Completely agree. I feel the same.I hate what the world has become in a lot of ways compared to the way it used to be. People will try to say,"Oh, you just don't like change. You're just getting older." But that's not it; There's something 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 with the world today.And the children of the 80's feel it especially.
Pish posh! The world wasn't a better place in the 1980s. I am 60 years old and remember the 1980s well. Things were different but certainly not better. I think we trick ourselves into thinking the past was better because we were younger then, healthier, and in better shape. We forget about all the trials and troubles we went through back then and only remember the good times. I don't know how old you are but think of what all you have learned and seen in the last 30-40 years. Think of all the people you met in that time. It has certainly made the world a better place for me today
Yes, it's exuberant and lavish! No record label today would bother to produce videos like this one (or Money For Nothing, Take On Me, Walk This Way, New Year's Day, etc).
I am in this video. I’m at the 3:25 mark. The guy dressed in black arguing with the girl in the red dress. I was Paula Abdul‘s apartment manager at a time in Hollywood. She did the choreography for Janet Jackson’s videos at the time. Was at the studio for two days for me to get all of one or two seconds on screen..😆 It was so much fun!
@@hjq0023 Huh, nobody talks about her or gives her respect??? She's one of the biggest selling recording artists and one of the winningest performers ever in the industry. Billboard has her listed in the top 10 female performers during most of the 1980s and all of the 1990s. Globally she's been nominated for more than 400 prestigious awards and she won about half of them. She's won multiple Icon awards from Billboard, MTV, VHI, and others...you win those when audiences and industry peers recognize your work as having major influence on culture. She gets PLENTY of recognition and respect.
Some scenes were STAGED by Hollywood choreographer Michael Kidd. The video was choreographed by Paula Abdul. You can see the segments have trademark Paula moves. It’s a great collaboration. 💙
Michael and Janet Jackson kind of ruled the 80s music scene in my opinion. The mere fact that their fans weren't just Black folk, but people of all races, nationalities, and colors, made it bangin'!
@@RestyMervinPonioThat could be said for just about every artist. It was the artist/producer connection that made the artists as well as the producers great.
That’s wat the 70s said ..til the 80s showed up then that’s wat the 80s said till the 90s showed up ..now to ur point that’s it ..u will never find or duplicate 3 eras of elite music ever
@@215jphillyyou said it perfectly! 3 eras of decent music and now my ears feel like they are going fall off listening to the nonsense they play nowadays so I stick to ok school music
The complication of shooting this video just makes me love her more. Continuous shots and so many moving parts…the choreography…just outstanding and above anything we had ever seen at that point…incredible
Well. There are a lot of clever edit points ( I look for them myself when my own work when a billboard is passing the camera suddenly that's an opportunity to cut for set things up a new and then continue with the shop into another place but you never know it because it looks I look for them to myself when my old work when it billboard is passing the camera suddenly that's an opportunity to cut for set things up a new and then continue with the shop into another place but you never know it because it looks continuous. like when she slides down the railing the zoom the camera pass and show the ground I need to tell this a little bit of a fudge there but just but just barely and to do it in those days without motion control cameras and stuff yeah it's pretty amazing. I remember sitting and watching this on MTV!
no kidding...its funny because a guy I worked with (much younger) was envious not knowing how old I was and was like "you grew up in the 80s all like Stranger Things?"
First track I played in my first car. If there was ever a perfect evening, that was it. May, sunset, windows down, the most free I’ve ever felt! This song brings it all back! Love you Janet!!!
you have to love the melting pot of all races choreography together :) in this 1986 video. Hilarious when Janet, 20 year old kiddo, grabs a little cake batter helping in the kitchen :~D
Yes, it's one of those songs that is, to me, an indispensable aspect of life and the universe, as if it was always intended to exist. Also, Janet overall was such a non-divisive person back then, like Michael. They were just people without seeming to have any attachment to labels, except, of course, that they are/were tremendously talented.
50 year old veteran here with a tear or two for the loss of my youth, the sanity of the country and a more innocent time...GOD how i wish i could go back there
Music that makes me genuinely smile. Why doesn't pop music do that today? It's catchy and light hearted. No vulgar language. Today's music is too serious, hostile, and crude.
I want to dedicate this song to Elise Finch! She loved you Janet. God Bless her family especially her daughter Gracie. 🌞 Your Mommy loves you so much. R.I.P. 💜💜💜
Women are just the more I show men the more they want me I love shy girls who hide there beautiful body’s underneath makes you want to see more. The lees they show the more they have to give to one man!
This was the song that launched her. Nasty is a good song, What Have You Done For Me Lately was the first hit but this was the #1 hit that propelled Control in to a giant album.
Watching this August 2023,,, anyone else here? I LOVED this video in the 80’s now I’m freakin 66 and still watching, listening,,, she was the queen of dance, and those dance moves never get old!
My wife and I are going back in time with her music because in about a week and half were seeing Janet Jackson in concert were beyond excited it's my wife's very first concert ever and we both Janet we grew up listening to her can't wait for our concert we got floor seats
When this song came out I was walking with my girlfriend then in Manhattan by Central park, I heard the song from afar??? Getting closer???? To our surprise it was about 15 people on skates dancing and rolling out of the park. The guy with the boombox playing this song stopped skating, and placed it in the middle of the road. And started to dance around it with everyone else, in the middle of the road 4 lanes. Cars stopped didn't beep nothing and we just were like OMG bliss. NOBODY BEEPED. The song was just about to end the guy picks up the radio and the 15 people just skated down the side street and nobody said SHIT! Life was just better then, it was a mix. And we enjoyed each others company! 80's RULE God Bless
To be in New York at that epic time is so special. Wow. Jealous. You've described to me (an English teenager at the time) what it was like. I dreamed to be sitting on one of the walls outside the old tenement houses (which now go for millions) watching break dancers etc all day long. 🤣
One thing about Janet she has had some amazing people that helped shaped her career. She can give a lot of credit to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for many of her songs. Then Tina Landon who worked with Janet on most of choreography in her videos.
