Got 'Til It's Gone

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"Got 'Til It's Gone"

Single by Janet Jackson
from the album The Velvet Rope
Released	1997
Format	Airplay Only CD single Cassette Single
Genre	R&B/Hiphop
Length	4:01
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis Rene Elizondo Kamaal Fareed Joni Mitchell
Producer(s)	Janet Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis
Chart positions
#6 (UK) #10 (AUS)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Twenty Foreplay" (1996)	"Got 'Til It's Gone" (1997)	"Together Again" (1997)

"Got 'Til It's Gone" is the first single from Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, "The Velvet Rope". The song was released as the international first single for the album. It is rumored to be produced by Hip Hop collective The Ummah (Q-Tip, Jay Dee & Ali Shaheed Muhammad) as noted many times by late producer J Dilla, but this theory is still heavily debated. This song is notable for its use of a sample from Joni Mitchell's song "Big Yellow Taxi", which originally appeared on her 1970 album, Ladies of the Canyon. The song is also sampled in the theme song of the TV series Now and Again.

1 Music video
2 Chart Performance
3 Charts
4 Tracklisting

[edit] Music video

Scene from "Got 'Til It's Gone".

The video was shot by Mark Romanek in Los Angeles. It takes place during the time of Apartheid in South Africa and Janet is a lounge singer. The video is a blend of 60's and 70s African and African American culture as the people feel free and have a good time living life. Supermodel Alek Wek appeared in the video. Even though the song was released as an international single, the video received television airplay in the U.S. The video is still in heavy rotation on digital cable outlets. It also received critical acclaim, winning a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video in 1998.

[edit] Chart Performance

The song received airplay in the U.S. and peaking in the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. It also reached the top five on the R&B/Hip Hop charts. "Got Til It's Gone" was a hit in Europe reaching the top 20 in most countries and the top ten in Australia. It reached number one in Japan and South Africa. This single began Janet was known only as "Janet" on the Billboard charts.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	36
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Airplay	3
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40	12
ARC Top 40	13
Official UK Singles Chart	6
Canadian Singles Chart	10
ARIA Top 50	10
South African Sales Chart	1
German Singles Chart	17
EuroChart Hot 100 Singles	6
Belgium Singles Chart	30
Finland Singles Chart	22
France Singles Chart	11
Holland Singles Chart	9
Japan Sales Chart	1
Sweden Sales Chart	6
Switzerland Singles Chart	11