Just a Little While
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"Just a Little While" is a song by American recording artist Janet Jackson
from her eight studio album, Damita Jo (2004). Written by Jackson and Dallas Austin
and produced by Austin, the track was released in early 2004 as the album's lead single
to moderate chart success.
, Jackson's label Virgin
released a statement officially announcing that "Just a Little While" would be released to radio on February 2, 2004 (the next morning). Jackson said that the song leaked in Europe and she and Virgin had to rush with a video
and promotion after the song made it worldwide. This was Jackson's first solo single to miss the top forty since her 1984 album Dream Street. The song received positive reception, but due to the 2004 Super Bowl controversy, it was a commercial disappointment, peaking at number forty-five in the United States, and lacked in urban
radio airplay. There is also an original R&B-oriented dance
demo version of "Just a Little While" produced by Just Blaze
, called "Love Me", which leaked to the Internet
in 2008.
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
the week of February 14, 2004, entering the Billboard Hot 100
at number forty-seven the following week and later peaking at number forty-five. This was Jackson's first song since 1982's "Come Give Your Love to Me
" to miss the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100. While the song failed to chart on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
, it gave Jackson her fifteenth chart-topper on the Hot Dance Club Play. The single's overall chart performance outside the United States was moderately successful. It managed to make the top five in Canada, the top ten in Spain, and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Denmark, and Hungary. Also, "Just a Little While" hit number one on Japan's J-Wave
Tokio Hot 100 airplay chart for five weeks.
. In the video, Jackson makes a DVD
for her dreadlocked
boyfriend. The costume she wears in the video is very similar to the one she wore during the wardrobe malfunction
at the infamous Super Bowl incident. Jackson's friends show up and they continue making the DVD until her boyfriend shows up with a kitten as a present for her. The video for this song was not released in the United States. The video was only available on the enhanced CD single, while a live version of the video, shot in London
for the French TV show Hits & Co, was included on the From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos DVD. The original video can also be found on YouTube
and on EMI
DVD Sampler: Vol. 4.
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 eight studio album, Damita Jo (2004). Written by Jackson and Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin
Dallas Austin is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Some of his most notable clients include Michael Jackson, TLC, Boyz II Men, Pink, Monica, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Stacie Orrico, Another Bad Creation, Fishbone, Sugababes, Anastacia, Namie Amuro, Kim...
and produced by Austin, the track was released in early 2004 as the album's lead single
Lead single
A lead single is usually the first single released by a musician or a band before the release of its home album.During the era of the grammophone record, all music arrived in the marketplace as what is now termed a single, one potential hit song backed by an additional song of generally less...
to moderate chart success.
Song information
Within minutes of the Super Bowl halftime show incidentSuper Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
Super Bowl XXXVIII, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004 from Houston, Texas on the CBS television network in the United States, was noted for a controversial halftime show in which Janet Jackson's breast, adorned with a nipple shield, was exposed by Justin Timberlake for about half a...
, Jackson's label Virgin
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
released a statement officially announcing that "Just a Little While" would be released to radio on February 2, 2004 (the next morning). Jackson said that the song leaked in Europe and she and Virgin had to rush with a video
Music 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...
and promotion after the song made it worldwide. This was Jackson's first solo single to miss the top forty since her 1984 album Dream Street. The song received positive reception, but due to the 2004 Super Bowl controversy, it was a commercial disappointment, peaking at number forty-five in the United States, and lacked in urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
radio airplay. There is also an original R&B-oriented dance
Electronic dance music
Electronic dance music is electronic music produced primarily for the purposes of use within a nightclub setting, or in an environment that is centered upon dance-based entertainment...
demo version of "Just a Little While" produced by Just Blaze
Just Blaze
Justin Smith, better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer from Paterson, New Jersey. Blaze is also the CEO of Fort Knocks Entertainment. He is most well known for producing Jay-Z songs on the albums The Blueprint, The Blueprint 2, and The Black Album. He is also known for...
, called "Love Me", which leaked to the Internet
Internet leak
An Internet leak occurs when a party's confidential information is released to the public on the Internet. Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code, and artistic works such...
in 2008.