There's a special MTV series called MTV's timelines with Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, and Janet Jackson 4 of the most historically iconic musical performers of their times if not all times who have and still make impacting influences in pop music culture.
This is what Paula Abdul said about this video: "There was only one edit in this entire video. Otherwise, it was all one take. It was very, very, very labor-intensive. I worked with Julian Temple, who was the director, and we brought in [legendary choreographer] Michael Kidd. At the time I think Michael was in his late sixties, and it was an honor to be able to work with someone who was around during the MGM classics, who understood what we were trying to do. We brought him in to work with us to really make it seamless, and it was incredible. "There were so many performers in that video, and just being able to get every scene knocked out and timed perfectly… oh my God, we probably spent an entire day just mapping it out, without a camera at first, and then an entire day working with the steadicam operator. We used an entire soundstage on the Fox lot. There were so many moving parts to it. It was a lot of rehearsal; I think we had four days altogether on the soundstage. I had a ton of extras, character actors, fire hydrants going off at the right timing. It was insane! But it was so rewarding, and every member of that video - from production to every single extra to every dancer - felt like something huge was accomplished. It was big."
Alice Cheung: I think it was filmed to look it was only one edit, but its edited a lot actually. Janet was inspired by a film Julian Temple directed where the opening scene was all one take. There is a horrible edit of when Janet is on the balcony and she walks into her house at the 1:24 mark. It goes from the set to a soundstage. Look in the upper right hand corner and you can see the backdrop of the stage. I am surprised no one noticed or was it intentional?
@@mrbrownroyyal There's another when she slides down the stair banister, she just appears in the middle of the street lol, that one was pretty obvious to me. They sort of hide the cuts with swift camera movements and strategic obstructions
@@SynphamyMusic Hey! I just re-watched that part and you know what? I never notice that was an edit until you said it. Thats interesting because in all the years I've watched it I never noticed when her feet hit the ground it was two different takes. Thanks for pointing out.
That whole 90s R&B sound got that lost euphoria sound to it.. Like, I can't imagine people having the same feeling about some of the songs today, unless it's driven by memory and not necessary the sound itself..
Here in my country, Brazil, there was a rádio station which played the weekly Billboard top 100 and I remember that when this song came out I was rooting for it to reach number one... and I was thrilled when it did! 😁 Here in Brazil it played a lot too, on the radio and in clubs!
Haters gonna hate but no other decade of music can hold a candle to the 80s. To prove it I challenge anyone to find a better talent than Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston.
Maaaannn! They KNEW how to make a music video in the 80's! It wasn't just about being half naked, shaking yo' money-maker! It was drama, theatrics, wardrobe/costumes, dancing, ACTING, it was ENTERTAINMENT!!!!
Mandi I think your assessment is correct. In this Day and Age, rolling around half nekkid , and acting like a slut in heat is what passes for music videos. And I agree the keyword is "entertainment". This video is all about entertainment, not to titilate people~
Born in 89 but my wife was Born in 87 but our families always played these songs growing up and we obviously were exposed to this. Happy to say this Song was played at our wedding ❤ This song came out in 86! 70s 80s & 90s music will last forever
G White she did in Nasty, When I Think of You and The 1987 Grammys but think those were full high heels not sure cause I’m a man and don’t know how to classify the heights.
Yessssssssss, Janet was our Beyonce, Janet was the 1st that ever did it. women in the 80's truly hade real talent, they didn't sale sex appeal they sold talent. no-one even knew Janet had a nice Body, until the 90's.... She was always dressed like a lady...... Class never go out of style that's why Ms Jackson been relevant for so long...... True Legend /Diva
I was just thinking this. Especially Saturday mornings, or driving in the car to go with my mother places. It would be on her car radio…98.7 kiss FM or WBLS New York/ New Jersey.
I was a teen metalhead in '86 when this song was new. But I dug pop music too, and this video always made me feel good. Janet's music and image had a way of reaching people that may not have naturally gravitated to this style. I even saw her live in '93, one of the best shows I've ever seen. God I miss this era. I also used to think this video was shot all in one continuous take, now all the edits are obvious but still just a brilliant video;
Only about 3 edits...when they say smile and the men appear on steps...when she goes through the door and maybe one more when she slides down the stairwell and lands. But even though there are edits, it actually was shot in ONE take them they re did a few to smoothen them out.
This is such a striking difference between the 1960s-90s and today. The potential of new acts to reach beyond the border of their genre, their core fans, and impact people who are into quite different kinds of music - whether those people are fans or musicians - that ability has practically disappeared. And it's not because "today's musicians and artists are so much worse" but because the methods of the industry, the channels of markering of today, pretty much block that kind of wide, genre-crossing breakthrough, and the mixing of different backgrounds.
@@louise_rose I agree, though there are perhaps a few exceptions. Lady Gaga has a lot of respect and genuine fans in the rock and heavy metal community, myself included. Some of them might be afraid to admit it, lol. I know there are other examples but that one jumps out.
