You Want This

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"You Want This"

Single by Janet Jackson
from the album janet.
B-side(s)	"70's Love Groove"
Released	October 11, 1994
Format	CD single CD maxi single Cassette single Cassette maxi single 7" single 12" maxi single
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	5:05
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Certification	Gold (US)
Chart positions
#3 (CAN) #8 (U.S.) #16 (AUS) #19 (UK)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Throb" (1994)	"You Want This" (1994)	"Whoops Now/What'll I Do" (1995)

"You Want This" is the seventh single (sixth and final in the U.S.) by pop musician Janet Jackson from the album janet.

1 Song Information
2 Music Video
3 Charts
4 Official Versions/Remixes

[edit] Song Information

Based on samples from The Supremes ("Love Child") and Kool and the Gang ("Jungle Boogie") and sometimes featuring rapper MC Lyte, "You Want This" was written and produced by Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The song is about Jackson being told by her girls that a guy is watching and wanting her. Jackson proclaims if the guy wants to be with her, he has to work for it.

The single contains three b-sides, the janet. track "New Agenda" and unreleased (at the time) "70's Love Groove" and "And On And On". "70's Love Groove" and "And On And On" appear on the remix album janet. Remixed. This song was simply about sex, similar to Any Time, Any Place.

"You Want This" peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The song was the second lackluster single from the album janet. It was a moderate success around the world making it at least to the top thirty.

[edit] Music Video

Janet and friend Kelly in video.

The video was directed by Keir McFarlane. It starts with Jackson and friends sitting around a motel room talking. They decide to pack up their things and leave. While putting the bags in the cars, Jackson and her friends see two men getting dropped off at the motel. The girls line up in a row and Jackson performs the song to the men. After performing the song til the second verse, Jackson and her friends get into their cars and drive off. The girls drive down the road in their three cars. They decide to go back to the men, so they turn the cars and go. Jackson and her friends see the men walking down the side of the road and they decide to chase the men into the desert. In the desert, the girls in their cars cirlce the men and MC Lyte performs her rap verse, then Jackson and her friends get out the cars and perform a naughty dance rountine for the men. Jackson and friends hop back into their cars and driving with Jackson leaving a smile.

The black and white version of the video is available on the VHS janet. The colored version is available on the bonus DVD packaged with the special edition of Jackson's All For You album.

[edit] Charts

Janet and friends taughting the men.

You Want This (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100²	8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	9
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks²	9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary²	32
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play¹	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi Single Sales¹	9
U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40²	6
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream²	10
ARC Top 40	3
Official UK Singles Chart	19
Canadian Singles Chart	3
ARIA Top 50	16
German Singles Chart	90
Holland Singles Chart	27
South Africa Singles Charts	19

70's Love Groove (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Airplay	45