That's the way love goes
| That's the way love goes | |
|---|---|
| Janet Jackson | |
| publication | April 20, 1993 |
| length | 4:25 |
| Genre (s) | Contemporary R&B |
| text | Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis |
| music | Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis |
| album | Janet. |
That's the Way Love Goes is a song by the American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth music album, Janet. from 1993. It was released as a single on April 20, 1993. The song became the most successful song of her career and was ranked number 1 on the American Billboard Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks and won a Grammy in 1994 for “best R&B title”.
history
That's the Way Love Goes was written and produced by Janet Jackson and songwriter / producer duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis .
In 1994, the song brought Janet Jackson her second Grammy award for "Best R&B Title" and the song was also nominated for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance".
The song has been covered several times by R&B artists. The best-known covers are by Norman Brown , 'N Sync , Chantay Savage, Deborah Cox and Brownstone.
Jackson sang the song at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards in a medley with their hit If .
A remixed version of That's the Way Love Goes , the CJ FXTC Club Mix & CJ FXTC Bass Hit Dub Remix appeared on their remix album janet in 1995 . Remixed .
Jackson sang the song on all of her world tours, including the janet. Tour, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for You Tour, Rock Witchu Tour, as well as on their current tour Number Ones: Up Close and Personal.
On April 1, 2009, Blender magazine listed That's the Way Love Goes at number 427 on their list of "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born".
Musical
That's the Way Love Goes is a classic R&B title, with elements of modern contemporary R&B, which would later establish itself worldwide. Musically, the song relies on calm soulful string instruments that go well with the mood of the song and go perfectly with Janet's smoky voice. Jacksons reached a vocal range from the high F 3 to the low Bb 4 octave with their singing . The song also uses a typical hip-hop - Beat with around 100 beats per minute . The song uses a sample from James Brown's number one R&B hit Papa Don't Take No Mess from 1974. In terms of content, the song deals with a tender and beautiful love affair between a woman and a man. The song is sung from the woman's point of view.
Music video
Jackson's ex-husband, René Elizondo, Jr., directed the music video for That's the Way Love Goes , which was filmed in March 1993. In the music video, Jackson is in her hotel room and her friends encourage Janet to sing her latest song. Jackson starts singing, but she is quickly interrupted by her friend Tish so that she can tell Janet, “Yo, this is slamming!” Tish puts a demo tape in a cassette recorder and everyone starts to dance to the recording. Tina Landon took over the choreographic direction in the music video. In the music video, the then unknown Jennifer Lopez also played a role as a friend and background dancer of Janet Jackson. That's the Way Love Goes was nominated in three categories at the MTV Video Music Awards 1993: "best female music video", "best dance music video" and "best choreography in a music video". The music video appeared in 1994 on Jackson's VHS video album with the album title janet of the same name , on the Design of a Decade collection (1996), on the limited bonus DVD edition of their 2001 album All for You and in 2004 on theirs Video album From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos .
An alternative version of the music video, the “One Take Version”, takes place in the same hotel room, but only Jackson himself is focused in the entire music video. The music video only appeared on Jackson's VHS video album in 1994 with the album title janet.
'N Sync paid tribute to the music video when they emulated the music video on MTV Icon.
Commercial win
That's the Way Love Goes debuted at number 14 on the American Billboard Hot 100 in May 1993 . Two weeks later, the song topped the Hot 100 and became Janet's sixth number one hit in the United States. On the same day, the song also topped the genre-oriented charts, such as the dance and R&B / hip-hop charts. In the American airplay charts, the song became Jackson's most successful hit of her career, reaching number 1 for 10 weeks. The song stayed at the top for eight consecutive weeks and became Janet's most successful song in the United States, as well as the most successful Number one hit by someone in the Jackson family. Even Michael Jackson has n't been # 1 in the US for as many weeks as Janet. The success of That's the Way Love Goes was also confirmed by the annual and decade charts of the 1990s in the USA, where the song reached number 4 and 17 respectively, as well as the record awards. On November 12, 1993, the title was awarded a gold record in the United States .
At the 1994 Grammy Awards , the song won a Grammy for Best R&B Title.
Internationally, the title was also a success, reaching number 1 in Australia , Canada , New Zealand and South Africa ; the top 5 in Finland , the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ; as well as the top 10 in Denmark , Germany , Ireland and Sweden . In South Africa That's the Way Love Goes became the best-selling single by a female artist and spent 9 consecutive weeks at number 1. In the UK, the song was also honored with a silver record.
Charts
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Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Australia (ARIA)
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 platinum
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70,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
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 gold
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7,500 |
 United States (RIAA)
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platinum
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1,000,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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 silver
|
200,000 |
| All in all |
1 × silver 1 × gold 2 × platinum |
1,277,500 |
Main article: Janet Jackson / Music Sales Awards
literature
- Craig Halstead, Chris Cadman: Jackson's Number Ones . Authors On Line, 2003, ISBN 0-7552-0098-5 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Janet Jackson - That's the Way Love Goes Sheet Music (Download) . In: MusicNotes . Alfred Publishing . Retrieved December 24, 2009.
- ↑ a b Craig Halstead, Chris Cadman: Jackson's Number Ones. Authors On Line, 2003, p. 118
- ↑ Janet Jackson Janet UK VIDEOS (162960)
- ↑ Fred Bronson: 'I'll Make Love' comes Quickly to no first. . In: Rolling Stone (Ed.): Academic Search Premier . 106, No. 35, August 27, 1994, p. 135. ISSN 0006-2510 .
- ↑ janet. > Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles . Allmusic. 2006. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ↑ That's the Way Love Goes . Recording Industry Association of America. November 12, 1993. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ↑ janet. > Charts & Awards> Billboard Singles . Allmusic . Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Top 100 annual single charts 1993. officialcharts.de, accessed on June 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Swiss hit parade of the year 1993 ( German ) Swiss Music Charts . Hung media. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ↑ 1993 The Year in Music, Special Double Issue . In: Nielsen Business Media, Inc (Ed.): Billboard . 105, No. 52, December 25, 1993. ISSN 0006-2510 .
- ↑ Geoff Mayfield: 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the' 90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s . Billboard . December 25, 1999. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