@@fuzzo73 Also, this is a nice homage to old Hollywood musicals. The instrumentation is modern soul/r'n'b of course, but the settings, the Technicolor-style photography, the obvious "studio look" of the set and the entire tone of the film are very reminiscent of the "Singing in the Rain" and "My Fair Lady" era ( I used to watch those classics on TCM) :). Even the song , with a different (orchestral) arrangement wouldn't have needed a lot of rewriting to fit into a 1950s film. Janet was aware of this for sure; she invited Cyd Charisse for a well-placed cameo in another video around the same time.
So amazing! I love her choreographies and Broadway style (courtesy of Paula Abdul). It is such a disgrace that here in the UK she has not had a single #1 but J-Ho had 3!!
+micahaguas Julian Temple also directed Janet's "Alright" video, Janet saw a film of his and the beginning of it was all done in one take, and she wanted the video to be similar in one take even though its edited
Always thought this was one of Janet's best songs. The one take style of video was seen earlier in the "Rapture" by Blondie in 81. A really fun video but obviously dance standards were at a higher level by Janet's days. I don't recall seeing an earlier video in that style before Blondie. If you like the Jam & Lewis style you really must check out the SOS Band's first LP from 79 which they also produced. The lead singer Mary Davies can outsing Janet by a million miles. They were huge on the dance scene and had a massive hit with "Just the way you like it" a few years later. A true classic spine chilling masterpiece! Seriously, check it out if you don't know it. All great tunes though which have stood the passing of time.
Rolf Smith I dont think its about "outsinging" Janet, everyone has a different range, Janet' voice is melodic and versatile. A lot of female vocalists have voices that are basically one tone.
@@ms.772 Just last night, I was standing in line at our local Fazoli's. Two college age girls were in front of me singing to the song C'mon Eileen by Dexley's Midnight Runners. I told them how great the 80s were. They both said they were fans of all things 80s.
@@dereka8041 yes best decade my kids love a lots of the 80's song they have some of them on they playlist and they said mommy yall had some fly music i smile and say i know unforgettable times and well appreciated
Whenever I need to be reminded of my energy frequency, I come to Janet. For some reason her music resonates in my cells and makes them feel the way they did when I was a girl listening to her music in complete joy. Thank you forever, Miss Jackson!!!!!
@@likeloislaine I Too Agree. I have Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Music CD Album, and, For Some Reason, Janet Cheers Me up, All the Way. I HATE My Job, Currently. I am a Housekeeper, where I Work. There are 102 Rooms in the building, and I AM, 1, of 2 Housekeepers. 2 of us Housekeepers, for ALL 102 Rooms in the building-- Quite Frustrating, AND A Dining room to serve Food, on top if our 8-9 rooms a day, for 2 People!😡 This Song, "When I Think of You", helps Me Cope, with all of the Work Drama, Crap, & Residents that I have to deal with, each day!! This Song, is Calming, & Mellow!!😎😊😉
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Almost in tears...things have changed so much. Sometimes you have to go back in time to keep your sanity. Loved theses days.
Ditto..in tears...1987, Chicago...simpler times..
Stop Wrong Way....
Your exaclty Right! I wish there was a time machine where we could go back to the 80's
Happy Times ✨🌟✨✌🏼️
Completely agree. I feel the same.I hate what the world has become in a lot of ways compared to the way it used to be.
People will try to say,"Oh, you just don't like change. You're just getting older."
But that's not it; There's something 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 with the world today.And the children of the 80's feel it especially.
Big fun
I agree. Somebody build a time machine so we can all go back
Janet has one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen.
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I strongly agree with you!! An infectious, sexy smile she has ♥️🤗
Besides her brother Michael. :)
Just like her brother's smile... Diamond smile!
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The 80s music was phenomenal.
Who's listening to this amazing piece September 2024?
Just showed up ❤
I remember every radio station and clothing store would play this song
When music videos were awesome.
The music video is better than nowdays movies
Whose time travelling in Oct 2024?
The 80's, back when the world was a better place.
Probably a worse place with better distractions
Sure love how you hate and bless your heart ❤️ we did not hate and played well with each other❣️ we never thought of you 😂
Pish posh! The world wasn't a better place in the 1980s. I am 60 years old and remember the 1980s well. Things were different but certainly not better.
I think we trick ourselves into thinking the past was better because we were younger then, healthier, and in better shape. We forget about all the trials and troubles we went through back then and only remember the good times.
I don't know how old you are but think of what all you have learned and seen in the last 30-40 years. Think of all the people you met in that time. It has certainly made the world a better place for me today
Not for everyone....
When we were still opposing соmmunism-not trying to be it like now. 😢
There will never be anything like the 80's ever again!!!!
Never Ever!!!
Golden era of just about everything if you were a kid.
So true I miss the 80s so much!!!
Entertainers worked hard at their craft, singing, dancing 🕺, instrumental playing.
@@Longlostpuss very true
Does anybody else smile through the whole video? It's such a feel good song.🤗 just makes me happy i luv it 💖.
Yes, it's exuberant and lavish! No record label today would bother to produce videos like this one (or Money For Nothing, Take On Me, Walk This Way, New Year's Day, etc).
Definitely full of great beautiful energy.
Love ❤️ one another and you will live forever ❤️
I'm smiling now and bopping my head 💥
I don’t know why but I cried. Everything was perfect in 80s. Now we have never be able to go back in 80s.
