I'm Glad

"I'm Glad"
Single by Jennifer Lopez
from the album This Is Me... Then
ReleasedApril 7, 2003 (2003-04-07)
StudioHit Factory (New York City)
GenreR&B
Length3:42
LabelEpic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Troy Oliver
  • Cory Rooney
Jennifer Lopez singles chronology
"All I Have"
(2002)
"I'm Glad"
(2003)
"Baby I Love U!"
(2003)
Music video
"I'm Glad" on YouTube

"I'm Glad" is a song by American singer and actress Jennifer Lopez for her third studio album, This Is Me... Then (2002). It was written by Lopez, Troy Oliver, Cory Rooney, Mr. Deyo and Jesse Weaver Jr. and produced by Oliver and Rooney. It was released as the album's third single on April 7, 2003. It is an uptempo R&B song that samples Schooly D's "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" (1986). Lyrically, the song talks about finding true love after waiting for a long time. It was rumoured to be about her relationship with her then-boyfriend actor Ben Affleck, who served as the album's muse.

Critics who analyzed the track commended it for being elegant, while picking as an album highlight and complimenting the sample usage. Commercially, "I'm Glad" experienced moderate success in the United States, peaking at number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while also reaching the top-twenty on the Pop Airplay and Rhytmic charts, while reaching number four on the Dance Club Songs. Elsewhere, it fared better, reaching the top-ten in Australia and Canada, while also reaching the top-twenty in over seven nations.

The "I'm Glad" music video was directed by David LaChapelle and pays homage to the film Flashdance (1983). Similar to the storylne of the film, Lopez portrays a young aspiring dancer who spends her days welding and her nights performing at a bar. The video was topic was the subject of extensive controversy, with Paramount Pictures, the production company behind Flashdance, suing Lopez and Sony Music for copyright infringement due to the recreation of the film’s dance sequences. Despite its controversy, the video was nominated for four 2003 MTV Video Music Awards and was hailed as one of the sexiest music videos ever made. Lopez only performed the song during her 2018 MTV Video Music Awards medley, the 2021 Global Citizen Live Festival and her Apple Music Live concert in 2024.