Janet Jackson: This is how James Brown and Jennifer López participated in the emblematic ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ | Los40 Classic

James Brown demanded to approve the letter of ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ before allowing Janet Jackson publish the single It contained the sample of one of his songs. Jennifer López It was an unknown when she participated in the video clip of the subject that served as an advance of ‘Janet’fifth album of the little girl of the Jackson family. Became An instant success. May 15, 1993 arrive to No. 1 of the American listsposition in which he remained eight weeks.

There was a time when Janet Jackson could not climb higher because I was already on top. Your album ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ (1989) had become The best selling 1990 in the United States (12 million copies) and in The only one in which his seven singles they had reached the Top 5 in Billboard. Not even His brother with ‘Thriller’ (1982) or Bruce Springsteen with ‘Born in the USA’ (1984) They had achieved that feat.

In 1991, Janet was a safe investment and All the great recordings They biddled To get it. Finally, Virgin Records made the Benjamina of the Jackson family the best paid artist in the world. The agreement, of 32 million dollarswent down in history The most lucrative ever signed in the music industry. Again, surpassed his brother … although only for a few days (Michael beat the world record shortly after for the 50 million dollars agreed with EPIC).

In addition to his enormous professional success, Janet felt plethoric in personal field When he recorded ‘Janet’ (Janet.). Just after signing his lucrative contract, he had secretly married the dancer René Elizondo, with who He starred in the video of the ballad ‘Come back to me’. And that mood is transmitted on the fifth album – co-produced with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis – And in the First single ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’.

“We all had very happy relationshipswe were all in love … we had a lot of professional success and we were very satisfied with our personal lives YeSo is reflected in the album”, Jimmy Jam reflected in Fred Bronson’s book, ‘Billboard Book of Number One Hits’. And he added:“ ‘Janet.’ It is about A safe and sexy woman In contact with His female side“

After writing songs about independence or social injustice, Jackson wanted to dedicate his new album To love and relationships. In an interview for Rolling Stone, he said: “I thought about do something about my feminine and sexy sidesomething difficult for me that had grown like a girl And I didn’t think about myself that way. ”

To do ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ Jam and Lewis chose some simple such as ‘Impeach the President’ by Honey Drippers of 1973. They also used the ‘Groove’ of the Funk classic that James Brown published in 1974: ‘Pope Don’s Take No Mess’.

In Bronson’s book, Jam tells that Brown demanded to listen to the song before he was published “Because a lot of rappers were taking their songs and putting all those disgusting lyrics in them “. When the ‘godfather of the soul’ supervised Janet’s composition did not express any complaints. It was a sweet and seductive letter and He quickly gave his permission.

The video of ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ was directed by Janet’s husband, René Elizondo Jr.in March 1993. A then unknown appears Jennifer Lópezwho participated as a dancer and pronounced A phrase in the dialogue of the beginning of the clip. Originally he was supposed to go on tour with Janet as a dancer, but he chose not to do it because “he wanted to do his own things.”

López mentions Jackson as His great reference. “When I saw the video of ‘Pleasure Principle’ He inspired me to dedicate myself to music. I can never forget the magnificent Janet Jackson as The great inspiring of all my dances and musical videos”, He declared in The Times of India. In a tribute to Janet, New York confessed that already being one Girl “tried to imitate each of the movements she did.”

Interestingly, many people I was nervous with the choice of ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ as the first single. Janet was one of those restless people. Virgin Records, who played a lot, wanted him to Advance of the album outside ‘if’I had more rhythm. But Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were inflexible and did not cease in their efforts. ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ was a discreet theme but I fit perfectly with the theme of the album, love … The best way to present it. Although ‘if’, with the Supreme sampler, it seemed the obvious choice, it turned out that The famous producers’ tandem was very right.

The first single from ‘Jant.’ He became In an instant success. It was published on April 20, 1993 and May 15 was already Billboard Hot 100, a position that maintained eight weeks. More than any other Janet single, but also more than any other song by his brother Michael. In addition, ‘That’s The Way Love Goes’ won a Grammy in the best R&B song category And it is considered One of Jackson’s emblematic songs.