I was 16 had my brand new Maxima
Was Janet STUNNING or was she STUNNING!?
Stunning , Stunning 😍😍
No.
...is mate. Is. Not was.
That is why moms left left early asking kids
Jesus runs it's
90s Janet was stunning.
One of the greatest songs of all time.
!!!!!!
That bass line was necessary it gives a special & unique atmosphere 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
For real !!
I am in this video. I’m at the 3:25 mark. The guy dressed in black arguing with the girl in the red dress. I was Paula Abdul‘s apartment manager at a time in Hollywood. She did the choreography for Janet Jackson’s videos at the time. Was at the studio for two days for me to get all of one or two seconds on screen..😆 It was so much fun!
Brian Hughes, very good. I wish I had more opportunity to perform.
Wow! Very lucky! I absolutely love this vid. Loved the 80s so much.
I see you how cool right I had to rewind three times but I see it nice
Wow x
@Brian Hughes: What an amazing memory for you! 😊
Janet Jackson was way above her peers. She is truly underrated
Underrated ?? Janet Jackson ????you are cracking me up 🤣👏
@@carmenismyname I said underrated because nobody talks about her or gives her the respect that she deserves
@@hjq0023 you need new friends bub. And who are her peers exactly. Be careful now lol
@@JCMthebrand by peers. I mean the quote on quote "big names" from her time
@@hjq0023 Huh, nobody talks about her or gives her respect??? She's one of the biggest selling recording artists and one of the winningest performers ever in the industry. Billboard has her listed in the top 10 female performers during most of the 1980s and all of the 1990s. Globally she's been nominated for more than 400 prestigious awards and she won about half of them. She's won multiple Icon awards from Billboard, MTV, VHI, and others...you win those when audiences and industry peers recognize your work as having major influence on culture. She gets PLENTY of recognition and respect.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
Agree! I feel that way about lots of Janet's songs, especially Pleasure Principal & Escapade. Such a fun vibe, so much awesome energy.
I wasn’t even born until 92 but I cry everytime I hear this song idk there’s something about it
Word.
@@DylanRomanov i'm literally the same - the video especially!
Times were so good!
I can't believe Paula Abdul choreographed all of this DAMN
Yes, she did, and the media is always trying to put them as rivals, but they are very good friends.
She didn't. She worked alongside Hollywood Legend Michael Kidd
Some scenes were STAGED by Hollywood choreographer Michael Kidd. The video was choreographed by Paula Abdul. You can see the segments have trademark Paula moves. It’s a great collaboration. 💙
Paula with a bottle of wine in one hand.....
She's amazing.
I was born in 87. Why can't music sound like this nowadays? It's a shame.
Michael and Janet Jackson kind of ruled the 80s music scene in my opinion. The mere fact that their fans weren't just Black folk, but people of all races, nationalities, and colors, made it bangin'!
Excellent point!!!
If it were not for Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis contribution, her singing career would have gone down the drain.
@@RestyMervinPonioThat could be said for just about every artist. It was the artist/producer connection that made the artists as well as the producers great.
No one (or two) people rules the 80s.
Not kinda and not just your opinion
The 80s will never be topped. I am so glad. I thank God everyday that I wasn't born in this time
That’s wat the 70s said ..til the 80s showed up then that’s wat the 80s said till the 90s showed up ..now to ur point that’s it ..u will never find or duplicate 3 eras of elite music ever
@@215jphillyyou said it perfectly! 3 eras of decent music and now my ears feel like they are going fall off listening to the nonsense they play nowadays so I stick to ok school music
Exactly what I came to say@@215jphilly
@@215jphillysay it again! EARLY 90s 😁👌!
Her music makes me so happy 😊
I'm an 70's baby and It's 2023 and this still makes me dance and feel free! Forever a vibe!
May I have this dance
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Cant even put into words the memories this song brings...80s nostalgia 😊
This is so sweet. Not gross. Not vulgar. Miss the 80’s.
I agree (:
Seriously! Nowadays it's all trash. This was real music.
Yes today's music is to explicit or to Demonic . Music in the 80's/90's was more about fun and having a good time
@@keepthefaith9594 I mean Janet became really explicit a few years after this. The new generation lacks talent, and that is their problem.
Music back then wasn't filled with with swearing and highly sexualised lyrics and music videos. Its nice to take a trip down memory lane
Masterpiece
The 80s were the absolute best decade to be a teenager. I soooo miss the 80s. It was the last great American decade.
For me 90's too ,these two decades most decent and innocent too,Greatest in every way!
True.
What does this even mean????
The 80s and 90s were 🙌
70s too. I don't know why it seem that 70s are underrated or overlooked.
Good old Days. When music was really music
YESSS music now is disgusting,ghetto,all about me me me me me and numb robots!!! unbelievable Patrick Dorleans
Fax
U AIN'T LYING ABOUT OLD SCHOOL MUSIC WHEN MUSIC WAS MUSIC BACK THEN OK!😀❤
And videos weren’t just twerking, actual dancing. Janets the best, you never hear any garbage about her. Just love her.
Music is still music...y’all just have to get over the fact that it isn’t the 80s anymore 👀
Snapple fact: at the 6 second mark the dog walking is “buck” from married with children. His first acting gig. Lol. Rip buck (died in 1996)
I just found that out today too lol. I wish they could have shown a better shot of him
First fell for this in 90s .
Louder Janet !
