"You Want This" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson

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 seventh single

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 (sixth and final in the U.S.) in August 1994, the track was written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

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.

Song information

Based on samples

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 from Diana Ross & the Supremes

The Supremes

The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...

' 1968 song "Love Child

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"Love Child" is a 1968 song released by the Motown label for Diana Ross & the Supremes, becoming the Supremes' 11th number-one single in the United States....

" and Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang

Kool & the Gang are an American jazz, R&B, soul, and funk group, originally formed as the Jazziacs in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1964.They went through several musical phases during the course of their recording career, starting out with a purist jazz sound, then becoming practitioners of R&B and...

's 1973 song "Jungle Boogie

Jungle Boogie

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", the song is about Jackson being told by her girls that a guy is watching and wanting her. Jackson proclaims if the guy wants to be with her, he has to work for it. Several remix

Remix

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es feature rapper MC Lyte

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. The single contains two B-sides

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, the janet. track "New Agenda" and the then-unreleased "70's Love Groove", which also appears on 1995's 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...

.

Jackson has performed the song on three of her tours, janet. Tour

Janet. Tour

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, Rock Witchu Tour

Rock Witchu Tour

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, and her current tour, Number Ones: Up Close and Personal

Number Ones: Up Close and Personal

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Chart performance

The single peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100

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 and number nine on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

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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,...

, and was moderately successful internationally, making it to the top twenty in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. It is Jackson's least successful single in Germany to date, peaking at number ninety.

Music video

The video

Music video

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 was directed by Keir McFarlane in August 1994. Loosely based on Russ Meyer

Russ Meyer

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's 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

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, it centers around Jackson and her friends encountering two men. Set at a motel on the desert and featuring car chases, it also contains a dance routine towards the end. Two versions of the video, one black-and-white and the other colorized, are available on the 1994 video compilation 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...

The colorized version is featured on the repackage of 2001's All for You as well as the 2004 DVD From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos.

Track listings

U.S. 12" promo single (SPRO-12696)

1. Disco Theory (No Rap) – 6:16
2. E-Smoove's Underdub – 7:21
3. E-Smoove's House Anthem – 9:48
4. E-Smoove's House Dub – 6:32

U.S. 12" single (Y-38455)

1. Mafia & Fluxy Club Mix – 6:28
2. Mafia & Fluxy Dancehall Mix – 4:31
3. Spoiled Milk. Remix – 4:44
4. Remix – 4:46
5. "New Agenda" – 4:00
6. "70's Love Groove" – 5:45

U.S. promo CD single (DPRO-12696)

1. E-Smoove's Anthem 7" – 4:24
2. Smoove Soul 7" – 4:16
3. E-Smoove's Anthem Dub – 6:32
4. Disco Theory – 6:16

U.S. promo CD single (DPRO-14212)
U.S. CD single (V25H-38455)

1. Remix – 4:46
2. LP Edit – 4:15
3. Mafia & Fluxy Dancehall Mix – 4:31
4. Spoiled Milk. Remix – 4:44
5. "New Agenda" – 4:00
6. "70's Love Groove" – 5:45

U.S. cassette single (4Y-38466)

1. E-Smoove's House Anthem – 9:48
2. Disco Theory (No Rap) – 6:16
3. "70's Love Groove" – 5:45
4. E-Smoove's Underdub – 7:21
5. E-Smoove's Anthem Dub – 6:32
6. Smoove Soul 12" – 6:20

UK 12" promo single (VSTXDJ 1519)

1. E-Smoove's House Anthem – 9:48
2. E-Smoove's Anthem Dub – 6:32
3. E-Smoove's Underdub – 7:21
4. Funk Extravaganza – 7:42
5. Smoove Soul 12" – 6:20

UK 12" single (VST 1519)

1. E-Smoove's House Anthem – 9:48
2. E-Smoove's Anthem Dub – 6:32
3. E-Smoove's Underdub – 7:21
4. Disco Theory – 6:16
5. Smoove Soul 7" – 4:16

UK CD 1 (VSCDT 1519)
Australian CD single (8926692)

1. Remix – 4:46
2. Smoove Soul 7" – 4:16
3. Mafia & Fluxy Dancehall Mix – 4:31
4. Spoiled Milk. Remix – 4:44
5. Disco Theory – 6:16
6. Funk Extravaganza – 7:42
7. Smoove Soul 12" – 6:20

UK CD 2 (VSCDG/T1519)

1. LP Edit – 4:15
2. Mafia & Fluxy Club Mix – 6:29
3. "70's Love Groove" – 5:45
4. "And on and On" – 4:49

Japanese 3" CD single (VJDP10235)

1. Remix – 4:46
2. "New Agenda" – 4:00

Official remixes

• Album Version – 5:05
• LP Edit – 4:15
• Remix featuring MC Lyte
  MC Lyte
  MC Lyte is an American rapper who first gained fame in the late-1980s becoming the first solo female rapper to release a full album with 1988's critically acclaimed Lyte as a Rock.-Early life:...
  
   – 4:46
• Mafia & Fluxy Dancehall Remix – 4:31
• Mafia & Fluxy Club Mix – 6:28
• Disco Theory (No Rap) – 6:14
• Disco Theory – 6:14
• E-Smoove
  Eric Miller (musician)
  Eric Miller is an American house music DJ, record producer and remixer. As E-Smoove he worked for a number of years with Steve "Silk" Hurley and Maurice Joshua, before he hit the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1998 with "Deja Vu," which climbed to #16. The song reached #63 in the UK...
  
  's Anthem 7" – 4:24
• E-Smoove's House Anthem – 9:43
• E Smoove's Anthem Dub – 6:32
• E-Smoove's Underdub – 7:21
• Smoove Soul 7" – 4:16
• Smoove Soul 12" – 6:20
• Funk Extravaganza – 7:42
• Spoiled Milk. Remix – 4:44

Charts

"You Want This"

Chart (1994/1995)	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...	16
Dutch Single Top 100	37
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...	90
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...	11
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 ...	14
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	8
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	9
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	9

End of year chart (1995)	Position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	64

"70's Love Groove"

Chart (1995)	Peak position
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...	45

• ¹ "You Want This"/"70's Love Groove"