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"Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
B-side "Love Will Never Do" (Work It Out 7")
Released October 2, 1990 (UK)
November 5, 1990 (U.S.)
Format 7" single, 12" maxi single, CD single, cassette single
Recorded 1988-1989
Flyte Tyme Studios
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Genre R&B, pop
Length 4:30 (Single Version)
5:50 (Album Version)
Label A&M
Writer(s) James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Certification Gold (RIAA)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Black Cat"
(1990)		 "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
(1990)		 "State of the World"
(1991)
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 track listing
"Interlude: Come Back Interlude"
(9)		 "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
(10)		 "Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make)"
(11)
Design of a Decade 1986/1996 track listing
"Miss You Much"
(6)		 "Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
(7)		 "Alright"
(8)

"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is the seventh single from American R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week.

Contents

Song information

The song became Jackson's fifth number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100, the final of seven top five singles from the album, making her the only artist to achieve seven top five singles from one album. In 1996, the song was remixed by Roger Sanchez. The Single Edit was included on the international release of Jackson's 1996 greatest hits compilation Design of a Decade 1986/1996. Even being one of the album's last singles, it was one of the first songs recorded for Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. The song's background vocals were recorded in late 1988, while Jackson recorded the lead vocals in January 1989.

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis tooled on the idea of making this song a duet. According to Fred Bronson's The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, they thought about possibly getting Prince, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, or anyone else working with them at the time. However, there was no concrete plan. During the recording of the first verse, Jimmy Jam tells Jackson, "Sing it low like some guy would sing it." As a result, they kept the idea of her singing the first verse in a low octave but go an octave up on the second verse.[1]

Jackson has performed the song on most of her tours including the janet. Tour, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for You Tour, and Rock Witchu Tour.

Music video

The video was directed by photographer Herb Ritts in September 1990. Jackson originally planned to wear a dress for the video, but Ritts envisioned Jackson in nothing more than a black top and a pair of jeans. The video features cameos by then-Calvin Klein underwear models Antonio Sabàto, Jr. and Djimon Hounsou.

The video won for Best Female Video and was nominated for Best Choreography and Best Art Direction at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards. It ranked thirteen on Rolling Stone's The 100 Top Music Videos, seventy-two on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos, and eighty-eight on MTV's 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made.

Two versions of the video were produced, one in black-and-white, and the other colorized, both of which appear on the Design of a Decade 1986/1996 video compilation. On April 27, 2007, the video was made available on iTunes.

Track listings and formats

Dutch 7" single (390 606-7)[2]
  1. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
  2. The Love 7" – 4:36
UK 12" single (AMY 700) (limited edition with tour patch & sticker)[3]
Dutch 12" single (390 606-1)[4]
  1. The "Work It Out" Mix – 7:30
  2. UK Funky Mix – 6:25
  3. The "Work It Out" Dub – 4:50
UK CD single (AMCD 700)[5]
European CD single (390 606-2)[6]
U.S. CD single (75021 2400 2)[7]
  1. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
  2. Shep's "Work It Out" Mix – 7:37
  3. UK Funky Mix – 6:25
U.S. 12" single (75021 2346 1)[8]
  1. The "Work It Out" Mix – 7:30
  2. The "Work It Out" Dub – 4:51
  3. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
  4. UK Funky Mix – 6:25
  5. UK Instrumental – 6:05
  6. Single Version – 4:30
U.S. promo CD single (750217444-2)[9]
  1. Single Version - 4:30
  2. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
  3. UK Funky 7" – 4:29
  4. The Love 7" – 4:36
  5. Work It Out 7" – 4:13
  6. The "Work It Out" Mix – 7:30
  7. UK Funky Mix – 6:25
  8. Shep's Love Mix – 6:03
  9. UK Funky Instrumental – 6:06
  10. The Work It Out Dub – 4:49
U.S. cassette single (75021-1538-4)[10]
  1. Single Version – 4:30
  2. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
Japanese 3" CD single (PCDY-10021)[11]
  1. Single Version – 4:30
  2. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
  3. "The 1814 Megamix" – 7:24
Japanese CD maxi single (PCCY-10164)[12]
  1. Single Version – 4:30
  2. Work It Out" 7" With Intro – 4:48
  3. UK Funky 7" – 4:29
  4. The Love 7" – 4:36
  5. Work It Out" 7" – 4:13
  6. The "Work It Out" Mix – 7:30
  7. UK Funky Mix – 6:25
  8. Shep's Love Mix – 6:03
  9. The "Work It Out" Dub – 4:50
  10. The Love Dub – 6:07
  11. Shep's Original 7" – 4:28
  12. Acapella – 3:49
  13. "The 1814 Megamix" – 7:24
  14. "You Need Me" – 4:35
UK 1996 12" single[13]
  1. Roger Sanchez Club Mix – 6:45
  2. Roger Sanchez Club Mix Instrumental – 6:45
  3. Roger Sanchez Acid Vocal – 9:24
  4. Roger Sanchez Club Dub – 6:25

Official versions/remixes

1990 remixes
  • Album Version – 5:50
  • Single Version – 4:35
  • A Capella – 3:48
  • UK Funky 7" – 4:29
  • UK Funky Mix – 6:56
  • UK Funky Instrumental – 6:06
  • Work It Out 7" – 4:13
  • Work It Out 7" with Intro – 4:48
  • Work It Out Mix – 7:37 (also Shep's Work It Out Mix)
  • Work It Out Dub – 4:49
  • Original 7" – 4:26 (also Shep's Original 7")
  • The Love 7" – 4:36
  • The Love Mix – 6:03 (also Shep's Love Mix)
  • The Love Dub – 6:02
1996 remixes
  • Roger Sanchez Acid Vocal – 9:24
  • Roger Sanchez Acid Dub – 6:45
  • Roger Sanchez Club Mix – 6:45
  • Roger Sanchez Instrumental – 6:45
  • Love To Infinity Acid Club Mix – 6:50
  • Love To Infinity Classic Paradise Radio Mix – 4:08
  • Love To Infinity Radio Master Mix – 4:27

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Irish Singles Chart[14] 22
UK Singles Chart[15] 34
Chart (1991) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[16] 14
Dutch Top 40[17] 33
New Zealand Singles Chart[16] 27
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[18] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[18] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play[18] 4

References

  1. ^ The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits
  2. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  3. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  4. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  5. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  6. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  7. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  8. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  9. ^ Janet Jackson Love Will Never Do USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (88951)
  10. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
  11. ^ Janet Jackson Love Will Never Do Without You Japan 3" CD SINGLE (10765)
  12. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) (The Remixes)
  13. ^ Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) ('96 Mixes)
  14. ^ "The Irish Charts". IRMA. http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
  15. ^ "Chart Stats – Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do (Without You)". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=18204. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
  16. ^ a b "Janet Jackson – Love Will Never Do (Without You) – swisscharts.com". swisscharts.com. http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Janet+Jackson&titel=Love+Will+Never+Do+%28Without+You%29&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-10-22. 
  17. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 4 – 1991" (in Dutch). Top 40. http://www.top40.nl/index.aspx?week=4&jaar=1991. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
  18. ^ a b c "Rhythm Nation 1814 > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9frxq95ld6e~T31. Retrieved 2009-04-09. 
Preceded by
"Justify My Love" by Madonna		 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
January 19, 1991		 Succeeded by
"The First Time" by Surface
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