The original recording of the song features a different sample from Yellow magic Orchestra's song, "Firecracker", but was re-recorded last minute with a sample from Cameo's song, "Candy". The release attracted controversy after reports that Carey's ex-husband and former record label executive, Tommy Motolla, stole the idea of sampling "Firecracker" and included it on Jennifer Lopez's remix of "I'm Real", over a month after Mariah signed for it. Since the release of "Glitter" was a month after Lopez's debut album, "J-Lo," Mariah changed the song's melody to sample "Candy" instead. Lopez subsequently released her remix of "I'm Real" with the sample from "Firecracker" and peaked at #1 on the Billboard hot 100. "Loverboy", however, peaked at a disappointing #49 which led Virgin Records to redu