Dance Again... the Hits

Dance Again... the Hits is the first greatest hits album by American singer and entertainer Jennifer Lopez. It was released on July 20, 2012. The album features the singles from all of Lopez' albums (including her J to tha L-O!: The Remixes). It was released by Epic Records, Lopez' original record label. The idea for Lopez to release a greatest hits began back in 2009. However she ended up releasing Love? in 2011 instead.

Dance Again... the Hits
Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 20, 2012 (2012-07-20)
Recorded1998–2012
Genre
Length52:07
LabelEpic
Producer
Jennifer Lopez chronology
Love?
(2011)
Dance Again... the Hits
(2012)
A.K.A.
(2014)
Singles from Dance Again... the Hits
  1. "Dance Again"
    Released: April 2, 2012 (2012-04-02)

Track listing

Dance Again... the Hits – Standard edition
No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Dance Again" (featuring Pitbull)
3:57
2. "Goin' In" (featuring Flo Rida)
4:09
3. "I'm Into You" (featuring Lil Wayne)
3:20
4. "On the Floor" (featuring Pitbull)
  • RedOne
  • Kinda Hamid
  • Junior
  • Teddy Sky
  • Bilal "The Chef"
  • Perez
  • Gonzalo Hermosa
  • Ulises Hermosa
  • RedOne
  • Harrell[a]
4:46
5. "Love Don't Cost a Thing"  
  • Damon Sharpe
  • Greg Lawson
  • Georgette Franklin
  • Jeremy Monroe
  • Amille D. Harris
3:42
6. "If You Had My Love"  
  • Jerkins
  • Rooney[b]
  • Lopez[b]
4:25
7. "Waiting for Tonight"  
  • Wake
  • Jones
  • Dave Scheuer
4:06
8. "Get Right" (featuring Fabolous)
  • Harrison
  • Rooney[c]
3:51
9. "Jenny from the Block" (Track Masters Remix featuring Styles P. and Jadakiss)
3:09
10. "I'm Real" (Remix featuring Ja Rule)
4:18
11. "Do It Well"  
  • Rooney
  • Tedder
3:08
12. "Ain't It Funny" (Remix featuring Ja Rule and Caddillac Tah)
  • Irv Gotti
  • 7
3:51
13. "Feelin' So Good" (Remix featuring Big Pun and Fat Joe)
  • Combs
  • Rooney[b]
  • Lopez[b]
5:25
Total length:
52:07

