No Me Ames

"No Me Ames" (English: "Don't Love Me") is a song by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. It is a Spanish cover version of an Italian song called "Non amarmi", written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Marco Falagiani and Aleandro Baldi and recorded by Baldi and Francesca Alotta.

"No Me Ames"
Song by Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony
from the album On the 6
A-side	"If You Had My Love"
Released	June 11, 1999 (1999-06-11)
Recorded	1998
Genre	Latin R&B
Length	4:39 (ballad version) 5:04 (tropical remix)
Label	Work Sony Discos
Songwriter(s)	Giancarlo Bigazzi Marco Falagiani Aleandro Baldi Ignacio Ballesteros
Producer(s)	Emilio Estefan Jr. Dan Shea Juan Vincente Zambrano
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"If You Had My Love" (1999) "No Me Ames" (1999) "Waiting for Tonight" (1999)
Marc Anthony singles chronology
"No Sabes Como Duele" (1999) "No Me Ames" (1999) "I Need to Know" (1999)

While Lopez and Anthony were recording the song, Lopez came up with the idea for the music video. Lopez recalled the events, stating, "And I asked him [Anthony] if he liked it. And I actually explained it to Tommy and him at the same time the other day in the studio after we recorded the song and they both loved it."[12] The music video for "No Me Ames" was directed by Kevin Bray in May 1999 in Los Angeles, California, the day after she shot the music video for "If You Had My Love".[12][41] The music video features Lopez and Anthony as two lovers. Anthony is dying from an unnamed illness. His spirit watches over the grieving Lopez. Of the music video, Lopez stated that it is "like a foreign film, like 'Life Is Beautiful'". [ 42 ] The music video received a Latin Grammy Award nomination for Best Short Form Music Video. [ 38 ] The music video was included on the DVD set of Lopez's compilation album The Reel Me (2003). [ 43 ] The song was scheduled to be performed at the first annual Latin Grammy Awards, but Anthony was unable to attend due to complications with his wife's pregnancy. [ 44 ] On their 2007 tour, in which they performed the song together, it was performed as an encore along with "Por Arriesgarnos" after each show. [ 45 ] Lopez and Anthony performed the song at the final show of Lopez's Dance Again World Tour. [ citation needed]

Formats and track listings

US CD single[1]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"If You Had My Love"	4:28
2.	"No Me Ames" (Tropical Remix)	5:05
Total length:		9:28

Promotional CD single[2]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"No Me Ames"	4:42
2.	"No Me Ames" (Tropical Remix)	5:04
Total length:		9:41

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Position US Hot Latin Songs (Billboard)[3] 1 US Latin Pop Airplay (Billboard)[4] 2 US Tropical Songs (Billboard)[5] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Latin Songs (Billboard)[6] 3 US Latin Pop Songs (Billboard)[6] 8 US Tropical Songs (Billboard)[6] 2

Credits and personnel

The credits are adapted from the On the 6 liner notes.^[7]

• Giancarlo Bigazzi – songwriter
• Aleandro Baldi – songwriter
• Marco Falagiani – songwriter
• Ignacio Ballesteros – songwriter (Spanish adaption)
• Jennifer Lopez – lead vocals
• Marc Anthony – lead vocals

Ballad version Konesha Owens – background vocals Claytoven Richardson – background vocals Dan Shea – keyboard, programming, vocal recording engineer, pro-tools editing Dean Parks – nylon & Steel String Guitar Michaal Landau – electric guitar

Tropical remix Emilio Estefan – executive producer Dan Shea – vocal producer, keyboard, rhythm programming Juan Vincente Zambrano – producer, arrangement, programming, keyboard Jose Miguel Velasquez – background vocals Lena Perez – background vocals Ximera DePombo – background vocals Jorges Velaro – background vocals Manual Lopez – guitar Salvador Cuevas – bass Edwin Bonilla – percussion Archie Peña – percussion Douglas Guevara – bongo, Congo Herman "Teddy" Mulet – Trombone