Beat to strong for her voice
Gosh I loved this video so much. My life back in the 80’s was literally consumed with everything Michael and Janet. ❤️
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Yes when we all looked like something out of saved by the bell, with our permed hair lol 😁
Everyday and everything was the Jackson's period!!
The whole thing was a one take video
Yep
Same
We miss M.j
💚❤🙏
The complication of shooting this video just makes me love her more. Continuous shots and so many moving parts…the choreography…just outstanding and above anything we had ever seen at that point…incredible
Made to look like it was done in one take.
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Well. There are a lot of clever edit points ( I look for them myself when my own work when a billboard is passing the camera suddenly that's an opportunity to cut for set things up a new and then continue with the shop into another place but you never know it because it looks I look for them to myself when my old work when it billboard is passing the camera suddenly that's an opportunity to cut for set things up a new and then continue with the shop into another place but you never know it because it looks continuous. like when she slides down the railing the zoom the camera pass and show the ground I need to tell this a little bit of a fudge there but just but just barely and to do it in those days without motion control cameras and stuff yeah it's pretty amazing. I remember sitting and watching this on MTV!
After "smile" some seamen just "appeared" on the stairs. Just like the roller-dancers
...and quite above anything we've seen since.
The 80’s can never be replicated.
So lucky to have been there.
no kidding...its funny because a guy I worked with (much younger) was envious not knowing how old I was and was like "you grew up in the 80s all like Stranger Things?"
I totally agree, some of the best years
This was the number one song in America on this day (October 11th 1986) 38 years ago! Feel old yet???
First track I played in my first car. If there was ever a perfect evening, that was it. May, sunset, windows down, the most free I’ve ever felt! This song brings it all back! Love you Janet!!!
you have to love the melting pot of all races choreography together :) in this 1986 video. Hilarious when Janet, 20 year old kiddo, grabs a little cake batter helping in the kitchen :~D
Totally!! Good for you! Great mood song.😁💚
Love you Janet
When was that
Music that makes the soul happy
There's something about this song that makes me feel carefreely nostalgic and happy.
Me too. Same with Escapade.
Pinklaeti I second that
Yes, it's one of those songs that is, to me, an indispensable aspect of life and the universe, as if it was always intended to exist.
Also, Janet overall was such a non-divisive person back then, like Michael. They were just people without seeming to have any attachment to labels, except, of course, that they are/were tremendously talented.
Pinklaeti - me too
Absolutely!
50 year old veteran here with a tear or two for the loss of my youth, the sanity of the country and a more innocent time...GOD how i wish i could go back there
S Justice Hitting 52 next month and joined up in 1988. I know what you mean Brother.
S Justice with the things I’ve been knowing...Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning...
The best is yet to come😇I promise.
Yup , times were so simple then . Times we can never go back to . But we just have to make new memories for ourselves
Baby I am sorry I feel the same
Music that makes me genuinely smile. Why doesn't pop music do that today? It's catchy and light hearted. No vulgar language. Today's music is too serious, hostile, and crude.
All this white noise 😂
I want to dedicate this song to Elise Finch!
She loved you Janet.
God Bless her family especially her daughter Gracie. 🌞
Your Mommy loves you so much.
R.I.P. 💜💜💜
Who's listening in 2024???
Always and forever ❤
I’m with ya 😢
My happy place is here 😁😀🙌🏾
She the closet thing to Micheal that's alive
Me 😊. One of the great bass lines.
No nudity.
No twerking.
No bad language.
Just sheer talent.
Queen.
DKY_
Couldn't agree more!!
Well I tell you what….if JJ was up in here naked, twerking and cussin, I wouldn’t look away 😂
@@skeezix8156 l ain't mad at ya!!
Women are just the more I show men the more they want me I love shy girls who hide there beautiful body’s underneath makes you want to see more. The lees they show the more they have to give to one man!
@@skeezix8156 😂 say that again
This was the song that launched her. Nasty is a good song, What Have You Done For Me Lately was the first hit but this was the #1 hit that propelled Control in to a giant album.
Watching this August 2023,,, anyone else here? I LOVED this video in the 80’s now I’m freakin 66 and still watching, listening,,, she was the queen of dance, and those dance moves never get old!
My wife and I are going back in time with her music because in about a week and half were seeing Janet Jackson in concert were beyond excited it's my wife's very first concert ever and we both Janet we grew up listening to her can't wait for our concert we got floor seats
You Guyz Betta Show Up AND Sho Out ❤
Do Enjoy 🎵🎶🎤
I am too. In phoenix
How precious are you two??!!!🥲😍
She did what Michael did. She made it great, and then she made it better. 1814.
I went back in time with her Live as well in Orlando Florida. It was a good show.
A 4K upgrade for this incredible clip would be nice!!!!
Janet Jackson , Whitney Houston and Denise Matthews (aka Vanity) were among the most beautiful women of that era ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
When this song came out I was walking with my girlfriend then in Manhattan by Central park,
I heard the song from afar??? Getting closer???? To our surprise it was about 15 people on skates
dancing and rolling out of the park. The guy with the boombox playing this song stopped skating,
and placed it in the middle of the road. And started to dance around it with everyone else, in the middle of the road 4 lanes. Cars stopped didn't beep nothing and we just were like OMG bliss. NOBODY BEEPED. The song was just about to end the guy picks up the radio and the 15 people just skated down the side street and nobody said SHIT!
