who's like 'We should retouch this'. I was like, 'You're going to leave everything the way it is. That's how it wiggles and jiggles in real life, that's how they're going to see it in the video. And I noticed—[the editors] sent [the video] to me and they have shaved off a little bit of my hips and—I was like, 'That ain't me—those are not my hips. Just leave them the way they are. Do me a favor—don't touch my hips. Don't try to make me look skinnier. It's fine, it's fine the way it is'. And that's what they did."[23] Prior to the clip being released, Jon Wiederhorn of MTV News reported that it was heavily influenced by the 1980s, stating that Lopez "strikes '80s dance moves, and the color, style and camerawork have a decidedly retro vibe".[19]

Identical to the storyline in Flashdance, Lopez plays a young aspiring dancer who welds by day and dances by night at a bar.

exotic dancer at a local bar and grill. Later, at a strip club, she is seen dancing to intricate choreography clothed in a skimpy red top. She then appears exercising and practicing her dance moves in another location. The screen then switches to before she entered the dance audition; she walks through a line of intimidating beautiful ballerinas. Lopez's dance routine in front of the judges then commences her audition, which includes her dancing on the judge's table, as they move their feet to the music.[23]

Reception

A writer from

Idolator ranked it as Lopez's second best music video, writing: "It is hard to imagine a pop star in 2018 pulling off the choreography to Flashdance quite as flawlessly as J.Lo does here."[27]

Author Daniel Bernardi noted that "While Beal's performance was criticized for its lack of dance, Lopez's bodily performance faced scrutiny for its excess."

MTV Video Music Awards, including Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography in a Video and Best Art Direction in a Video.[31][22]

Lawsuits

The recreation of dance sequences from Flashdance led the film's production company, Paramount Pictures, to sue Lopez and Sony Music over copyright infringement claims.[32] A spokesperson for Lopez said that the film is one of Lopez's favorite movies, and that clip was nothing but a tribute to it.[33] Paramount and Sony settled out of court.[30] Apart from this, Maureen Marder—whose life was the inspiration for Flashdance—sued Lopez and Sony for copyright infringement in November 2003.[34] Additionally, Marder had previously also sued Paramount for only paying her a $2,300 fee for her story, which the film adaption of grossed over $150 million at the United States box office.[35] Marder "had refused to grant sequel rights or to permit any further use of her story or identity after the film became a success" according to her attorney, Robert Hefling. Hefling stated, "She is penniless, disabled with a spinal injury, and trying to raise a teenage daughter. Now her life story is on the screen again—and other people are profiting from it—with no acknowledgment of her rights, let alone fair compensation for her contribution."[36] In June 2006, all of Marder's claims were dismissed.[35]

Live performances

Lopez performing "I'm Glad" during her MTV Video Vanguard setlist.

During the song's initial release Lopez did not perform the song live at any moment in time until her acceptance at the

MTV Video Music Awards in 2018 where she performed a small section of the song in her 10 minute long medley including recreating the video moment in which a bucket of water is splashed onto her from above while dancing (a hologram light replacing the water during the performance).[37] Lopez included I’m Glad in her set list for the 2021 Global Citizen Live Festival.[38]

Track listings

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[81] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "I'm Glad"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United States April 7, 2003
Epic [5]
Germany May 26, 2003 CD single Sony [82]
United Kingdom June 9, 2003
  • CD single
  • DVD single
  • cassette single
 [6]
Canada June 10, 2003 CD single Epic [83]
Australia June 23, 2003 CD single Sony [7]

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External links
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