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Jennifer Lopez made a huge impact with her song, “If You Had My Love” back in 1999. It was the first single off her first album, and Jennifer and her producers chose the song very carefully.

Now Chante Moore has said that “If You Had My Love” was really her song and that they rewrote it for Jennifer.

According to one source, Chante’s “second single entitled “If I Gave Love” was almost identical to Lopez’s 1999 hit “If You Had My Love” which resulted in Moore’s single being shelved.”

The story goes on to say it all came down because P. Diddy walked in while Chante’s song was being recorded and said that “he wanted it.” They apparently told P. Diddy the song was already written for Chante, but hey, nobody tells P. Diddy he can’t have what he wants! And thus it was rewritten for Jennifer.

Now this isn’t to say, of course, that even if Chante released “If I Gave Love” that it would have been guaranteed as a hit. Part of the success of Jen’s first single really stemmed on the video she did for the song. The video, which was essentially P. Diddy’s idea, really played on the Internet and the idea of a webcam watching Jennifer in her home. Then it switched gears and gave Jen a chance to show off her dance moves, before going back to the original melody.

Remember that great video? Here it is.

Here’s Chante talking about this on NPR. The part where she mentions J-Lo is about five minutes in if you’d like to fast forward.

Want to decide for yourself? Here’s a clip of Chante singing “If I Gave Love.” See if you think it would have been hit had it been released back in 1999.

I do hear similarities in the music in the beginning, but from that point on I think Jen’s song is really very different. What did you think?

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