Personnel

  • Josie Aiello — Background vocals
  • AJ Junior — Composer
  • Mert Alas — Photography
  • J.D. Andrew — Assistant
  • Justin Angel — Background vocals
  • Jim Annunziato — Mixing, Vocal Engineer
  • Chris Apostle — Coordination
  • Jeffrey Atkins — Composer
  • Chris Avedon — Assistant
  • Chuck Bailey — Assistant
  • Samuel Barnes — Composer
  • Tom Barney — Bass
  • David Barrett — Coordination
  • Jane Barrett — Background vocals
  • Scotty Beatz — Engineer
  • Big Pun — Featured Artist
  • Bilal The Chef — Composer
  • Tim Blacksmith — Management
  • B-Money — Scratching
  • Juan Bohorquez — Assistant
  • Aruek Borujow — Assistant
  • James Brown — Composer
  • Al Burna — Engineer, Vocal Engineer
  • Michael "Banger" Cadahia — Vocal Engineer
  • Caddillac Tah — Composer, Featured Artist
  • Brian Calicchia — Assistant
  • Joe Cartagena — Composer
  • Leonard Caston — Composer
  • Maria Christiansen — Composer, Background vocals
  • Sean "Puffy" Combs — Composer, Producer
  • LaShawn Daniels — Composer
  • Danny D. — Management
  • T. Dillard — Composer
  • Margret Dorn — Background vocals
  • Ashanti Douglas — Composer, Background vocals
  • Tony Duran — Photography
  • Mikkel S. Eriksen — Engineer, Composer, Instrumentation
  • Fabolous — Featured Artist
  • Anthony Falcone — Assistant
  • Fat Joe — Featured Artist
  • Jose Fernando — Composer
  • Alfred Figueroa — Assistant
  • Flo Rida — Featured Artist
  • Georgette Franklin — Composer
  • Elizabeth Gallardo — Assistant
  • Michael Garvin — Composer
  • Alessandro Giulini — Accordion
  • Jay Goin — Assistant
  • Larry Gold — Arranger, Conductor
  • GoMillion — Photography
  • GoonRock — Mixing, Producer
  • Irv Gotti — Mixing, Producer
  • Franklyn Grant — Engineer
  • Josh Gudwin — Engineer, Vocal Engineer
  • Kuk Harrell — Producer, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Editing, Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer, Background vocals
  • Shawnyette Harrell — Background vocals
  • Amille D. Harris — Composer
  • Rich Harrison — Composer, Producer
  • Alexei Hay — Photography
  • Tor Erik Hermansen — Composer, Instrumentation
  • G. Hermosa — Composer
  • Dan Hetzel — Engineer, Mixing
  • Jean-Marie Horvat — Mixing
  • Enrique Iglesias — Composer
  • Ja Rule — Featured Artist
  • John Jackson — Composer
  • Jadakiss — Featured Artist
  • Rick James — Composer
  • Jim Janik — Mixing
  • Fred "Uncle Freddie" Jerkins III — Composer
  • Rodney Jerkins — Composer, Producer
  • Richie Jones — Arranger, Drums, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Programming, Remixing
  • Jennifer Karr — Background vocals
  • Peter Wade Keusch — Engineer
  • Eric Kupper — Keyboards
  • Dave Kutch — Mastering
  • L.E.S. — Composer
  • Greg Lawson — Arranger, Composer
  • Damien Lewis — Assistant Engineer, Engineer
  • Lil Jon — Vocals
  • Lil Wayne — Featured Artist
  • Jennifer Lopez — Composer, Executive Producer, Primary Artist
  • Irving Lorenzo — Composer
  • Peter Mack — Assistant
  • Bill Makina — Programming
  • Manny Marroquin — Mixing
  • Ronald L. Martinez — Assistant
  • Tony Maserati — Assistant
  • Milwaukee Buck — Engineer
  • Chieli Minucci — Guitar
  • Arbex Miro — Composer
  • Mr. Deyo — Composer
  • Jeremy Monroe — Composer
  • Kenny Moran — Mixing
  • Trevor Muzzy — Engineer, Mixing, Vocal Editing
  • Michael Oliver — Composer
  • Troy Oliver — Composer, Drum Programming, Producer
  • Jean Claude Olivier — Composer
  • Jeanette Olsson — Background vocals
  • Chris "Tek" O'Ryan — Engineer, Vocal Editing
  • Marty Osterer — Bass
  • Lawrence Parker — Composer
  • Julian Peploe — Art Direction, Design
  • Wendy Peterson — Background vocals
  • Jason Phillips — Composer
  • Marcus Piggott — Photography
  • Pitbull — Composer, Featured Artist
  • Poke and Tone — Producer
  • Anita Poree — Composer
  • Prince Charles — Engineer, Mixing
  • Rita Quintero — Background vocals
  • Natasha Ramos — Background vocals
  • Usher Raymond — Composer
  • RedOne — Composer, Engineer, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming, Vocal Arrangement, Vocal Editing, Vocal Producer
  • Julio Reyes — Engineer
  • Christopher Rios — Composer
  • Cory Rooney — Composer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Producer, Remixing
  • Marc Russell — Assistant Producer
  • Dave Scheuer — Arranger, Engineer, Producer
  • Damon Sharpe — Composer
  • Teddy Sky — Composer
  • Brian Springer — Engineer, Mixing
  • Steve Standard — Composer
  • Stargate — Producer
  • Scott Sterling — Composer
  • Styles P — Featured Artist
  • David Styles — Composer
  • Bruce Swedien — Engineer
  • David Swope — Engineer
  • Phil Tan — Mixing
  • Ryan Tedder — Composer, Engineer, Producer
  • Phil Temple — Composer
  • Michael Thompson — Photography
  • Jimmy Thörnfeldt — Unknown Contributor Role
  • C. Tillman — Composer
  • Ric Wake — Arranger, Producer
  • Miles Walker — Engineer
  • Robb Williams — Assistant, Engineer
  • Frank Wilson — Composer
  • Thomas R. Yezzi — Engineer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[1] 20
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[3] 9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[4] 10
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[5] 3
Czech Albums Chart[6] 6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 17
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[8] 12
French Albums (SNEP)[9] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 15
Greek Albums Chart[11] 53
Hungarian Albums Chart[12] 10
Irish Albums Chart[13] 10
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] 3
Japanese Albums Chart[15] 11
Mexican Albums Chart[16] 10
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[17] 12
Polish Albums Chart[18] 11
Portuguese Albums Chart[19] 10
Scottish Albums Chart[20] 8
Spanish Albums Chart[21] 5
Swedish Albums Chart[22] 44
Swiss Albums Chart[23] 7
Taiwanese Western Albums Chart[24] 3
UK Albums Chart[25] 4
UK R&B Albums Chart[26] 4
US Billboard 200[27] 20
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[28] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (2012) Position
US Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[29] 85

Release history

Country Date Edition Label Ref.
Germany July 20, 2012
  • Standard (CD)
  • deluxe (CD+DVD)
Sony [30]
Netherlands [31]
France July 23, 2012 RCA [32]
United Kingdom [33]
Canada July 24, 2012 Sony [34]
United States Epic [35]
Australia July 27, 2012 Deluxe (CD+DVD) Sony [36]
Japan August 1, 2012
  • Standard (CD)
  • deluxe (CD+DVD)
[37]
Australia September 28, 2012 Standard (CD) [38]

Dance Again... The Hits Media

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  10. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  11. "Top-75 Albums Sales Chart" (in Ελληνικά). IFPI Greece. Archived from the original on June 1, 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  12. "Top 40 album- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2012. 33. hét" (in magyar). MAHASZ. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
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  30. German release of Dance Again... the Hits:
  31. Dutch release of Dance Again... the Hits:
  32. French release of Dance Again... the Hits:
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  34. Canadian release of Dance Again... the Hits:
  35. American release of Dance Again... the Hits:
  36. https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/pop/dance-again-the-hits-deluxe-edition/294781
  37. Japanese release of Dance Again... the Hits:
  38. https://www.jbhifi.com.au/music/browse/pop/dance-again-the-hits/291027