Life was just better then, it was a mix. And we enjoyed each others company! 80's RULE
God Bless
Amazing! Wonderful memories. Thanks for sharing 👍🏼🙂
The Gift thanks for the memories. Being a teen in the 80's was magical-nothing like it. So much great music and plenty of fun. God Bless 🙌
To be in New York at that epic time is so special. Wow. Jealous. You've described to me (an English teenager at the time) what it was like. I dreamed to be sitting on one of the walls outside the old tenement houses (which now go for millions) watching break dancers etc all day long. 🤣
You just described a commercial
its sad because we now have these teenyboppers listening to mumble rap regaeton pop garbage..
This woman has never made a single bad song. Just impeccable taste, and prodcucers. The one artist that stays in my playlist.
One thing about Janet she has had some amazing people that helped shaped her career. She can give a lot of credit to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for many of her songs. Then Tina Landon who worked with Janet on most of choreography in her videos.
@@bh2155 I agree! Paula Abdul too!
MICHAEL JACKSON AND JANET JACKSON ARE THE GREATEST POP STARS OF ALL TIMES!!🤩
Yes yes yes
Agreed, Absolutely
There's a special MTV series called MTV's timelines with Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, and Janet Jackson 4 of the most historically iconic musical performers of their times if not all times who have and still make impacting influences in pop music culture.
An it ain't even CLOSE !!!
Facts
You can see the happiness on the dancers' faces. Just such a wonderful video!
Happy 38th birthday of this video! Such a fun song and video to this day!
This is what Paula Abdul said about this video:
"There was only one edit in this entire video. Otherwise, it was all one take. It was very, very, very labor-intensive. I worked with Julian Temple, who was the director, and we brought in [legendary choreographer] Michael Kidd. At the time I think Michael was in his late sixties, and it was an honor to be able to work with someone who was around during the MGM classics, who understood what we were trying to do. We brought him in to work with us to really make it seamless, and it was incredible.
"There were so many performers in that video, and just being able to get every scene knocked out and timed perfectly… oh my God, we probably spent an entire day just mapping it out, without a camera at first, and then an entire day working with the steadicam operator. We used an entire soundstage on the Fox lot. There were so many moving parts to it. It was a lot of rehearsal; I think we had four days altogether on the soundstage. I had a ton of extras, character actors, fire hydrants going off at the right timing. It was insane! But it was so rewarding, and every member of that video - from production to every single extra to every dancer - felt like something huge was accomplished. It was big."
Alice Cheung wow, where did you get this excerpt on what The Paula Abdul said, its awesome!
it was done in 2 takes check 3.19
Alice Cheung: I think it was filmed to look it was only one edit, but its edited a lot actually. Janet was inspired by a film Julian Temple directed where the opening scene was all one take. There is a horrible edit of when Janet is on the balcony and she walks into her house at the 1:24 mark. It goes from the set to a soundstage. Look in the upper right hand corner and you can see the backdrop of the stage. I am surprised no one noticed or was it intentional?
@@mrbrownroyyal There's another when she slides down the stair banister, she just appears in the middle of the street lol, that one was pretty obvious to me. They sort of hide the cuts with swift camera movements and strategic obstructions
@@SynphamyMusic Hey! I just re-watched that part and you know what? I never notice that was an edit until you said it. Thats interesting because in all the years I've watched it I never noticed when her feet hit the ground it was two different takes. Thanks for pointing out.
If it was 1986...I'd be going to London and Paris the next year with three friends that are all gone now.
This has to be one of the cleverest videos of its age. The work that must have gone in to ensure the seeming fluidity of how it runs is phenomenal.
Janet looks like she's on cloud nine. What a production.
Just watching her has me feeling young again.
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis! They made magic for Janet.
I totally agree with on that. You couldn't have said it any better
They are the dream team
Ezekiel Major jimmy jam! Yup!
RIP
The generation of today will never know how lucky we were to have such great music of this era
They’re lucky to have easy access to be able to listen to all of it too
Janet Jackson's videos give people Joy
Who else got cheered up from this song?
LOVED IT
💕💕
Always
I'm 62 years old and when I listen to this I want to skip down the street. I know that's what feeling alive is like!
I got cheered up...
This kinda music brings back the joy i felt in my childhood pure euphoria
That whole 90s R&B sound got that lost euphoria sound to it.. Like, I can't imagine people having the same feeling about some of the songs today, unless it's driven by memory and not necessary the sound itself..
Just had my son on October 18th @ 6:26 pm and this song was playing in the surgery room. Will forever be a favorite
Denise Williams I am singing this to my baby in the womb right now
Denise Williams awww, that's sweet... thanks for sharing!
Congrats on the baby.
Gabriella Habru Bruno Mars
Another good one
Wow
Ayeeee spot light's alway's here advancing
Michael Jackson may have been the KING of Pop, but Janet Jackson was the QUEEN!!
Joshua Lowe Of course.
Innit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Madonna can be Queen, Janet is the Empress...sounds more regal!
@@Muhmawmehmaw What??
@@mrbrownroyyal No, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson are the Queens of Pop. Madonna is more rock now than pop.
Janet Jackson is and was the QUEEN of the 80s and today!
This song went to number one on the billboard hot 100 for two weeks in 1986...Just one of her TEN number one hits on that chart.
I think Janet was cheated out of RN, Control and Let's Wait Awhile not being number 1 but top 10 hits
Jewillz Daprince 86 was a DAMN GOOD YEAR
Todd Sams my friend was born January 18, 1986.
