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1993 single past Janet Jackson

1993 single by Janet Jackson

"Once more"
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Standard cover fine art (US CD unmarried pictured)

Single past Janet Jackson
from the anthology Janet
B-side
  • "Funky Big Band"
  • "Again" (French version)
Released Oct 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
Recorded 1992
Studio Flyte Tyme (Edina, Minnesota)
Genre Pop
Length 3:47
Label Virgin
Songwriter(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
Producer(s)
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
  • Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"If"
(1993) 		"Again"
(1993) 		"Considering of Love"
(1994)
Music video
"Again" on YouTube

"Once more" is a song by American vocalizer Janet Jackson, appearing first as the closing song to the 1993 film Poetic Justice, and later included on Jackson'south fifth anthology, Janet (1993). Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the ballad was released as the album'due south third single on October 12, 1993, by Virgin Records, and talks about the reconnection with an old lover. Originally an experimental sound Jam and Lewis was considering for the anthology, they did not give the song serious contemplation until the motion picture producers from Poetic Justice requested a ballad for the soundtrack.

Critics were divided on their opinions of "Again". Some praised it as a highlight from the Janet album and a classic, while other critics responded negatively to its sentimental lyrical content. However, "Again" became a commercial success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in belatedly 1993, while too reaching the summit x in Canada, Sweden and the Great britain.

"Again" received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for All-time Original Song.[1] [ii] Ii videos for the song, directed past Jackson's then-husband René Elizondo, Jr., were released: ane with and other without scenes from Poetic Justice. The song was covered by How to Wearing apparel Well for his second album, Total Loss and sampled past Iyaz on his 2010 single, "Solo".

Background and recording [edit]

In 1992, Janet Jackson filmed her showtime picture show, Poetic Justice, prior to recording a new album. In "Poetic Justice", Justice (Jackson) uses her poetry to deal with her grief later on her fellow is killed in a shooting incident at a bulldoze-in.[3] Subsequently shooting the movie, Jackson started recording a new anthology, declaring that the moving-picture show inspired her to take new direction in her music, "Rhythm Nation was a heavy record, and Poetic Justice was a heavy movie. I wanted to do something lighter but also daring ... When I wrote the album, I was even so in a poetic frame of mind, inspired by Maya'south cute linguistic communication."[4]

"Again" was originally an experimental audio the production duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis was considering for the album. While Jackson found its melody compelling, the trio did not give the song serious contemplation until the film producers from Poetic Justice requested a ballad for the film'due south soundtrack. Jackson afterwards wrote the lyrics for "Again" and shaped them around Jam'south melody.[5] The song was eventually included as the closing song to the pic, but was non included on its soundtrack album. It was later released as janet.'s third single on October 12, 1993, with the jazz-funky rails "Funky Big Band" from the album appearing on the single as a B-side, as well as a French version of the song, which also appeared on the limited edition of the janet. album.

Limerick and lyrics [edit]

"Again" was written and produced by Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. It is ready in mutual time with a key of C major. Jackson'south vocal chords ranges between the tonal nodes of low-tone G3 to loftier-tone D5. The song is in a moderate tempo of 64 beats per infinitesimal with the chord progression being set up like C–G–Am–F–C–Dm7/K in the commencement verse and C–Eastward–Am7–D9 in the chorus.[6] "Again" is a "lightweight" piano carol,[7] based on a lost love. The song'southward story is about running into an old friend, but to discover that the feelings for that person are every bit strong every bit ever. "Kinda late in the game and my heart is in your hands. Don't you stand at that place and then tell me you love me and exit me again," she sings.[8]

Disquisitional reception [edit]

