Marry Me (soundtrack)

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Marry Me
Marry Me (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).png
Digital cover
Soundtrack album by
Jennifer Lopez and Maluma
ReleasedFebruary 4, 2022 (2022-02-04)
Recorded2019–2020
Studiosee recording locations
Length34:05
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
Label
Producer
Jennifer Lopez chronology
A.K.A.
(2014) 		Marry Me
(2022)
Maluma chronology
Papi Juancho
(2020) 		Marry Me
(2022)
Singles from Marry Me
  1. "Pa Ti"
    Released: September 24, 2020
  2. "On My Way"
    Released: November 18, 2021
  3. "Marry Me"
    Released: February 2, 2022

Marry Me is the soundtrack album to the 2022 film of the same name, performed by its stars Jennifer Lopez and Maluma. It was released on February 4, 2022, by Universal Studios and Sony Music Latin, marking Lopez's first full-length release since A.K.A. (2014) and Maluma's first since 2020's Papi Juancho.

Background and development[]

While promoting her single "Medicine" in April 2019, Lopez told Ebro Darden of Beats 1 radio that the next album she releases will "probably be with a new movie".[1] Later that same month, it was announced that she would be starring alongside Owen Wilson in the romantic comedy, Marry Me (2022).[2] In July 2019, Colombian singer Maluma was cast to play Lopez's fiancé in the film.[3] During their first week of shooting, on October 5, 2019, Lopez and Maluma performed her song "No Me Ames" during his show at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[4] In February 2020, Lopez announced that she would be releasing a new album alongside Marry Me that would also serve as the film's soundtrack.[5] She told Jimmy Fallon during an interview that the album would feature "six or eight" songs performed by herself and "two or three" songs performed by Maluma, as well as a duet between the two that is performed as both an uptempo and a ballad.[6]

Writing and recording[]

After receiving the script for Marry Me, Lopez and her team started finding places in the film where they could place music. According to the singer, "you can't have a movie about two pop stars who are performing and not have a soundtrack". While on the It's My Party tour during the summer of 2019, she listened to 100 songs submitted by different writers and producers and narrowed it down to "seven or eight" songs to be featured in the film. The process of creating the soundtrack was "really difficult" for Lopez due to the fact that she wasn't making a "J.Lo album" and was instead "writing songs for the story", noting that she was on tour during the writing and recording process.[7][8]

After signing onto the project, Maluma started writing songs with his long-time producer Edgar Barrera. The first song they wrote was "Segundo", which was met with positive reception from the studio and director.[7] The "R&B-tinged pop" song features an "earworm finger-snapping beat", and lyrics where Maluma asks their lover for a second chance[8] After being asked to do "another, more commercial reggaeton song", Maluma and Barrera wrote a second song called "Uno en un Millón".[7] "Uno en un Millón" ("1 in a Million") fuses "raggeaton drums with pop beats."[8] In similar vein, "Pa Ti (For You)" is another downtempo reggaeton song. Later on "Church" Lopez creates a "non-typical church song" which would "get the party started". Billboard staff called the song "gospel-infused pop". Other songs include "Love of My Life" which centres on finding love from oneself first and features some acapella vocals by Lopez, and the acoustic guitar-driven song "After Love (Part 1)". On the latter, Lopez sings about failed relationships but the inclusion of EDM beats makes you "dance your sorrows away" according to Billboard staff.[8]

Singles[]

On September 21, 2020, Lopez and Maluma posted a 15-second teaser on both of their respective social media accounts to announce that they would be releasing a "two-song" collaboration, called "Pa' Ti + Lonely", on September 24, 2020.[9] While both songs were originally announced to be featured on the Marry Me soundtrack,[10] "Lonely" did not end up making the final cut. "Pa' Ti" marked Lopez's highest chart debut in the United States since 2017, debuting at number nine on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs for the chart dated October 10, 2020. It became Lopez's highest entry on the chart since her feature on "Adrenalina" (2014), as well as her seventh top-ten song and Maluma's 13th.[11] "On My Way", the second single from the album, was released on November 18, 2021,[12] alongside the trailer for the film.[13]

Track listing[]

All songs performed by Jennifer Lopez, unless stated otherwise. Steve Mackey and Trevor Muzzy provided vocal production across all of the songs.