Her 1st #1
Here in my country, Brazil, there was a rádio station which played the weekly Billboard top 100 and I remember that when this song came out I was rooting for it to reach number one... and I was thrilled when it did! 😁
Here in Brazil it played a lot too, on the radio and in clubs!
Haters gonna hate but no other decade of music can hold a candle to the 80s. To prove it I challenge anyone to find a better talent than Janet Jackson and Whitney Houston.
Maaaannn! They KNEW how to make a music video in the 80's! It wasn't just about being half naked, shaking yo' money-maker! It was drama, theatrics, wardrobe/costumes, dancing, ACTING, it was ENTERTAINMENT!!!!
Mandi I think your assessment is correct. In this Day and Age, rolling around half nekkid , and acting like a slut in heat is what passes for music videos. And I agree the keyword is "entertainment". This video is all about entertainment, not to titilate people~
Music videos back then were creative and had style......
ROOT S and a budget lol
Kylie Minogue youtube channel
Now they just have rappers saying with we could only conceive as mindless jibberish
@@rainerhagge6581 lol maybe Kylie was on Centrelink at the time
So lit up and full of color. Not like these psycho evil garbage videos today.
Born in 89 but my wife was Born in 87 but our families always played these songs growing up and we obviously were exposed to this. Happy to say this Song was played at our wedding ❤ This song came out in 86! 70s 80s & 90s music will last forever
Wow, Choreography. ❤ 10 ❤
Janet was killing that choreography in a pair of kitten heels!
G White She did indeed.
Stacy Love1981 u
G White okay!!!
People better pay attention. Janet done it first!
G White she did in Nasty, When I Think of You and The 1987 Grammys but think those were full high heels not sure cause I’m a man and don’t know how to classify the heights.
Yessssssssss, Janet was our Beyonce, Janet was the 1st that ever did it. women in the 80's truly hade real talent, they didn't sale sex appeal they sold talent. no-one even knew Janet had a nice Body, until the 90's.... She was always dressed like a lady...... Class never go out of style that's why Ms Jackson been relevant for so long...... True Legend /Diva
Ms Lady forever our queen
#queenjanet
Fuck Beyonce
Ms Lady nunca la compares con la basura de Beyoncé ...nuestra Janet es arte talento .......las demás son basura ...
Ms Lady Couldn't have said it better myself!!!
Ms Lady SIGH!MISS THESE DAYS, WE WERE SO YOUNG!HAPPY!
Waking up for kindergarten.. Mommy would play Kiss Fm. This song always came on. Loved it💯🕊️💙💪🏾 So i always get nostalgia
I was just thinking this. Especially Saturday mornings, or driving in the car to go with my mother places. It would be on her car radio…98.7 kiss FM or WBLS New York/ New Jersey.
Dallas Texas
Just like her bro with the production!! 🤧🤧🤧🤧 thank you ms. janet!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😩😩😩🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻🕺🏻👸🏻 #MusicJunkie
One of my favorites videos of all time. Happy 50th Birthday! Janet
Mine too. The genius of almost no edits.
reevideo Also let's not forget What Have You Done for Me Lately? My fave too
They just don’t make this kind of music anymore. 🎉❤
I sometimes have to revisit old Jackson videos to remind myself of how much this family dominated the charts for decades.
None other, like Ms. Janet Jackson✨💕✨
The 80's and big hair. I loved it
Robynne Lynn Yess. The exaggerated bangs!!
I WUZ THINKIN DA VERY SAME THANG
80s style is a hundered times better than the crew cut bird head hairdos they got today.
So well choreographed
Robynne Lynn Paula Abdul
Robynne Lynn .... yes it’s Paula baby
When you see Janet smile you know that everything is going to be OK.
Ortho Tech very true
DAT IZ SO TRUE
I just 💕 JANET
I was a teen metalhead in '86 when this song was new. But I dug pop music too, and this video always made me feel good. Janet's music and image had a way of reaching people that may not have naturally gravitated to this style. I even saw her live in '93, one of the best shows I've ever seen. God I miss this era.
I also used to think this video was shot all in one continuous take, now all the edits are obvious but still just a brilliant video;
That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!! It makes you feel good. That is it in a nutshell.
Only about 3 edits...when they say smile and the men appear on steps...when she goes through the door and maybe one more when she slides down the stairwell and lands. But even though there are edits, it actually was shot in ONE take them they re did a few to smoothen them out.
This is such a striking difference between the 1960s-90s and today. The potential of new acts to reach beyond the border of their genre, their core fans, and impact people who are into quite different kinds of music - whether those people are fans or musicians - that ability has practically disappeared. And it's not because "today's musicians and artists are so much worse" but because the methods of the industry, the channels of markering of today, pretty much block that kind of wide, genre-crossing breakthrough, and the mixing of different backgrounds.
@@louise_rose I agree, though there are perhaps a few exceptions. Lady Gaga has a lot of respect and genuine fans in the rock and heavy metal community, myself included. Some of them might be afraid to admit it, lol. I know there are other examples but that one jumps out.
@@fuzzo73 Also, this is a nice homage to old Hollywood musicals. The instrumentation is modern soul/r'n'b of course, but the settings, the Technicolor-style photography, the obvious "studio look" of the set and the entire tone of the film are very reminiscent of the "Singing in the Rain" and "My Fair Lady" era ( I used to watch those classics on TCM) :).
Even the song , with a different (orchestral) arrangement wouldn't have needed a lot of rewriting to fit into a 1950s film. Janet was aware of this for sure; she invited Cyd Charisse for a well-placed cameo in another video around the same time.
