Black Cat (song)
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| "Black Cat" | ||
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| Single by Janet Jackson | ||
| from the album Rhythm Nation 1814 | ||
| B-side(s) | "1814 Megamix" | |
| Released | August 1990 (UK) September 6, 1990 (US) |
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| Format | 7" single 12" maxi single |
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| Genre | Rock/Pop | |
| Length | 4:50 | |
| Label | A&M | |
| Writer(s) | Janet Jackson | |
| Producer(s) | Janet Jackson Jellybean Johnson |
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| Certification | Gold (US) | |
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| Janet Jackson singles chronology | ||
| "Come Back to Me" (1990) |
"Black Cat" (1990) |
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (1990) |
| Rhythm Nation 1814 track listing | ||
| "Escapade" (14) |
"Black Cat" (16) |
"Lonely" (17) |
"Black Cat" was the sixth single by pop music singer Janet Jackson from her fourth album Rhythm Nation 1814. The song became Jackson's fourth number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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[edit] Commerical Release
Unlike the pop and R&B-infused songs that Jackson had been releasing before, this song was strictly a rock and roll production solely written by Jackson and co-produced with the song's guitarist Jellybean Johnson. Lyrically the song is about a woman warning her boyfriend to change his rebellious ways. The single contains the Rhythm Nation 1814 track "Lonely" and the "1814 Megamix" on various versions.
The video for "Black Cat" was a concert video from her "Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour". It shows Jackson performing the song and extras, such as the audience dancing and enjoying themselves and performances of another songs on the tour.
Jackson sings in an almost piercing fashion in the song and made Jackson the first, and only, artist to score a number one song on the following Billboard charts: pop, R&B, dance, adult contemporary or rock, which it did hitting number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart as well as the Billboard Hot 100 making it the first time a song hit number one simultaneously on both of those charts. It also hit the top ten of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks chart.
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 11 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| South African Sales Chart | 3 |
| ARIA Top 50 | 6 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 9 |
| Official UK Singles Chart | 15 |
| Switzerland Singles Chart | 10 |
| Holland Singles Chart | 21 |
| Belgium Singles Chart | 33 |
| German Singles Chart | 34 |
[edit] Official versions/remixes
- Album Version (4:50)
- Edit Version (4:30)
- Video Mix Long Solo (4:48)
- Video Mix Short Solo (4:31)
- 3 Snaps Up 7" (4:24)
- 3 Snaps Up 12" (7:31)
- 3 Snaps Up Dub (6:12)
- Funky 7" (4:41)
- Funky 12" (5:44)
- Guitar Mix featuring Vernon Reid (4:46)
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "I Don't Have the Heart" by James Ingram |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single October 27, 1990 |
Succeeded by "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice |
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
