"Invading My Mind" is a song recorded by American entertainer
Jennifer Lopez
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for her seventh studio album ''
Love?
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'' (2011). It was written by
RedOne
Nadir Khayat ( ar, نادر الخياط; born 9 April 1972), better known by his stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive.
As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many high-profi ...
,
AJ Junior
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, BeatGeek, Teddy Sky,
Bilal "The Chef",
Jimmy Joker and produced by RedOne, Lopez,
Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
, BeatGeek, Jimmy Joker and
Kuk Harrell
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. "Invading My Mind" is an uptempo song that speaks of being overcome with a feeling that's "attacking, invading my mind".
"Invading My Mind" received generally positive acclaim from
music critics, who thought of the song to be single-worthy. The song drew comparisons to
Ace of Base's 1995 single "
Beautiful Life" and to the music of
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...
. It additionally was compared to Lopez's own single "
On the Floor
"On the Floor" is a song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for her seventh studio album, ''Love?'' (2011). Featuring American rapper Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull, it was released by Island Records on February 8, 2011, as the lead single ...
", but with "more of a groove feel".
Upon the release of ''Love?'', "Invading My Mind" debuted at number ten on the
South Korea Gaon International Chart.
Production and composition
"Invading My Mind" was written by
RedOne
Nadir Khayat ( ar, نادر الخياط; born 9 April 1972), better known by his stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive.
As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many high-profi ...
, AJ Junior, BeatGeek, Teddy Sky, Bilal The Chef, Jimmy Joker and produced by RedOne, Lopez,
Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
, BeatGeek and Joker. Lopez's vocals for the song were arranged and produced by RedOne. The vocals were recorded by Jim Annunziato, Josh Gudwin and
Kuk Harrell
Thaddis Laphonia "Kuk" Harrell ( ) is an American songwriter, vocal producer, arranger and engineer. He was a member of a songwriting–production team composed of himself, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and The-Dream, Terius "The-Dream" Nash. In ...
at Cove Studios in New York City, New York and
Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California. RedOne,
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan and Trevor Muzzy handled
audio engineering
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of "Invading My Mind", while RedOne and O'Ryan were in charge of vocal editing. RedOne, BeatGeek and Joker provided instruments for the song and also programming for them. The song was later
mixed by Trevor Muzzy.
"Invading My Mind" is an uptempo song, with a length of three minutes and twenty seconds (3:20). Melinda Newman of
HitFix described "Invading My Mind" as being a "fast-paced,
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-tinged, robotic dance thumper",
while Swagata Panjari of Radio and Music called it a "groovy club banger" with "high energy beats".
The song contains an almost "duplicate rhythm" to "On the Floor", but with "more prominent" electro keys and breaks that have "more of a groove feel" to them.
The song received comparisons to
Ace of Base's 1995 single "
Beautiful Life" and to the music of
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...
.
While working with RedOne, Lopez insists that he "brought the best out of her", something she credits to his Moroccan, Swedish and American heritage. Lopez stated that: "He's awesome. He's one of the nicest people and has a beautiful spirit. He can create something the whole world will love and that is probably to do with his international background. Some people can do dance, others can do urban or pop, but Nadir does it all and understand what makes a hit on every level".
Plagiarism allegations
In August 2011, Rebecca Francescatti, a Chicago-based singer, filed a lawsuit against
Lady Gaga
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta ( ; born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her image reinventions and musical versatility. Gaga began performing as a teenag ...
claiming that she had plagiarized elements of her 1999 recording "Juda" (from Francescatti's album ''
It's All About You'') for Gaga's 2011 single "
Judas". Francescatti noted that the similarities of the two songs could stem from the fact that her former bass player, Brian Gaynor, was now working for a company who wrote several tracks for Gaga's second album ''
Born This Way'' (2011). A year later, Francescatti's lawyer claimed in that Gaga used an additional unlicensed sample in "Judas" and then incorporated it into "Invading My Mind". It was alleged that Gaga asked Lopez for a credit on "Invading My Mind" to "cover her tracks", with Francescatti's lawyer claiming that she did not even contribute to the song. The lawsuit claimed to have uncovered text messages between Gaga and RedOne proving that she had stolen the sample loop used in both "Judas" and "Invading My Mind".
Critical response
"Invading My Mind" received generally positive acclaim from
music critics. Tim Stack of ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' awarded the song a B+ rating, stating that: "Remember when the thought of Jennifer Lopez releasing good music was as likely as a sequel to Angel Eyes? Well, our bad. The American Idol judge shot up the charts with the cheesetastic Ibiza chant ''On the Floor.'' Now she unites with Gaga pal RedOne for this appropriately named piece of pop pleasure: Once the club banger hits your ears, good or bad, you won't be able to get it out of your head."
Tanner Stransky, also of ''Entertainment Weekly'', gave a positive review of the song, stating that between "On the Floor" and "Invading My Mind" Lopez is "really made a glittery return to her extreme club/"
Waiting for Tonight" roots". She continued by stating: "Sure, '
nvading MyMind' may be shallower than the kiddie pool, but this one is up from the first second... and never goes down".
Monica Herrera from ''
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'' stated that on "Invading My Mind" RedOne and Lady Gaga bring the "hit potential", while Lopez "brings the heat". She continued by stating that the song is an "irresistible '80s euphoria and release".
Digital Spy
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's Robert Copsey, who although stated that the song isn't anything "we haven't heard before," it is worthy of a standalone release.
Shane Phoenix of Hot Spots disagreed, stating that "the lyrics are a little repetitive to be a feature single", but it could, however, be a "great follow up to 'On the Floor' if you want to listen back to back and keep dancing".
A staff member from Idolator stated that: "In a parallel universe, we could definitely hear Gaga herself singing 'Invading My Mind,' though it has more in common with early tracks from Fame than anything the p-p-p-pointy-faced provocateur has done lately". He also stated that the verses of the song "remind us an awful lot of Lopez's current RedOne-produced hit 'On the Floor'."
Sal Cinquemani of
Slant Magazine
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said that "Lopez shines" on the ''Love?'' album cuts which clock at and above 120 bpm, except for what he said was the "throwaway" song "Invading My Mind".
Cinquemani mockingly called the song's lyrics "poetry", referring to the line: "freezing cold, steaming hot, sweaty drip, drip, drop".
Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Love?''.
*
RedOne
Nadir Khayat ( ar, نادر الخياط; born 9 April 1972), better known by his stage name RedOne, is a Moroccan singer, songwriter, record producer and record executive.
As a record producer and songwriter, he has worked with many high-profi ...
– Vocal arrangement, vocal editor, instruments, instruments programmer, record producer, vocal producer, recording engineer
* Teddy Sky – Backing vocals
* Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – Vocal editor, recording engineer
* Kuk Harrell – Vocal editor, vocal producer, vocal recording engineer
* BeatGeek – Instruments, instruments programmer, record producer
* Jimmy Joker – Instruments, instruments programmer, record producer
* Trevor Muzzy – Mixing, recording engineer
* Jennifer Lopez – Record producer, vocals
* Lady Gaga – Record producer, vocals
* Jim Annunziato – Vocal recording engineer
* Josh Gudwin – Vocal recording engineer
Charts
References
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2011 songs
Jennifer Lopez songs
Song recordings produced by RedOne
Songs written by RedOne
Songs written by Bilal Hajji
Song recordings produced by Lady Gaga
Song recordings produced by Kuk Harrell
Songs written by Geraldo Sandell
Sampling controversies
Songs written by AJ Junior
Songs written by Jimmy Thörnfeldt