Chart performance
"Just a Little While" was the highest-charting single from Damita Jo; it debuted at number thirteen 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...
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles
The Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It lists the top 25 singles below number 100 that have not yet charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Sometimes, however, singles halt their progress on this chart, and never appear on the Hot 100...
the week of February 14, 2004, entering 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...
at number forty-seven the following week and later peaking at number forty-five. This was Jackson's first song since 1982's "Come Give Your Love to Me
Come Give Your Love to Me
"Come Give Your Love to Me" was the second single from Janet Jackson's self-titled debut album Janet Jackson . It peaked at number fifty-eight on the U.S. pop chart, seventeen on the R&B chart, and thirty on the dance chart. An edited version of the song exists.-Charts:-Official versions/remixes:*...
" to miss the top forty on the Billboard Hot 100. While the song failed to chart on the 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,...
, it gave Jackson her fifteenth chart-topper on the Hot Dance Club Play. The single's overall chart performance outside the United States was moderately successful. It managed to make the top five in Canada, the top ten in Spain, and the top twenty in the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy, Denmark, and Hungary. Also, "Just a Little While" hit number one on Japan's J-Wave
J-Wave
J-Wave is a commercial radio station based in Tokyo, Japan, broadcasting on 81.3 FM from the Tokyo Tower to the Tokyo area. J-Wave airs mostly music covering a wide range of formats. The station is considered the most popular among FM broadcasts in Tokyo, and has surprised the radio broadcast...
Tokio Hot 100 airplay chart for five weeks.
Music video
The video was directed by Dave MeyersDave Meyers (director)
David "Dave" Meyers is an American music video director.-Career:Meyers has directed over 200 music videos including: P!nk's "There You Go", "Most Girls", "You Make Me Sick", "Get The Party Started", "Don't Let Me Get Me", "Feel Good Time", "Stupid Girls", "U + Ur Hand", "So What", "Please Don't...
. In the video, Jackson makes a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
for her dreadlocked
Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks, also called locks, a ras, dreads, "rasta" or Jata , are matted coils of hair. Dreadlocks are usually intentionally formed; because of the variety of different hair textures, various methods are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing...
boyfriend. The costume she wears in the video is very similar to the one she wore during the wardrobe malfunction
Wardrobe malfunction
A wardrobe malfunction is a euphemism for accidental exposure of intimate parts. It is different from flashing, as the latter implies a deliberate exposure...
at the infamous Super Bowl incident. Jackson's friends show up and they continue making the DVD until her boyfriend shows up with a kitten as a present for her. The video for this song was not released in the United States. The video was only available on the enhanced CD single, while a live version of the video, shot in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
for the French TV show Hits & Co, was included on the From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos DVD. The original video can also be found on YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
and on EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
DVD Sampler: Vol. 4.
Track listings
- Australian 12" single (7243 5 47896 6 3)
- A. "Just a Little While" (Album Version) – 4:11
- B. "Just a Little While" (MauriceMaurice JoshuaMaurice Joshua, also known just as Maurice, born in Chicago, Illinois, is a record producer who is most known for his laid back and soulful House music style remixes.-Career:...
