--- title: Watch J. Lo Dance Battle on Jimmy Fallon VIDEO description: Jimmy Fallon should know better than to face off against pop star and former Fly Girl Jennifer Lopez canonical: https://time.com/4688428/j-lo-dance-battle/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-02T18:12:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:33.375Z og:title: Jimmy Fallon Should Not Have Challened J. Lo to a Dance-Off og:description: Fallon should know better than to face off against Jennifer Lopez og:url: https://time.com/4688428/j-lo-dance-battle/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65469670f6499a68/6988bcbfab6d773e716ad110/jlo-jimmy-fallon.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jlo-jimmy-fallon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon Should Not Have Challened J. Lo to a Dance-Off twitter:description: Fallon should know better than to face off against Jennifer Lopez twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65469670f6499a68/6988bcbfab6d773e716ad110/jlo-jimmy-fallon.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Fallon Probably Should Never Have Challenged J. Lo to This Dance Battle by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 2, 2017 6:12 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 2, 2017 6:12 PM UTC There are bad ideas and then there’s Jimmy Fallon, suit-wearing [television host](http://time.com/4665216/jimmy-fallon-addresses-trump-interview/?iid=sr-link1), challenging [Jennifer Lopez](http://time.com/4398300/jennifer-lopez-lin-manuel-miranda-orlando-song/?iid=sr-link2), international pop star, [renowned dancer](http://time.com/4685535/jennifer-lopez-dancer-proposal/?iid=sr-link1), and former Fly Girl, to a dance battle. What was he thinking? On _The Tonight Show_, Fallon threw down the gauntlet and declared war on the dance floor against [J. Lo](http://time.com/4340612/jennifer-lopez-diva-hollywood-double-standards/?iid=sr-link3). For the battle, Fallon and Lopez had to draw phrases out of a “velvety dance bag” and then make up dances to go with them, while The Roots provided a soundtrack for the action. [Fallon](http://time.com/4685447/ed-sheeran-jimmy-fallon-song/?iid=sr-link6) went first, freestyling to “Putting on Skinny Jeans”, even dropping to the floor to show off some of his sweeter moves. Lopez followed with a stellar routine that translated the phrase “Washing Machine on Spin Cycle” into a wonder of head-whipping choreography. Fallon quickly got out of breath, but Lopez came to his rescue, suggesting they perform a dance battle duet that helped Fallon regain his dance floor cred. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4688428/j-lo-dance-battle/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4688428/j-lo-dance-battle/"},"headline":"Jimmy Fallon Probably Should Never Have Challenged J. 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