Doesn't Really Matter

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"Doesn't Really Matter"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and the album All for You
Released	2000
Format	CD single Cassette single 7" single 12" single
Genre	Pop / R&B
Length	4:58 (Soundtrack Version) 4:25 (All for You Version)
Label	Def Jam/Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Certification	Gold (U.S.) Silver (UK)
Chart positions
#1 (U.S.) #5 (UK) #28 (AUS)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"What's It Gonna Be?!" (1999)	"Doesn't Really Matter" (2000)	"All for You" (2001)

"Doesn't Really Matter" is a 2000 single by R&B singer Janet Jackson for the film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and for her own album, All For You.

Contents 1 Song Information 2 Music Video 3 Charts 4 Track listing 4.1 US 5" CD-single 4.2 UK 12" Vinyl Maxi Single 4.3 UK 5" CD-single 4.4 Australia 5" CD-single 5 Official Versions/Remixes 6 Trivia

[edit] Song Information

The song was the lead single from the Universal Pictures film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, in which Jackson co-starred with actor Eddie Murphy. It became Jackson's ninth number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and first in the 2000s, staying at the top for three weeks, and also making Jackson the first artist in history to score number one singles in the 80's, 90's and 00's. Jackson didn't think that the song would be as big a hit as it was, as she just wrote it for the movie. Lyrically the song is about a woman who is in love with a man that loves her, too. She sings that doesn't matter what outside forces think, how he looks or the size of his bank account. An alternate mix of the song was later included on Jackson's seventh studio album, All for You in 2001. This version is the one she performed during the MTV Music Awards in 2000.

[edit] Music Video

The video (relessed June 26, 2000 on MTV's Making the Video), directed by Joseph Kahn, features Jackson in an abstract anime-based fantasy world. The video begins with a postcard dropping to the ground. It then gets shuffled by the foot of different pedestrians. The card then reads "Hello, wish you were here..." There is then a panout view of different apartment buildings. Inside one there is a mechanical dog on the floor while Janet sleeping on the bed. She awakens and begins sing the song. Her nails transform from plain to an aray of decorative colors. She gets up and begins to listen to music, going into a refrigerator grabbing a drink and looking at herself in a mirror. Janet changes clothes and upon opening the front door looks through the peephole. She sees four friends smiling at the her on the other side. They then dance down the hall--in which Janet's footwear changes. All five women then appear on a disk-like surface that slants for time-to-time--on which their clothing changes once. The girls then appear in a car with Janet as the driver. Janet then flips the air/heating passage. The camera travels throughout the car then outside with a view of the original apartment buildings. Janet is then seen in her clothing that she left the her apartment in. Shen then is seen falling backwards with a serene, yet happy, look on her face--onto her bed. Her dog appears rolling in then stops on all four legs on his stomach. There are also scenes of Janet and others drawing circles with their hand in thin air--from their hand appearing a ray of light.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	2
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	2
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles Sales	1
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/ Maxi Singles Sales	9
U.S. Mainstream Top 40	3
U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	1
ARC Top 40	1
Official UK Singles Chart	5
ARIA Top 50	28
South African Sales Chart	3
German Singles Chart	23
Finland Singles Chart	18
Japan Sales Chart	1
Holland Singles Chart	18
Canada Billboard Top 100	6
Belgium Singles Chart	18
Norway Singles Chart	3
Sweden Singles Chart	14
Switzerland Singles Chart	17
Italy Singles Chart	14

[edit] Track listing

[edit] US 5" CD-single

1. Doesn't Really Matter (Original Version Radio Edit) (4:18)
2. Doesn't Really Matter (Rockwilder Mix) (5:04)
3. Doesn't Really Matter (Jonathan Peters Club Mix) (8:49)
4. Doesn't Really Matter (Original Version Instrumental) (4:41)
5. Doesn't Really Matter (Spen Sane Get Up Extended Mix) (6:33)
6. Doesn't Really Matter (Jonathan Peters Sound Factory Dub) (8:31)

[edit] UK 12" Vinyl Maxi Single

1. Doesn't Really Matter (Original Version Radio Edit) (4:18)
2. Doesn't Really Matter (Rockwilder Mix) (5:04)
3. Doesn't Really Matter (Jonathan Peters Club Mix) (8:49)
4. Doesn't Really Matter (Original Version Instrumental) (4:41)
5. Doesn't Really Matter (Spen Sane Get Up Extended Mix) (6:33)
6. Doesn't Really Matter (Jonathan Peters Sound Factory Dub) (8:31)

[edit] UK 5" CD-single

1. Doesn't Really Matter (Radio Edit) (4:18)
2. Doesn't Really Matter (Rockwilder Mix) (5:04)
3. Doesn't Really Matter (Jonathan Peters Club Mix) (8:49)
4. Doesn't Really Matter (Video)

[edit] Australia 5" CD-single

1. Doesn't Really Matter (Radio Edit) (4:18)
2. Doesn't Really Matter (Rockwilder Mix) (5:04)
3. Doesn't Really Matter (Jonathan Peters Club Mix) (8:49)
4. Doesn't Really Matter (Video)

[edit] Official Versions/Remixes

• Original/Soundtrack Version (4:55)
• Album Version (from "All For You") (4:25)
• Radio Edit (4:16)
• Instrumental (4:38)
• Soundtrack To The Video (4:36)
• Jonathan Peters Club Mix (8:49)
• Jonathan Peters Soundfactory Dub (8:31)
• Spensane Get Up Extended Mix (6:33)
• Spensane Get Up Dub Mix (4:10)
• Rockwilder Mix/Dance All Day Extended Mix (5:01)
• Rockwilder Instrumental (4:59)
• Call Out Research Hook (0:14)

[edit] Trivia

• This song appears in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA, the latest arcade mix in the series.

• A cover version of this song was performed by Shimatani Hitomi entitled "Papillon". Janet Jackson's name is seen in the credits of this single.

• The video was featured on an episode of MTV's Making the Video.

• The video uses a very rare aspect ratio of 1:1, i.e. a square picture frame, with pillar boxing black bars on the sides to fill the rest of the screen.

Preceded by "Incomplete" by Sisqó

Billboard Hot 100 number one single August 26, 2000- September 9, 2000

Succeeded by "Music" by Madonna