Qué Hiciste

Music and lyrics

"Qué Hiciste" is a Latin rock and R&B song, with a length of four minutes and fifty-eight seconds (4:58). The song was written by Jimena Romero, Julio Reyes Copello, Marc Anthony, and produced by Estéfano and Reyes. The song marked the beginning of a musical project that lasted for three years and was originally conceived from a dream that Anthony had with Spanish recording artist Rocío Jurado two weeks after the singer's death. According to him, Jurado asked him to listen to a piece of music, which turned out to be the primary melody for the song. He elaborated that, within the dream, Jurado told him that the song, yet to be titled, was exclusively "for Jennifer." Lopez revealed that as Anthony did not want to forget the lyrics, and without any studio equipment nearby, she grabbed her phone, called up her answering machine and asked her husband to sing the melody. She also revealed that, with the help of a composer, "Que Hiciste" was finished in a couple of weeks. After a few months, Lopez started to write the lyrics with a Spanish songwriter, and finished it in fifteen minutes. Lopez asserted that recording a song in her parents' language was "a dream come true" for her.

The song was originally meant to be a ballad.

Critical response and accolades

Tijana Ilich of About.com gave a positive review of the song, stating that if the rest of Como Ama una Mujer is as good as "Qué Hiciste", "it's going to mean another big hit for Lopez". James Reed of The Boston Globe called "Qué Hiciste" a detour on "an otherwise lush, quiet album". Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine expressed his disappointment in Como Ama una Mujer lacking a "Latin booty-shaker" song, citing "Qué Hiciste" as "the closest we get".

On the Billboard Latin Music Awards of 2008, "Qué Hiciste" received a nomination for Latin Pop Airplay Song of the Year which was awarded to "Eres Para Mí" by Julieta Venegas. The song received a Broadcast Music, Inc. Awards of 2008, the song received a BMI Latin award.

Commercial performance

"Qué Hiciste" became a commercial success for Lopez, appearing in a wide range of charts around the world. The song became her first Spanish-language song to chart inside the Billboard Hot 100, reaching a peak position of eighty-six. Additionally, the song became a hit on several other Billboard charts, including top positions at the Latin Songs and Hot Dance Club Play charts. Apart from the United States, the song appeared in several European national charts. In Italy, "Qué Hiciste" debuted atop the national chart on the week ending March 15, 2007, and stayed atop the chart for two consecutive weeks before dropping to number five.

Promotion and music video

The music video premiered on MTV on February 5, 2007.

The clip opens with Lopez driving an old car down a dusty highway in the middle of the desert, leaning out of the window singing. She pulls over at a gas station and enters the bathroom to change clothes. She is then seen dancing in the desert with flames in front and behind her. The view cuts between this and Lopez changing into new clothes and dying her hair at the washbasin. She then continues driving, but this time across the desert sand, away from the highway. She stops and gets a can of gasoline out the trunk, then pours it over the car. The car then explodes behind Lopez as she walks away. She is then seen dancing in a change of clothes in the sand, cutting between her back in the car and in the desert with the flames.

On April 11, 2007, Lopez performed "Qué Hiciste" on American Idol. She became the first artist to perform a Spanish-language song in the show's history. The performance featured a heavy use of a smoke machine and was introduced with a montage of outtakes from Lopez's stint on the show the day prior.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Como Ama una Mujer.

Technical

• "Que Hiciste" was recorded at Record Plant in Los Angeles, California.

Personnel

• Lead vocals - Jennifer Lopez
• Lyrics – Julio Reyes, Jimena Romero
• Music – Marc Anthony
• Production – Marc Anthony, Julio Reyes
• Recording engineer – Anthony Kilhoffer
• Mixing engineers – Andrés Bermudes, Julio Reyes
• Art direction – Julian Peploe
• Photography – Tony Duran

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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