That's the Way Love Goes
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| "That's The Way Love Goes" | ||
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| Single by Janet Jackson | ||
| From the album ''janet. | ||
| Released | April 20, 1993 | |
| Format | CD single CD maxi single Cassette single 7" single 12" maxi single | |
| Genre | R&B | |
| Length | 4:27 | |
| Label | Virgin | |
| Writers | Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis | |
| Producers | Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis | |
| Director | Rene Elizondo, Jr. | |
| Certification | Platinum | |
| Chart positions | #1 (U.S., Canada), Japan) #2 (UK) | |
| Janet Jackson singles chronology | ||
| "The Best Things In Life Are Free" (1992) | "That's The Way Love Goes" (1993) | "If" (1993) |
"That's The Way Love Goes" is a Grammy winning song and first single from the fifth studio album janet. by American singer Janet Jackson.
Song Information
When Jackson signed to Virgin Records in March 1991, it was headline news. Her US$32 million contract was the largest recording deal in history, A little over two years after moving from A&M to Virgin, Jackson released her first single under the new deal. "That`s The Way Love Goes", a preview from her 19 million selling album janet., debuted at number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100. A mere two weeks later, a day before Jackson's twenty-seventh birthday, May 16 1993 it became Janet's sixth number-one on the Billboard Hot 100, eleventh number-one on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, and her ninth number-one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.There had been a lot of legal wrangling between the managers of Jackson and her producers, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, before recording began on her number-one album Rhythm Nation 1814. The mood was quite different going into janet., according to Jimmy Jam. The album reflected the lives of Jackson and her producers.
"That`s The Way Love Goes" began as a loop of a sample from James Brown's number-one R&B hit from 1974, "Papa Don`t Take No Mess". Jackson wasn't excited about the track the first time she heard it, so Jam and Lewis gave her a tape of it just as she was leaving for a Christmas vacation and asked her to listen to it for a couple of weeks. When she returned, she told the producers, "You know that track you did? I love it. It`s absolutely the bomb," according to Billboard magazine. Janet came up with the title, and the first draft had the lovelorn tone one would expect from such a title. Then she called Jimmy Jam at 2 in the morning to tell him she was taking a different direction, casting the lyrics in a more seductive light.
Jam and Lewis had a little bit of a fight with Virgin over which single to release first. "Everybody was talking about "If", says Jimmy Jam. "To me, your first single should say, ‘Welcome to the album. If you like this, check out the rest.' And we really felt "That`s The Way Love Goes" was in keeping with the spirit of the rest of the album. And since it went to number one, we proved that we were right!".
"That's The Way Love Goes" sold over 3.5 million singles worldwide and won Jackson her second Grammy Award for Best R&B Song and she was nominated for Best R&B Performance - Female.
Music Video
The video was directed by Jackson's former husband Rene Elizondo Jr. It takes places in a coffee shop where Jackson and her friends are relaxing. Jackson has a new single and her friends want to play the tape, but she doesn't want to. Her friend Tish snatches the tape and puts it in the stereo on side A. Jackson begins to perform to the song and she is interrupted by Tish who pauses it to tell her "This is slammin'." Tish plays the tape and everyone in the coffee shop feel the song and they begin to dance along to it. The video also features a then unknown Jennifer Lopez. "That's The Way Love Goes" was nominated for 3 MTV Video Music Awards including Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, and Best Choreography.
Charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Airplay | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B Single Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 16 |
| U.S. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 1 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| UK | 2 |
| Australia | 1 |
| Bavaria | 6 |
| Belgium | 12 |
| Canada | 1 |
| Finland | 5 |
| Germany | 9 |
| Holland | 5 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Switzerland | 11 |
Official Versions/Remixes
- Album Version (4:25)
- Instrumental (4:25)
- A capella (4:25)
- CJ R&B 7" Mix (4:10)
- CJ R&B 12" Mix (6:16)
- CJ Macapella (6:22)
- CJ FXTC Club Mix (6:24)
- CJ FXTC Dub (6:14)
- CJ FXTC Instrumental (6:16)
- We Aimsta Win Mix (5:36)
- We Aimsta Win Mix #1 (5:42)
- We Aimsta Win Mix #2 (5:14)
- We Aimsta Win Instrumental (5:42)
Trivia
- The music video features a then-unknown Jennifer Lopez as one of Jackson's backup dancers.
Cover versions
- "That's The Way Love Goes" has been covered by Norman Brown, NSYNC, Chantay Savage, Deborah Cox and Brownstone.
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See also
External links
| Janet Jackson |
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| Studio albums: Janet Jackson • Dream Street • Control • Rhythm Nation 1814 janet. • The Velvet Rope • All for You • Damita Jo • 20 Years Old Other albums: • Janet. Remixed • Design of a Decade 1986/1996 |
| Discography • Singles • Videography • Filmography • Tours • Awards and accolades |
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