Producer reveals he's back in the studio with Enrique Iglesias.
By Jocelyn Vena
RedOne
Photo: MTV News
It seems like "I Like It" owes a lot of its success to a little television phenomenon known as "Jersey Shore." The Enrique Iglesias jam, which features the cast of the MTV reality show in its video, had many a club-goer jamming to the beat at their local Karma outpost. But the song's producer, RedOne, thinks that being linked to the show is only one of the puzzle pieces that created the song's overwhelming success.
"No, I'm not tied to the 'Jersey Shore,' " he told MTV News when he stopped by our office last week. "If your song is good, it's going to survive all the way. It started with 'Jersey Shore,' and then radio."
He explains that Iglesias was looking to reinvent himself, and this was just the right tune.
"People were calling radio like crazy because radio wouldn't play Enrique," RedOne said. "Thanks to Enrique, because he delivered an incredible performance. Pitbull was a really important factor to that song too. Everybody's energies helped, made it go all the way. 'Jersey Shore' was just one piece out of the whole thing."
RedOne said that in addition to working with Lady Gaga — and not working with Lindsay Lohan — he is back in the studio with Iglesias, trying to cook up some more magic.
"We're still working and doing songs," he explained. "If you love music and you have your passion and you know what you're doing, you just focus and do it well and with the quality.
"We're gonna make people dance," he continued. "We're gonna make people happy. That's what we did with 'I Like It.' ... We're just gonna get together and do what we do."
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