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| “You” |
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Single by Janet
from the album The Velvet Rope |
| B-side |
"Accept Me" |
| Released |
April 1, 1999 |
| Format |
CD single |
| Genre |
R&B, funk |
| Length |
4:42 (Album Version)
3:56 (Single Edit) |
| Label |
Virgin |
| Writer(s) |
Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, René Elizondo, Jr., Harold Brown, Thomas Sylvester Allen, Morris Dickerson, Howard Scott, Leroy Jordan, Lee Oskar, Charles Miller |
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"You" is a song by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.
[edit] Song information
Released on April 1, 1999, it was the fifth single released from Jackson's sixth studio album The Velvet Rope. "You" contains a sample from War's 1972 "The Cisco Kid", written by Harold Brown, Thomas Sylvester Allen, Morris Dickerson, Howard Scott, Leroy Jordan, Lee Oskar, and Charles Miller. Although the single received a promo release in the United Kingdom, it was ineligible to chart there. The Japanese commercial release includes a B-side from The Velvet Rope called "Accept Me", a song about a woman begging acceptance from her lover, family, and the world. The song was also released on the "Every Time" single. Even though "You" was never officially released in South Africa, it was able to chart on import sales.
The song's lyrics were alleged to have been written as a message to Jackson's brother Michael Jackson with whom she had a conflict after they made a collaboration on the song "Scream". However, Jackson cleared up this rumor in an MTV interview stating that in the song she is actually singing to herself.
[edit] Music video
The video for the song was shot at the SECC Arena in Glasgow, Scotland on June 2, 1998 in front of a select group of fans. Made to look like a live performance, it is spliced with actual concert footage of Jackson's The Velvet Rope Tour, filmed at the same location the next day. The video is featured on the limited bonus-DVD edition of 2001's All for You as well as the 2004 video compilation From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos.
[edit] Track listings and formats
- European promo CD single (EU VSCDJ 1713)[1]
- Single Edit – 3:56
- Album Version – 4:42
- Japanese CD single (VJCP12116)[2]
- Album Version) – 4:42
- "Every Time" (Jam & Lewis Disco Mix) – 4:16
- "Accept Me" – 4:07 (non-album track)
- U.S. video single (J-JVIYO231025)[3]
- "You" (Short Version) 4:13 (Video)
[edit] Charts
[edit] Official remixes
- Album Version – 4:42
- Album Instrumental – 4:46
- Single Edit – 3:56
- Short Version – 4:13
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