This song was Janets dedication to all of her friends she lost to AIDS. She said they would be together again in heaven. (thanks, Shirl - Bay Area, CA) Janet Jackson told newnownext that this song was very personal for me. I lost a lot of friends and people that I worked with to this disease (AIDS). I caught drama for that too: Before I wrote the song, I told some of the people at the label the concept for the song, and they didnt think it was a good idea - I dont think you should do that. I said, Why shouldnt I? Because whatever, whatever. I thought, You know, this is really stupid. It was in my heart. Jackson wrote this song with the songwriting/production team Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and her then-husband Rene Elizondo Jr. Elizondo also directed one of the music videos for the song, which shows Jackson reminiscing in her apartment about a friend she lost. Jimmy Jam explains there were two different versions of this song: We did one where there was a long intro inspired by Donna Summers Last Dance, where it started off really slow before kicking into the beat. We thought it was a cool contrast, kicking into the more uptempo, house beat. We always figured radio would play the version thats immediately fast, but surprisingly enough, a lot of stations played the slow version.
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:04:15 +0000
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