Do It Well

"Do It Well"
Single by Jennifer Lopez
from the album Brave
Released	September 25, 2007 (U.S.) September 21, 2007 (Germany) October 1, 2007 (UK)
Format	CD single, digital download, ringle, 7" single, 12" single
Recorded	2007, The Record Plant (Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) The Poolhouse (Old Brookville, New York)
Genre	Dance-pop, R&B
Length	3:05
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Ryan Tedder, Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, 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 song written and produced by Ryan Tedder for American recording artist Jennifer Lopez's fifth studio album, Brave (2007). The track contains a sample of Eddie Kendricks' 1973 song "Keep on Truckin'", written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, and Frank Wilson, and was released to radio formats on August 21, 2007 and digital formats on September 18, 2007 in the United States.

The song reached the top five in Italy and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Ireland, Australia, and on a composite European Hot 100 Singles. "Do It Well" also topped the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the U.S. in late 2007.

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.

Music video

Lopez in the David 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 on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, on August 16–17, 2007.^[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 ten on VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown on September 22, 2007. It has since climbed to number three on the former and number five on the latter. It premiered on the Indian broadcast of VH1 on October 1, 2007.

The video starts with Lopez walking down a street when 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 Lopez dancing in a red dress and she does a dance routine in the breakdown. In the end she finally finds the little boy and as they leave another doorman bothers her. Lopez responds by kicking him over the banister. Then she and the little boy leave together.

In other media

The song was used as the theme song for the 2008 Miss Fitrum competition on the Philippine game and variety show Wowowee.

Track listings

Remixes

• "Do It Well" (Album Version) – 3:05
• "Do It Well" (Instrumental) – 3:05
• "Do It Well" (Acapella) – 3:05
• "Do It Well" (Remix featuring Ludacris) – 3:33
• "Do It Well" (Moto Blanco Radio Mix) – 3:03
• "Do It Well" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) – 7:30
• "Do It Well" (Moto Blanco Dub) – 6:45
• "Do It Well" (Ashanti Boyz Remix) – 3:41
• "Do It Well" (Ashanti Boyz Instrumental Remix) – 3:39
• "Do It Well" (Poker Face Radio Mix) – 4:10
• "Do It Well" (Poker Face Club Mix) – 3:01

Charts

Chart procession and succession

References