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1993 single by Janet Jackson

1993 single by Janet Jackson

"Again"
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Standard cover fine art (Us CD single pictured)

Single past Janet Jackson
from the anthology Janet
B-side
  • "Funky Large Band"
  • "Again" (French version)
Released October 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
Recorded 1992
Studio Flyte Tyme (Edina, Minnesota)
Genre Pop
Length 3:47
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
Producer(south)
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
  • Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"If"
(1993) 		"Again"
(1993) 		"Because of Love"
(1994)
Music video
"Again" on YouTube

"Over again" is a vocal by American singer Janet Jackson, actualization start as the endmost song to the 1993 picture show Poetic Justice, and subsequently included on Jackson'southward fifth album, Janet (1993). Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the ballad was released every bit the album's third single on October 12, 1993, by Virgin Records, and talks about the reconnection with an quondam lover. Originally an experimental audio Jam and Lewis was considering for the album, they did not give the vocal serious contemplation until the film producers from Poetic Justice requested a ballad for the soundtrack.

Critics were divided on their opinions of "Again". Some praised it equally a highlight from the Janet album and a classic, while other critics responded negatively to its sentimental lyrical content. However, "Again" became a commercial success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in late 1993, while also reaching the superlative x in Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

"Again" received Gold Globe and University Award nominations for All-time Original Song.[one] [2] Two videos for the song, directed by Jackson's and so-husband René Elizondo, Jr., were released: ane with and other without scenes from Poetic Justice. The vocal was covered by How to Clothes Well for his second album, Total Loss and sampled by Iyaz on his 2010 single, "Solo".

Background and recording [edit]

In 1992, Janet Jackson filmed her starting time moving-picture show, Poetic Justice, prior to recording a new album. In "Poetic Justice", Justice (Jackson) uses her poesy to deal with her grief afterward her boyfriend is killed in a shooting incident at a bulldoze-in.[iii] After shooting the film, Jackson started recording a new anthology, declaring that the pic inspired her to take new management in her music, "Rhythm Nation was a heavy record, and Poetic Justice was a heavy motion picture. I wanted to do something lighter just too daring ... When I wrote the anthology, I was still in a poetic frame of mind, inspired by Maya'south beautiful language."[4]

"Again" was originally an experimental sound the production duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis was considering for the anthology. While Jackson found its tune compelling, the trio did not give the vocal serious contemplation until the picture producers from Poetic Justice requested a carol for the film's soundtrack. Jackson subsequently wrote the lyrics for "Again" and shaped them around Jam's melody.[v] The song was eventually included equally the closing song to the motion-picture show, but was not included on its soundtrack album. Information technology was afterwards released equally janet.'s third single on October 12, 1993, with the jazz-funky runway "Funky Big Band" from the album appearing on the single as a B-side, as well every bit a French version of the vocal, which also appeared on the express edition of the janet. album.

Composition and lyrics [edit]

"Again" was written and produced by Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. Information technology is set in common time with a key of C major. Jackson's vocal chords ranges between the tonal nodes of depression-tone G3 to high-tone D5. The vocal is in a moderate tempo of 64 beats per minute with the chord progression being set similar C–M–Am–F–C–Dm7/Chiliad in the start verse and C–E–Am7–D9 in the chorus.[6] "Again" is a "lightweight" pianoforte ballad,[7] based on a lost love. The vocal'due south story is about running into an sometime friend, only to discover that the feelings for that person are as strong as ever. "Kinda late in the game and my heart is in your hands. Don't y'all stand there and and then tell me you beloved me and leave me again," she sings.[8]

Critical reception [edit]

