Control
Album by Janet Jackson
Released	February 2, 1986
Recorded	1985
Genre	Pop/R&B
Length	41:47
Label	A&M
Producer(s)	Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Professional reviews
AMG (4.5/5) link
Janet Jackson chronology
Dream Street (1984)	Control (1986)	Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989)

Janet Jackson released her third album Control on March 2, 1986. It would prove to be the beginning of an amazing career. The album featured production by successful producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as well as Jackson herself. The subject matter dealt with Janet's independence, emergence from the Jackson family, and recent annulment from James DeBarge. She wanted to be known as an individual and this was the album that set the stage for her inevitable success. The album went 5x Platinum (as of December 2005) and spawned six hit singles -- "What Have You Done For Me Lately" (#4 Pop, #1 R&B), "Nasty" (#3 Pop, #1 R&B), "When I Think Of You" (#1 Pop, #3 R&B), "Control" (#5 Pop, #1 R&B), "Let's Wait Awhile" (#2 Pop, #1 R&B), and "The Pleasure Principle" (#14 Pop, #1 R&B). Image File history File links Janet Jackson - Control album cover This image is the cover of an album or single. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... For the 1979 song by M, see Pop Muzik. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... A&M Records is a record label formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Jimmy Jam (born James Harris III in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 6, 1959) and Terry Lewis (born November 21, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) are an R&B and pop songwriting and record production team. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Dream Street was the title of the sophomore follow-up album of pop singer Janet Jackson. ... Janet Jacksons Rhythm Nation 1814 (commonly titled simply Rhythm Nation) is an album by American R & B artist Janet Jackson. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jimmy Jam (born James Harris III in Minneapolis, Minnesota on June 6, 1959) and Terry Lewis (born November 21, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) are an R&B and pop songwriting and record production team. ... James DeBarge (born 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) was an American R&B and soul singer who was one of the charter members of the legendary family group, DeBarge, who became superstars with their 1980s classics All This Love, In A Special Way, Rhythm of the Night and Whos...

Track listing

1. "Control"
2. "Nasty"
3. "What Have You Done For Me Lately"
4. "You Can Be Mine"
5. "The Pleasure Principle"
6. "When I Think of You"
7. "He Doesn't Know I'm Alive"
8. "Let's Wait Awhile"
9. "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)"

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Personnel

• Janet Jackson (lead and background vocals, lyrics, co-producer, rhythm and vocal arrangements, digital keyboards, synthesizers, synthesized & digital bells, digital piano)
• James "Jimmy Jam" Harris (producer, songwriter, rhythm and vocal arrangements, drum & synthesizer programming, digital sampling, digital keyboards, synthesizers, percussion, vocals, background vocals, assistant engineer, acoustic piano)
• Terry Lewis (producer, songwriter, rhythm and vocal arrangements, recording engineer, vocals, background vocals, drum programming, bass, percussion)
• Melanie Andrews (background vocals)
• Troy Anthony (saxophone)
• Lyle Baker (project coordinator)
• Chuck Beeson (art direction)
• Jerome Benton (vocals)
• Spencer Bernard (co-producer, rhythm arrangement, vocal arrangement, guitar, synthesizer)
• Geoff Bouchieiz (guitars)
• Mark Cardenas (synthesizers)
• Roger Dumas (drum programming)
• Steve Hodge (recording engineer, mixing)
• Jellybean Johnson (co-producer, rhythm arrangements, vocal arrangements, vocals, guitar solo)
• Lisa Keith (vocal arrangement, background vocals)
• Monte Moir (producer, rhythm arranger, drum programming, guitar, synthesizer progrmming, synthesizers, assistant engineer)
• Melanie Nissen (art direction)
• O'Nicholas Raths (6 & 12 string acoustic guitar)
• David Rivkin (recording engineer)
• Gwendolyn Traylor (background vocals)
• Tony Viramontes (photography)
• Hami Wave (background vocals)
• Steve Wiese (recording engineer)

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Singles released

• What Have You Done For Me Lately (11 February 1986)
• Nasty (6 May 1986)
• When I Think Of You (29 July 1986)
• Control (21 October 1986)
• Let's Wait Awhile (6 January 1987)
• The Pleasure Principle (12 May 1987)
• Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun) (1987)

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External links

• Control Lyrics