35 years ago, TODAY, 7-5-86, her album was #1 in the land!!
Anthony Ogans Control was released by Janet Jackson on 2/4/86 which was around the August 85 to July 86 Year.
Her first number 1 hit👑
Excellent tracking shoot.
36 years ago, today, my girl had her FIRST #1 song!!!.....10/11/86!!
Anthony Ogans Absolutely. And she's been there NINE times since.
I forgot to put the word "first". I changed it!
So amazing! I love her choreographies and Broadway style (courtesy of Paula Abdul). It is such a disgrace that here in the UK she has not had a single #1 but J-Ho had 3!!
Had just turned 22 yrs old day before @_@
Chubby Janet is the cutest Janet!
Big Sonny yes!!!
Big Sonny
Janet always looks DAMN good no matter what size she is!!
I call that the penny face Janet, because she still has that baby face from good times... poetic justice was her best look to me.
@@DS_IndustrieZ definitely
She was not chubby! It's no way you can dance like Janet, and being chubby hello!!
Janet documentary bought me here 2022 and she’s still rocking with us. This Song is pure nostalgia.
same me too
I never get tired of watching this. ❤️🔥
Whoever wrote this is a musical genius!
Janet, Jimmy & Terry wrote it, like pretty much all her hits
+D Wetick same goes for whoever was behind the camera
+micahaguas Julian Temple also directed Janet's "Alright" video, Janet saw a film of his and the beginning of it was all done in one take, and she wanted the video to be similar in one take even though its edited
Always thought this was one of Janet's best songs. The one take style of video was seen earlier in the "Rapture" by Blondie in 81. A really fun video but obviously dance standards were at a higher level by Janet's days. I don't recall seeing an earlier video in that style before Blondie. If you like the Jam & Lewis style you really must check out the SOS Band's first LP from 79 which they also produced. The lead singer Mary Davies can outsing Janet by a million miles. They were huge on the dance scene and had a massive hit with "Just the way you like it" a few years later. A true classic spine chilling masterpiece! Seriously, check it out if you don't know it. All great tunes though which have stood the passing of time.
Rolf Smith I dont think its about "outsinging" Janet, everyone has a different range, Janet' voice is melodic and versatile. A lot of female vocalists have voices that are basically one tone.
oh so lovely. Best times, music was great. If you grew up in the 1980's your lucky, we had the greatest childhood!!!!
Yes we did!
I wish I could Like and agree twice! :-)
We had the 80's, 90' and early 2000's.
In my 20s during the 80s, and all these MTV hits really put a smile on my face.
septube26 83' baby. I miss music like this.
I don't care if 1986 was 34 years ago, I can still dance!
Let's do this again 😎
That’s right🌹
Was so exhilarating when I danced to this in the clubs!! I even copied some of the moves! 😸
I hear ya :) If I were in a wheelchair, with a walker, a cane, and a rollator, I'd still be able to shake my booty and bop my head!
👍👍exact !😁
Just thinking, as a young child I knew how magical Janet, use 2 be. Just thinking how lucky the was, when he kissed her.
Supernatural/janet❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Why the 1980s was the best decade!
Derek A no doubt
We had it all there's nothing like the 80's
@@ms.772 Just last night, I was standing in line at our local Fazoli's. Two college age girls were in front of me singing to the song C'mon Eileen by Dexley's Midnight Runners. I told them how great the 80s were. They both said they were fans of all things 80s.
@@dereka8041 yes best decade my kids love a lots of the 80's song they have some of them on they playlist and they said mommy yall had some fly music i smile and say i know unforgettable times and well appreciated
It was the second golden age of America.
The 80’s..!!!!🤩🤯🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥🔥
We are not here by accident!!!! We simply know our shit and have great taste for music. Lucky us for having RUclips. Welcome everybody, join us!!!!
Beautiful
Whenever I need to be reminded of my energy frequency, I come to Janet. For some reason her music resonates in my cells and makes them feel the way they did when I was a girl listening to her music in complete joy. Thank you forever, Miss Jackson!!!!!
Same girl, same 💋
@@likeloislaine
I Too Agree. I have Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Music CD Album, and, For Some Reason, Janet Cheers Me up, All the Way.
I HATE My Job, Currently. I am a Housekeeper, where I Work. There are 102 Rooms in the building, and I AM, 1, of 2 Housekeepers. 2 of us Housekeepers, for ALL 102 Rooms in the building-- Quite Frustrating, AND A Dining room to serve Food, on top if our 8-9 rooms a day, for 2 People!😡 This Song, "When I Think of You", helps Me Cope, with all of the Work Drama, Crap, & Residents that I have to deal with, each day!! This Song, is Calming, & Mellow!!😎😊😉
What a wonderful comment!!! She is Thee Best!!!
This woman will forever give me goosebumps 😃🥰💞😀💞😃
That’s beautiful.
Janet’s very beautiful and she still is gorgeous as ever.
Yess just thinking that, sexy as hell
Amen brother
@@thesilverspider
I may have an MJ profile pic,
I’m really a female
The 80's were the best time for Janet! This song wraps it up! Love it!
+Heshlyn Vijay Ehm, no, the 90s were spectacular for Janet also! The 80s were just a more innocent era in music for everyone.
+Igbogadi True! The janet. album changed everything! I still love her 80s stuff though!
+Heshlyn Vijay Actually every songs of her are timeless.
No little one, it was just the beginning, actually... but what would one know if they were not there.
Oh baby anytime my world gets crazy!