"Once again" divided music critics. Despite calling it a "throwaway", Alex Henderson of AllMusic picked the song as a highlight from the anthology.[9] Larry Flick from Billboard called it "a fragile ballad". He added, "Her evocative voice is swathed in 1000 piano lines and quasi-orchestral strings that will thrill ardent fans at pinnacle 40 radio. Melancholy lyrics are icing on a sugariness musical block that millions will want to taste."[10] In a "classic runway-by-track review", another editor, Andrew Hampp remarked, "By the time Jackson pleas at the song'south close, seemingly choking back tears, "Cause I've fallen in beloved with yous once again," it's hard not to get misty even afterwards countless listens."[11] Essence ranked "Again" as the number-four Greatest Interruption-upward song of all-time.[12] John Martinucci from the Gavin Report described it every bit "a tender honey song that definitely tugs on the centre strings."[13] Music writer James Masterton viewed it as "a slushy carol" in his weekly Great britain chart commentary.[14] Alan Jones from Music Calendar week rated it iv out of 5, stating that "this delicate and fragrant ballad draws a sophisticated vocal operation from Jackson. With full orchestral accompaniment, information technology is sugariness but not saccharine, and is likely to grow into a huge hit."[15] Sal Cinquemani of Camber Mag chosen it "the nearly treacly, saccharine ballad Janet has ever recorded, complete with the kind of teary breakdown one might expect from her blood brother."[sixteen]

Nautical chart functioning [edit]

"Again" was a success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching the top forty in August 1993 and the elevation 10 in Oct 1993.[17] The song topped the Billboard charts for two weeks, beingness certified platinum by the Recording Manufacture Association of America in Dec. The vocal spent fifteen weeks in the top 10, making information technology Jackson'due south longest running top-10 unmarried.[17] The song was too a success on other Billboard component charts, including the Pinnacle 40 Mainstream (peaking at number two),[18] the Rhythmic Meridian 40 (number three),[19] Adult Contemporary (number four),[twenty] and Hot R&B Singles & Tracks (number seven).[21] In Canada, the song was also a success, reaching number two.[22] In the United kingdom, "Over again" was a success, peaking at number six, becoming her sixth top-10 single.[23]

Elsewhere, the song peaked inside the peak twenty. In Commonwealth of australia, "Again" debuted at number 26, earlier peaking at number 19, four weeks after.[24] In New Zealand, the song was even better, peaking at number 13,[25] while in Sweden, the song was even college, with a peak of number five after 11 weeks on the nautical chart, condign her highest charting-single at that place.[26]

Music video [edit]

The music video for "Again" was directed past Jackson's then-married man René Elizondo, Jr. in 1993. It features role player Gary Dourdan as Jackson'south lost dearest, with Jackson writing in her diary as she reminisces nigh her love through flashbacks. The alternative version of the video contains scenes from Poetic Justice playing on a boob tube. The original video appears on the 1994 compilation janet. and the 2004 DVD From Janet to Damita Jo: The Videos, while the Poetic Justice version is included on the 2001 DVD edition of All for You. "Again" was published on YouTube in November 2010. The video has amassed more than than 3,i million views equally of September 2021.[27]

Alive performances [edit]

Since its release, Jackson has performed the song on all of her tours, including the janet. Tour, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for You Tour, Rock Witchu Tour, and the Number Ones, Upwardly Close and Personal tour, where it was dedicated to Phoenix, Arizona and Oslo, Norway. She too performed it on the season ix finale of American Idol. Jackson included the vocal on her 2015-2016 Unbreakable Earth Bout. "Once again" was used as a video interlude on her State of the Earth Tour in 2017.

Accolades, covers and samples [edit]

The vocal was nominated for a Golden Globe Honour for Best Original Song in 1993. It too received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 66th Academy Awards, where Jackson performed the vocal alive.[17] "Again" was covered past How to Apparel Well and appeared as a bonus track on his 2012 album Total Loss, which was also inspired by Janet'south "The Velvet Rope".[28] According to the vocalizer Tom Krell, "What you're getting is not a report of a feeling, but a sonic presentation of the feeling," he said about the cover.[11] The song was sampled by Iyaz on his 2010 single "Solo". Co-ordinate to Leah Greenblatt of Amusement Weekly, "it riffs 'Again', without straight sampling either the chief hook or re-upping the lyrics directly. The vocal just lifts a substantial chunk of Janet's lilting melody."[29] The melody was also used in Stanley Clarke'southward song "Lucky Once again" on his 1995 album At the Movies.

Track listing and formats [edit]

Charts and certifications [edit]

References [edit]

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