Doesn't Really Matter

"Doesn't Really Matter"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Soundtrack and All for You
Released	May 27, 2000 (2000-05-27)
Format	CD single, cassette single, 12" single, 7" single
Recorded	February 2000 at Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota)[1]
Genre	Dance-pop, R&B
Length	4:58 (soundtrack version) 4:18 (soundtrack version - radio edit) 4:25 ("All For You" version)
Label	Def Soul, Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Certification	Gold (RIAA) Silver (BPI)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Girlfriend/Boyfriend" (1999) "Doesn't Really Matter" (2000) "All for You" (2000)
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps track listing "Doesn't Really Matter" (1) "Hey Papi" by Jay-Z, Amil and Memphis Bleek (2) All for You track listing "Feels So Right" (17) "Doesn't Really Matter" (18) "Better Days" (19)

"Doesn't Really Matter" is a song recorded by American R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson for the soundtrack to the 2000 film Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Released as a single in May 2000, a slightly modified version of the track later appeared on Jackson's seventh studio album, All for You, which was released nearly a year later in April 2001.

Background

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 and was used as the official theme song for the movie. It became Jackson's ninth number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and first in the 2000s, staying atop for three weeks, and also making Jackson the first artist in history to score number-one singles in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. An alternate mix of the song was later included on Jackson's seventh studio album, 2001's All for You. Jackson performed this version at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The song was used in the dance video game Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, and was covered in Japanese by Hitomi Shimatani and re-titled "Papillon" (Jackson's character's name). Jackson performed the song on her All for You Tour, Rock Witchu Tour and Number Ones: Up Close and Personal.

Music video

The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn and choreographed by Shawnette Heard, shows Jackson in an abstract anime-based, futuristic Japan, featuring an AIBO dog, morphing clothes, levitating platforms, and a futuristic Acura vehicle (Acura CL-X Concept Prototype) . Also, behind her and her dancers screens show various scenes from the Dreamcast games Jet Grind Radio and Shenmue. It was featured on MTV's Making the Video on June 28, 2000.^[2] The video was made available on the enhanced CD single, and on the Nutty Professor II DVD and VHS releases as an extra feature. Jackson discovered the lyrics in a notebook she found lying around and thought it would go well with the movie's theme. Jackson kept the lyrics the same and only changed the beat.

Track listings and formats

French promo CD single (8023)^[3]

1. Radio Edit – 4:00

European CD single (562 916-2)^[4]

1. Radio Edit – 4:00
2. Jonathan Peters Club Mix – 8:49

European CD maxi single (562 915-2)^[5]

Australian CD single (5629152)^[6]

Japanese CD single (UICD-5001)^[7]

Taiwanese CD single (562915-2)^[8]

1. Radio Edit – 4:00
2. Rockwilder Mix – 5:04
3. Jonathan Peters Club Mix – 8:49
4. Doesn't Really Matter (Video)

UK 12" single (5629161)^[9]

1. Radio Edit – 4:00
2. Rockwilder Mix – 5:04
3. Jonathan Peters Club Mix – 8:49
4. Instrumental – 4:37
5. Spensane Get Up Extended Mix – 6:33
6. Jonathan Peters Sound Factory Dub – 8:31

U.S. 12" single (562 828-1)^[10]

UK 12" promo single (JJVP1)^[11]

1. Rockwilder Mix/Dance All Day Extended Mix – 5:01
2. Jonathan Peters Club Mix – 8:49
3. Spensane Get Up Extended Mix – 6:33
4. Rockwilder Instrumental – 4:59
5. Jonathan Peters Sound Factory Dub – 8:31
6. Spensane Get Up Dub Mix – 4:10

U.S. promo CD single (DEFR 15100-2)^[12]

1. Radio Edit – 4:00
2. Instrumental – 4:37
3. Call Out Research Hook – 0:10

U.S. CD single (314 562 846-2)^[13]

1. Soundtrack Version – 4:58
2. Rockwilder Mix/Dance All Day Extended Mix – 5:01
3. Jonathan Peters Club Mix – 8:49
4. Spensane Get Up Extended Mix – 6:33

Official remixes

• Original/Soundtrack Version – 4:58
• Album Version (from All for You) – 4:25
• Radio Edit – 4:16
• Radio Edit # 2 – 4:00
• Instrumental – 4:38
• Soundtrack to the Video – 4:36
• Jonathan Peters Club Mix – 8:49
• Jonathan Peters Sound Factory 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

Cover versions

In 2001, Nestor Torres recorded a jazz cover of the song for his album This Side of Paradise.

Shimatani Hitomi redid this song in Japanese in her song Papillon.

Charts

References

External links

• Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics