Any Time, Any Place
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"Any Time, Any Place" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson
from her fifth studio album, janet.
(1993). Released as the album's fifth single
on May 23, 1994 it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100
and became another R&B chart-topper for Jackson.
Jackson has performed the song on some of her tours, including the janet. Tour
and Rock Witchu Tour
. Snippets of the song were included on The Velvet Rope Tour
before the performance of "Rope Burn". The song was also used as an interlude on the Number Ones: Up Close and Personal
tour.
, and is based on sexual liberation
, similar to the music of Barry White
and Marvin Gaye
. Jackson sings about she and her lover having public displays of affection
and sexual intercourse
. The single contains two B-sides
, the janet. track "Throb
" and the then-unreleased "And on and On", which received some airplay. Two remix
es of the song, the CJ's 12" Mix and the R. Kelly
Mix, appear on Jackson's 1995 remix album janet. Remixed
.
The song was used in a 1994 episode of CBS
's soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
.
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
for ten weeks (a record at the time) and became Jackson's biggest hit on the chart; it also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100
(behind All-4-One
's "I Swear
"), while it saw limited success in Europe and Australia.
for "Any Time, Any Place" was directed by Keir McFarlane. Jackson is depicted playing sex games with a man across the hall. The video acted as a safe sex
campaign. An alternate version of the video with the R. Kelly Mix was also shot with more explicit footage. At the end of the video, the screen fades to black, and a message fades in:
"any time, any place ......be responsible".
Both versions of the video are featured on the 1994 VHS janet.
, while the original appears on the DVD edition of 2001's All for You and on the 2004 DVD From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos.
UK 12" single (VST 1501)
Dutch CD maxi single (892 565 2)
UK CD maxi single (7243 8 38435 2 7)
U.S. CD maxi single (V25H-38435)
U.S. 12" single (Y-38435)
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...
from her fifth studio album, janet.
Janet.
Janet is the fifth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on May 18, 1993 by Virgin Records. Prior to its release, Jackson was at the center of a high-profile bidding war over her recording contract. Her original label A&M sought to renew her contract, while others, such...
(1993). Released as the album's fifth single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
on May 23, 1994 it reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and became another R&B chart-topper for Jackson.
Jackson has performed the song on some of her tours, including the janet. Tour
Janet. Tour
The Janet. World Tour is the second concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. It was launched in support of her fifth studio album Janet . It began in November, 1993 and continued through April, 1995...
and Rock Witchu Tour
Rock Witchu Tour
The Rock Witchu Tour was the fifth concert tour by American singer-songwriter, Janet Jackson, in support of her tenth studio album Discipline. This was Jackson's first tour in nearly seven years. The tour visited North America...
. Snippets of the song were included on The Velvet Rope Tour
The Velvet Rope Tour
The Velvet Rope World Tour is the third concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Launched in support of her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope , the tour embarked on an international trek that included Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and Australia.Due to the fact...
before the performance of "Rope Burn". The song was also used as an interlude on the Number Ones: Up Close and Personal
Number Ones: Up Close and Personal
Number Ones: Up Close and Personal is the sixth concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Described as her "largest world tour", the show is in support of her second compilation album, Number Ones...
tour.
Song information
"Any Time, Any Place" was co-written and co-produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry LewisJimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Steven Lewis are an American R&B and pop-music songwriting and record production team...
, and is based on sexual liberation
Sexual revolution
The sexual revolution was a social movement that challenged traditional codes of behavior related to sexuality and interpersonal relationships throughout the Western world from the 1960s into the 1980s...
, similar to the music of Barry White
Barry White
Barry White, born Barry Eugene Carter , was an American composer and singer-songwriter.A five-time Grammy Award-winner known for his distinctive bass voice and romantic image, White's greatest success came in the 1970s as a solo singer and with the Love Unlimited Orchestra, crafting many enduring...
and Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....
. Jackson sings about she and her lover having public displays of affection
Public display of affection
Public displays of affection are acts of physical intimacy in the view of others. What are acceptable displays of affection vary between cultures as well as to time and context. Which acts are acceptable have also varied over time...
and sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse
Sexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
. The single contains two B-sides
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
, the janet. track "Throb
Throb (song)
"Throb" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Released as the album's sixth single in 1994, the track is the second B-side to "Any Time, Any Place", the album's fifth single.-Song information:...
" and the then-unreleased "And on and On", which received some airplay. Two remix
Remix
A remix is an alternative version of a recorded song, made from an original version. This term is also used for any alterations of media other than song ....
es of the song, the CJ's 12" Mix and the R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...
