"Again"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album janet.
Released	October 12, 1993
Format	CD single CD maxi single Cassette single Cassette maxi single 7" single 12" maxi single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:47
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Janet Jackson Jimmy Jam Terry Lewis
Certification	Platinum
Chart positions
#1 (U.S.) #6 (UK) #18 (AUS)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"If" (1993)	"Again" (1993)	"Because of Love" (1994)

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Song Information

Jackson in "Again" video.

Lyrically based on a lost love, Jackson's composition was included as the ending song to Jackson's box-office movie debut in Poetic Justice. While not included in the soundtrack, the song became an Academy Award nominated song for Best Original Song. Jackson performed the song live at the ceremony. The song became her seventh number one on Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. The janet. track "Funky Big Band" appears on the single as a b-side. Image File history File links Againvid3. ... Image File history File links Againvid3. ... Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the characters own conduct. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles have been released since the 1950s. ...

The video for the song was directed by Jackson's then-husband Rene Elizondo Jr. It features actor Gary Dourdan as Jackson's lost love. The video shows Jackson writing in her diary as reminisces about her love through flashbacks. The alternate version of the video contains scenes from the movie Poetic Justice playing on a television. Gary Dourdan Gary Dourdan (born December 11, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. ... Poetic justice is a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the characters own conduct. ...

Charts

Official Versions/Remixes

• Album Version (3:47)
• Instrumental (3:50)
• Piano/Vocal (3:46)
• French Version (3:50)
• Mixman Mike's Deep Pleasure Mix