Marry Me track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Here Comes the Bride" (Coolidge Crew)
  • Debney
  • Kim Burse[a]
0:45
2."Marry Me (Kat & Bastian Duet)" (with Maluma)
  • Pollack
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
  • Sarazen
2:37
3."Pa Ti (For You)" (with Maluma)
  • Leone
  • Barrera
3:50
4."Church"
Danja2:50
5."1 en 1 Millon" (Maluma)
  • Maluma
  • Barrera
  • Vicente Barco
  • Johany Alejandro Correa
  • Berrera
  • Nyal
2:40
6."Love of My Life (Marry Me)"
3:12
7."After Love (Part 1)"
  • Kyle Moorman
  • Lisa Scinta
  • Daniel Henig
  • M-Phazes
2:45
8."Marry Me (Ballad)" (with Maluma)
  • Pollack
  • Sarazen
  • Waithe
  • Maluma
  • Barrera
  • Burse
  • Kevin Teasley
  • Julio Reyes Copello[c]
3:33
9."Segundo" (Maluma)
  • Barrera
  • Brown
  • Franks
2:28
10."On My Way (Marry Me)"
3:12
11."Nobody's Watching (Marry Me)"
  • Ale Alberti
  • Jeff Shum
  • Dalton Diehl
2:56
12."Love of My Life" (Arkadi Remix)
  • Ogren
  • Adara
  • Koehlke
  • Gale
  • Thomas
  • S. Johnson
  • J. Johnson
  • Peterhof
  • Arkadi
  • German
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
3:17
Total length:34:05
Digital bonus track[14]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."On My Way (Marry Me)" (TELYKast Remix)
  • Pollack
  • Clampitt
  • Adara
  • Hetrick
  • TELYKast (Trevor Klaiman, Kyle Tenoli, Linus Kurosaki)
3:38
Total length:37:43
Target bonus tracks[15]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."On My Way (Marry Me)" (TELYKast Remix)
  • Pollack
  • Clampitt
  • Adara
Hetrick3:38
14."After Love (Part 2)"
  • Moorman
  • Scinta
  • Henig
M-Phazes 

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies assistant producer
  • ^[b] signifies co-producer
  • ^[c] signifies additional producer

Credits and personnel[]

Recording locations[]

  • 9000 (Los Angeles, California)
  • Art House (Miami, Florida)
  • Barbara McLean Mixing (Los Angeles, California)
  • Dream Asylum (Hallandale Beach, Florida)
  • Grundman Mastering (Los Angeles, California)
  • Hit23 (Miami, Florida)
  • Hummingbird Hill (Spring Hill, Tennessee)
  • Igloo (Burbank, California)
  • La Casa De Juancho (Medellín, Columbia)
  • M&S (Sherman Oaks, California)
  • Mastering Place (New York City, New York)
  • Mixstar (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
  • Newman Scoring Stage (Los Angeles California)
  • Patriot (Los Angeles, California)
  • SafeHouseSound (Franklin, Tennessee)
  • TLM (Los Angeles, California)
  • Tone Room (New Boston, Michigan)

Personnel[]

Charts[]

Chart performance for Marry Me
Chart (2022) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 90
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[17] 132
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[18] 90
UK Digital Albums (OCC)[19] 40
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC)[20] 6
US Billboard 200[21] 135
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard)[22] 5

Release history[]

Release dates and formats for Marry Me
Region Date Format Label Ref.
France February 4, 2022
Sony Music Latin [23]
Poland CD Sony [24]
United Kingdom
  • CD
  • digital download
  • streaming
 Relentless [25]
United States Sony Music Latin [26]
Canada February 18, 2022 CD Sony [27]

References[]

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  9. ^ Roiz, Jessica (September 21, 2020). "Jennifer Lopez & Maluma Get Intimate in 'Pa' Ti / Lonely' Video Teaser: Watch". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
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