Mix, appear on Jackson's 1995 remix album janet. Remixed
Janet. Remixed
Janet Remixed is the second remix album by American R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson. Released on March 13, 1995, it featured two non-album B-sides, including the radio hit "And on and On" and "70's Love Groove", as well as a number of exclusive remixes of tracks from the Janet album...
.
The song was used in a 1994 episode of CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
's soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
.
Chart performance
The song held the number-one position on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,...
for ten weeks (a record at the time) and became Jackson's biggest hit on the chart; it also peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
(behind All-4-One
All-4-One
All-4-One is a male R&B/pop group best known for their cover hit single "I Swear" from their self-titled 1994 debut album. The group comprises Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, Alfred Nevarez, and Tony Borowiak, all from the Antelope Valley and Mojave, California areas, but are based in the Los Angeles...
's "I Swear
I Swear
"I Swear" is a ballad written by Gary Baker and Frank J. Myers that became a hit for two acts in 1994. Initially it was a number one song on the U.S. Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart for American country music artist John Michael Montgomery at the beginning of the year. His version crossed over...
"), while it saw limited success in Europe and Australia.
Music video
The videoMusic video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
for "Any Time, Any Place" was directed by Keir McFarlane. Jackson is depicted playing sex games with a man across the hall. The video acted as a safe sex
Safe sex
Safe sex is sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS. It is also referred to as safer sex or protected sex, while unsafe or unprotected sex is sexual activity engaged in without precautions...
campaign. An alternate version of the video with the R. Kelly Mix was also shot with more explicit footage. At the end of the video, the screen fades to black, and a message fades in:
"any time, any place ......be responsible".
Both versions of the video are featured on the 1994 VHS janet.
Janet. (video)
Janet is a video compilation released by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.-Release information:Released on VHS on November 15, 1994, it was Jackson's first compilation of music videos produced under her then-label Virgin Records...
, while the original appears on the DVD edition of 2001's All for You and on the 2004 DVD From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos.
Track listings and formats
UK 12" promo single (VSTXDJ 1501)- CJ's 12" Mix – 8:17
- R. Kelly Mix – 5:12
- CJ's 7" Mix – 4:25
- D&D House Mix – 7:34
- CJ's Macapella Mix – 8:03
- Jam & Lewis Remix – 4:30
UK 12" single (VST 1501)
Dutch CD maxi single (892 565 2)
- CJ's 12" Mix – 8:17
- "ThrobThrob (song)"Throb" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Released as the album's sixth single in 1994, the track is the second B-side to "Any Time, Any Place", the album's fifth single.-Song information:...
" (David Morales Legendary Club Mix – 9:05 - D&D House Mix – 7:34
UK CD maxi single (7243 8 38435 2 7)
U.S. CD maxi single (V25H-38435)
- R. Kelly Mix – 5:13
- D&D House Mix – 7:34
- LP Version – 7:10
- "ThrobThrob (song)"Throb" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. . Released as the album's sixth single in 1994, the track is the second B-side to "Any Time, Any Place", the album's fifth single.-Song information:...
" – 4:36 - "And on and On" – 4:48
U.S. 12" single (Y-38435)
- R. Kelly Mix – 5:12
- Jam & Lewis Remix – 4:30
- "Throb" (David Morales Legendary Dub – 7:27
- "Throb" – 4:48
Official remixes
- Album version – 7:08
- Video version – 4:36
- CJ's 7" Mix – 4:25
- CJ's 12" Mix – 8:18
- CJ's Macapella – 7:40
- D&D House Mix – 7:33
- Jam & Lewis Mix – 4:36
- R. KellyR. KellyRobert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...
Mix – 5:11 - R. Kelly single edit – 4:30
- R. Kelly UK edit – 5:00
- Live on Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
– 4:24
"Any Time, Any Place"
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
37 |
| Canadian Singles Chart Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
6 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
20 |
| UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
13 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... 1 |
2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in urban, or primarily African American, venues. Dominated over the years at various times by jazz, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, soul,... 1 |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales Hot Dance Singles Sales is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States, established in 1985. It measures the sale of commercially released singles that deal with dance music and remixes... 2 |
1 |
"And on and On"
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 38 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart... |
12 |
- 1 "Any Time, Any Place"/"And on and On"
- 2 "Any Time, Any Place"/"Throb"
End of year charts
| End of year chart (1994) | Position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 30 |
See also
- R&B number-one hits of 1994 (USA)R&B number-one hits of 1994 (USA)These are the Billboard magazine R&B singles chart number one hits of 1994:-Chart history:-Chart comparisons:*Three songs reached number-one on the Billboard Hot 100/pop chart...