| "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" | ||||
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| Single by Janet Jackson | ||||
| from the album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | ||||
| Released | October 2, 1990 (UK) November 5, 1990 (U.S.) |
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| Format | CD single, 7" single, 12" single, cassette single | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1989; Flyte Tyme Studios (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
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| Genre | R&B, pop | |||
| Length | 5:50 (Album Version) 4:30 (Single Version) |
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| Label | A&M | |||
| Writer(s) | James Harris III, Terry Lewis | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis | |||
| Certification | Gold (RIAA) | |||
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"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is the seventh single from American R&B and 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.
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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. The success of "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" also helped the album to become the only in history to produce number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 in three separate calendar years, those being "Miss You Much" in 1989, "Escapade" and "Black Cat" in 1990, and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" in 1991.
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. Although 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. It was also included in her current tour, Number Ones: Up Close and Personal.
Macy Gray sang the song live as a tribute to Jackson during MTV's mtvICON special in 2001.
The video was directed by the late photographer Herb Ritts and choreographed by Tina Landon 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 actors (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 13 on Rolling Stone's The 100 Top Music Videos, 72 on VH1's 100 Greatest Videos, and 88 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.
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| 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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