's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- Australian CD single (7243 8 48473 2 5)
- Japanese promo CD single (VJCP-12177)
- Japanese CD single (VJCP-12177)
- "Just a Little While" (Single Radio Edit) – 3:59
- "Just a Little While" (Peter RauhoferPeter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Club Mix) – 9:28 - "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- US 12" promo single (7243 5 48471 1 0)
- A1. "Just a Little While" (Album Version) – 4:11
- A2. "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- B1. "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Club Mix) – 9:28
- US CD single (7087 6 18489 2 2)
- US promo CD single (184892)
- "Just a Little While" (Single Radio Edit) – 3:59
- "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Radio Edit) – 3:58
- "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Club Mix) – 9:28
- "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Radio Edit) – 3:36
- "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- US double 12" single (7087 6 18489 1 5)
- A. "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Club Mix) – 9:28
- B. "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Dub Mix) – 6:37
- C. "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- D. "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Dub) – 7:14
- UK promo tour CD single
- "Just a Little While" (UK Mix TV Edit) – 3:06
- UK 12" promo single (VUSTDJ 285)
- UK 12" single (VUST285)
- A1. "Just a Little While" (Album Version) – 4:11
- A2. "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- B1. "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Club Mix) – 9:28
- UK CD 1 (7243 5 47969 2 0)
- "Just a Little While" (UK Radio Edit) – 4:05
- "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Radio Edit) – 3:58
- UK CD 2 (7243 5 47969 0 6)
- "Just a Little While" (UK Radio Edit) – 4:04
- "Janet Megamix 04Janet Megamix 04"Janet Megamix 04" is a megamix produced by DJ Chris Cox, released on December 11, 2003 to promote Jackson's album Damita Jo.-Song information:...
" (Chris CoxChris Cox (DJ)Chris Cox is a dance music producer, remixer, and DJ from USA and has worked on over 400 records. He has had a total of 40 Billboard dance chart number ones as part of the hitmaking remix team Thunderpuss, and others with Pusaka and as a solo artist. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2004 for his...
Radio Edit) – 4:15 - "Just a Little While" (Maurice's Nu Soul Remix) – 7:12
- "Just a Little While" (Video)
- Spanish promo CD single (JANET1)
- "Just a Little While" (Single Radio Edit) – 3:59
- French promo CD single (7243 5 48854 2 6)
- "Just a Little While" (New Radio Edit 1) – 4:08
- "Just a Little While" (New Radio Edit 2) – 3:06
- Canadian CD single (478942)
- "Just a Little While" (Single Radio Edit) – 3:59
- "Just a Little While" (Peter Rauhofer Radio Edit) – 3:58
Official remixes
- Album Version – 4:13
- Edit Version – 4:02
- Radio Edit – 3:59
- New Radio Edit 2 – 3:07
- Album Instrumental – 4:12
- UK Mix / UK Radio Edit / New Radio Edit 1 – 4:05
- UK Mix TV Edit – 3:06
- Peter RauhoferPeter RauhoferPeter Rauhofer is a DJ, remixer and producer who formerly went under the moniker Club 69 as well as Size Queen. A native of Vienna, Austria, he is famous for his remixes of a number of Madonna's songs including "Nothing Really Matters", "American Life", "Nothing Fails, "Nobody Knows Me", "Get...
Club Mix – 9:28 - Peter Rauhofer Radio Edit – 3:58
- Peter Rauhofer Dub Mix – 6:37
- MauriceMaurice JoshuaMaurice Joshua, also known just as Maurice, born in Chicago, Illinois, is a record producer who is most known for his laid back and soulful House music style remixes.-Career:...
's Nu Soul Remix – 7:12 - Maurice's Nu Soul Radio Edit – 3:36
- Maurice's Nu Soul Mix (Edit) – 4:42
- Maurice's Nu Soul Dub – 7:14
Weekly charts
| Chart (2004) | 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... |
20 |
| Belgian Singles Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995... (Flanders) |
44 |
| Belgian Tip Chart (Wallonia) | 2 |
| 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.... |
3 |
| Danish Singles Chart Tracklisten Tracklisten is a Danish top 40 record chart that is presented every Thursday midnight at .The weekly Danish Singles Chart also known as Track Top-40 combines the 40 best selling tracks from legal music downloads and the sales of music singles on either CD or vinyl... |
17 |
| Dutch Single Top 100 | 43 |
| French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry... |
72 |
| German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... |
54 |
| Hungarian Singles Chart Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
10 |
| Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured... |
50 |
| Italian Singles Chart Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy.... |
16 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swiss Singles Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75... |
37 |
| 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 ... |
15 |
| US 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... |
45 |
| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart is the sales component chart of Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Singles Sales, but rather a separate panel of sales of commercial singles in the urban market... |
29 |
| US Hot Dance Club Play | 1 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2004) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Dance Club Play | 28 |