In June 1999, actress Jennifer Lopez released her debut album, On The 6, named for the Bronx subway line she’d taken while growing up in the working-class neighborhood of Castle Hill.

Ten years ago this week, lead single “If You Had My Love” celebrated the 4th of July with a fourth week atop the Billboard Hot 100. Lopez would lock that number-one spot up for a total of five consecutive weeks, spending a total of 15 weeks in the top ten. Quite the accomplishment for Lopez’s first time out.

Produced by Rodney Jerkins, the slinky, sexy “If You Had My Love” sounded like summer should, which is why I think it did so well (yes, that and the appeal of Lopez herself, natch). The song was on the radio constantly (at home, in the car, at the beach), and the voyeuristic video was equally inescapable, playing at every bar and club I went to back then. That dance break around the three-minute mark was pretty hot.

Admit it—you liked to watch, too:

If J.Lo had her way, “If You Had My Love” wouldn’t have been her first single. She’d picked “Feelin’ So Good,” which ultimately served as the third single and peaked at a drastically lower #51.

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