"Once more" divided music critics. Despite calling information technology a "throwaway", Alex Henderson of AllMusic picked the song as a highlight from the anthology.[ix] Larry Film from Billboard called it "a delicate carol". He added, "Her evocative phonation is swathed in grand piano lines and quasi-orchestral strings that will thrill ardent fans at tiptop xl radio. Melancholy lyrics are icing on a sugariness musical cake that millions will desire to taste."[10] In a "archetype track-past-track review", another editor, Andrew Hampp remarked, "By the fourth dimension Jackson pleas at the vocal'due south close, seemingly choking back tears, "Cause I've fallen in love with you again," it's difficult non to get misty fifty-fifty after countless listens."[11] Essence ranked "Again" as the number-four Greatest Intermission-up song of all-time.[12] John Martinucci from the Gavin Study described it as "a tender love song that definitely tugs on the center strings."[13] Music author James Masterton viewed it as "a slushy ballad" in his weekly Britain chart commentary.[fourteen] Alan Jones from Music Week rated it iv out of five, stating that "this fragile and fragrant ballad draws a sophisticated vocal performance from Jackson. With full orchestral accompaniment, it is sugariness but not saccharine, and is likely to grow into a huge hitting."[15] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine called it "the most treacly, saccharine carol Janet has ever recorded, complete with the kind of teary breakdown ane might look from her blood brother."[16]

Chart operation [edit]

"Once more" was a success on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching the top 40 in Baronial 1993 and the top 10 in October 1993.[17] The song topped the Billboard charts for two weeks, existence certified platinum past the Recording Manufacture Clan of America in Dec. The song spent 15 weeks in the elevation 10, making it Jackson's longest running peak-ten single.[17] The song was too a success on other Billboard component charts, including the Top twoscore Mainstream (peaking at number two),[18] the Rhythmic Top 40 (number three),[nineteen] Adult Contemporary (number 4),[xx] and Hot R&B Singles & Tracks (number vii).[21] In Canada, the song was also a success, reaching number ii.[22] In the Great britain, "Once again" was a success, peaking at number six, becoming her 6th meridian-10 single.[23]

Elsewhere, the vocal peaked inside the top 20. In Australia, "Once more" debuted at number 26, before peaking at number 19, four weeks later.[24] In New Zealand, the song was fifty-fifty ameliorate, peaking at number thirteen,[25] while in Sweden, the song was even higher, with a summit of number v after xi weeks on the nautical chart, becoming her highest charting-single there.[26]

Music video [edit]

The music video for "Once again" was directed by Jackson's then-husband René Elizondo, Jr. in 1993. It features actor Gary Dourdan every bit Jackson's lost honey, with Jackson writing in her diary equally she reminisces near her love through flashbacks. The alternative version of the video contains scenes from Poetic Justice playing on a television. The original video appears on the 1994 compilation janet. and the 2004 DVD From Janet to Damita Jo: The Videos, while the Poetic Justice version is included on the 2001 DVD edition of All for You. "Once again" was published on YouTube in Nov 2010. The video has amassed more 3,i million views as of September 2021.[27]

Live performances [edit]

Since its release, Jackson has performed the song on all of her tours, including the janet. Bout, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for Yous Tour, Rock Witchu Bout, and the Number Ones, Up Close and Personal tour, where it was dedicated to Phoenix, Arizona and Oslo, Norway. She also performed it on the flavor 9 finale of American Idol. Jackson included the song on her 2015-2016 Unbreakable Globe Tour. "Again" was used as a video interlude on her Land of the World Tour in 2017.

Accolades, covers and samples [edit]

The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for All-time Original Song in 1993. Information technology likewise received a nomination for Best Original Song at the 66th University Awards, where Jackson performed the song live.[17] "Once again" was covered by How to Dress Well and appeared equally a bonus runway on his 2012 album Total Loss, which was also inspired by Janet's "The Velvet Rope".[28] According to the vocalizer Tom Krell, "What you're getting is non a written report of a feeling, but a sonic presentation of the feeling," he said about the cover.[11] The song was sampled by Iyaz on his 2010 single "Solo". According to Leah Greenblatt of Entertainment Weekly, "it riffs 'Once more', without directly sampling either the main claw or re-upping the lyrics direct. The song just lifts a substantial clamper of Janet'due south lilting melody."[29] The melody was likewise used in Stanley Clarke's song "Lucky Again" on his 1995 anthology At the Movies.

Runway listing and formats [edit]

Charts and certifications [edit]

References [edit]

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