When I Think of You
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| Single by Janet Jackson | ||
| from the album Control | ||
| Released | July 28, 1986 (U.S.) July, 1986 (U.K.) November 4, 1986 (South Africa) |
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| Format | 7" single, 12" single | |
| Recorded | 1985 | |
| Genre | Pop/R&B | |
| Length | 3:57 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Writer(s) | Janet Jackson, James Harris, Terry Lewis | |
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |
| Certification | Gold (U.S.) | |
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| Janet Jackson singles chronology | ||
| "Nasty" (1986) |
"'When I Think of You" (1986) |
"Control" (1986) |
| Control track listing | ||
| "The Pleasure Principle" (5) |
"When I Think of You" (6) |
"He Doesn't Know I'm Alive" (7) |
| Deep Dish/Heller & Farley Remix Cover | ||
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"When I Think of You" is the third single from Janet Jackson's third album Control. The song is written by Janet Jackson, James Harris, and Terry Lewis and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The song is about a person who finds relief and fun in a lover. They only need to think of that special person to be content. Janet has now said that this was one of the hardest songs to record because of criticism from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis over her voice. It is Jackson's first #1 hit ont he Hot 100.
The song was also resurrected in 1995 for the US commercial Runaway CD-single, featuring David Morales' "Extended Classic House Mix '95" and a mix by the Heller & Farley Project.
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[edit] Music Video
The music video finds Jackson going around a neighborhood. Each location she visits has the same mysterious man that is in different costumes that says a brief statement to her and then vanishes as she turns around. The video is similar in style to that of "Alright." The director of "When I Think of You", Julian Temple, would later direct Jackson's "Alright" video. The video only has 3 cuts. The Dance Remix was used for the video. The video was made available on iTunes on February 1, 2007.
[edit] Chart Performance
The single became Jackson's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When "When I Think of You" hit number one, it made Janet and her brother Michael Jackson the first, and so far, only siblings to both have solo number one hits on the Hot 100. At the time she was 20 years old, making Janet the youngest artist since Stevie Wonder to top the Billboard Hot 100. The single was the thirty-second biggest Hot 100 single of 1986. It was the forty-seventh biggest Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks single of 1986 and the tweny-second biggest Hot Dance Music/Club Play single of 1986.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 10 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| ARIA Top 50 | 51 |
| Belgium Sales Chart | 8 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 15 |
| German Singles Chart | 36 |
| Holland Singles Chart | 3 |
| Official UK Singles Chart | 10 |
| South African Sales Chart | 5 |
[edit] Official versions/remixes
- 1986
- Album version (3:56)
- Instrumental (4:00)
- Dance Remix (6:25)
- Dub Version (3:15)
- Extra Beats (2:01)
- 1995
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| Preceded by "Stuck With You" by Huey Lewis & the News |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single October 11, 1986- October 18, 1986 |
Succeeded by "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper |
Studio albums: Janet Jackson • Dream Street • Control • Rhythm Nation 1814
janet. • The Velvet Rope • All for You • Damita Jo • 20 Y.O.
Other albums: Control: The Remixes • Janet. Remixed • Design of a Decade 1986/1996
Discography • Singles • Videography • Filmography • Tours • Awards and accolades
