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"I'm Real"
CD 1 cover
Single by Jennifer Lopez from the album J. Lo
Released	October 16, 2001
Format	CD single
Recorded	2001 at Sony Music Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	4:57
Label	Epic
Writer	Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, LeShan Lewis
Producer	Cory Rooney, Tory Oliver
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"Ain't It Funny" (2001) "I'm Real" (2001) "I'm Real" (Murder Remix) (2002)

"I'm Real (Murder Remix)"
CD 2 cover
Single by Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule from the album J. Lo (special edition) and J to tha L-O!: The Remixes
Released	October 16, 2001
Genre	hip hop
Length	4:22
Writer	Jennifer Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, LeShan Lewis, Jeffrey Atkins, Irv Gotti, Rick James
Producer	Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"I'm Real" (2001)	"I'm Real" (Murder Remix) (2002)	"Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix) (2002)
Ja Rule singles chronology
"Always on Time" (2002)	"I'm Real" (Murder Remix) (2002)	"Down Ass Chick" (2002)

"I'm Real" is the name of two songs by Jennifer Lopez. One is the song taken from her second album J. Lo (2001), and the other is "I'm Real (Murder Remix)", which features rapper Ja Rule of The Inc. Records (formerly known as Murder Inc. Records), included on the special edition of Lopez's second album, her remix album J to tha L-O!: The Remixes (2002), and Ja Rule's third album Pain Is Love (2001). They reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on September 8, 2001 (the number one single during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks), and remained there for five weeks. Ja Rule had been brought in after disappointing sales of "Play", the second single from J. Lo. Singer Ashanti also provided backing vocals on the Murder Remix. The two songs are essentially different songs with the same title.

Contents 1 Music video 2 Controversy 3 Track listings and formats 4 Chart performance 5 Charts 6 See also 7 References

The video for "I'm Real" followed the release of the single in the U.S. The video was at number one on MTV's Total Request Live and it featured Jennifer wearing a sexy outfit and driving a motorbike trough out the highway. The video also featured a dance scene with her future husband Cris Judd appearing as the lead dancer. The music video for "I'm Real" (Murder Remix) featured Ja Rule and Irv Gotti and it won an MTV Video Music Award in 2002 for "Best Hip-Hop Video".

Although the song was relatively successful, there is a bit of controversy over the use of the single's sample and the structure of the song. The song contains samples from Rick James' "Mary Jane." There have been reports that the sample used for "I'm Real" was originally planned to be used for Mariah Carey's "Loverboy". According to the music publisher of the song "Firecracker", Carey called to license a sample of the song which had never been sampled before and within a month Lopez called to do the same. Lopez also caused controversy with the line, "I tell them niggas mind yo' biz but they don't hear me though."

Irv Gotti, who produced the remix of "I'm Real", openly admitted during an interview with XXL magazine that Tommy Mottola contacted him with instructions to create a song that sounded exactly like a song he had made with Carey for the Glitter soundtrack.^[1]

CD 1

1. "I'm Real" (Murder Remix featuring Ja Rule)
2. "I'm Real" (Radio Edit)
3. "I'm Real" (Dezrok Club Mix)
4. "I'm Real" (Dreem Teem Master)
5. "I'm Real" (Pablo Flores Club Mix)
6. "I'm Real" (André Betts Remix)

CD 2

1. "I'm Real" (Murder Remix featuring Ja Rule)
2. "I'm Real" (Radio Edit)
3. "I'm Real" (Dezrok Vocal Radio Edit)
4. "I'm Real" (Dreem Teem UK Garage Mix)
5. "I'm Real" (DMD Strong Club)
6. "I'm Real" (Pablo Flores Euro-Dub)

"I'm Real" (Murder Remix) debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number sixty-six the week of July 7, 2001. By its fourth week, the song had reached the top twenty, fueled by increasing airplay of the single. By September 8, 2001, the single topped the chart, dislodging Alicia Keys' "Fallin'" from a three-week stint at number one. "I'm Real" spent the next three charting weeks at the summit, and was subsequently knocked out of the top spot by "Fallin'", which boasted an additional three consecutive weeks at number one. After three weeks stalled at number two, "I'm Real" returned to number one again for a final two weeks, through October 27, 2001. "I'm Real" (Murder Remix) was a staple on R&B/hip hop and pop radio during the summer and fall of 2001, spending fifteen weeks on the top five of the Billboard Hot 100.

The chart position of the "Murder Remix" was boosted by radio play of the album track, which lead to complaints of unfairness and change of Billboard policy in 2002. Afterwards, airplay of identically named songs but with substantially different melodies was not combined when computing chart positions. Lopez's follow-up was "Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix), another Ja Rule remix, which also reached number one in the U.S.

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	2
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	1
Australian ARIA Singles Chart	3
Austrian Singles Chart	25
Belgian Singles Chart	8
Brazil Hot 100 Singles	47
Canadian Singles Chart	6
Danish Singles Chart	8
Dutch Top 40	3
Finnish Singles Chart	16
French Singles Chart	3
German Singles Chart	11
Greek Singles Chart	9
Irish Singles Chart	13
Italian Singles Chart	16
Japan J-Wave Tokio Hot 100	15
Mexican Singles Chart	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart	3
Norwegian Singles Chart	4
Polish Singles Chart	1
Swedish Singles Chart	8
Swiss Singles Chart	6
UK Singles Chart	4
UK Urban Singles Chart	3
United World Chart	5
World R&B Top 30 Singles	27

• Hot 100 number-one hits of 2001 (USA)
• ARC Weekly Top 40 number-one hits of 2001 (U.S.)

Preceded by "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (first run) September 8, 2001 - September 22, 2001	Succeeded by "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
Preceded by "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys	Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (second run) October 20, 2001 - October 27, 2001	Succeeded by "Family Affair" by Mary J. Blige

v • d • e Jennifer Lopez
English Language albums	On the 6 • J. Lo • This Is Me... Then • Rebirth • Brave
Spanish Language albums	Como Ama una Mujer
Other albums	J to tha L-O!: The Remixes
DVDs	Feelin' So Good • Let's Get Loud • The Reel Me • Como Ama Una Mujer
Singles	"If You Had My Love" • "No Me Ames" • "Waiting for Tonight" • "Feelin' So Good" • "Let's Get Loud" • "Love Don't Cost a Thing" • "Play" • "Ain't It Funny" • "I'm Real" • "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" • "Ain't It Funny" (Murder Remix) • "I'm Gonna Be Alright" (Track Masters Remix) • "Alive" • "Jenny from the Block" • "All I Have" • "I'm Glad" • "Baby I Love U!" • "Get Right" • "Hold You Down" • "Control Myself" • "Qué Hiciste" • "Me Haces Falta" • "Do It Well" • "Hold It Don't Drop It" • "Por Arriesgarnos"
Tours	"En Concierto"
Related Articles	Discography · Awards and nominations