I Get Lonely
February 26, 1998
I Get Lonely is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her sixth album, The Velvet Rope ( 1997). The song was released in February 1998 as the third single of the album. For Jackson the song a top five hit in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for Jackson was again. An official remix version of the song published Janet with Blackstreet.
Song information
The original, written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and produced version appeared on Jackson's sixth album, The Velvet Rope. In addition to the original single Janet also released an official remix version with Blackstreet. The song was nominated at the Grammy Awards 1999 in the category " Best Female R & B Vocal Performance ", but lost to Lauryn Hills number -one hit Doo Wop ( That Thing ). In 1998, Jackson sang the song in the The Rosie O'Donnell Show, at the TMF Awards Show and Soul Train Awards show. Jackson sang the song on their worldwide The Velvet Rope Tour, in which she used the same dance choreography from the music video. Later, Jackson sang the song still on the rock Witchu Tour and 2011 on their tour Number Ones: Up Close and Personal.
Music Video
The director for the music video, Paul Hunter, the dance choreography developed Tina Landon. In February 1998, the music video was released. There are two versions of the music video; the original and Blackstreet remix version. The first version appeared on the DVD edition to Jackson's 2001 album All for You and the remix video 2004 janet on Janet's video compilation From. Damita Jo to: The Videos.
Charts
The song debuted and remained at # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 In Europe, the song barely celebrated successes it achieved in some songs the top 50 in the UK but the song was a hit with 5th place in New Zealand, the song reached also the top ten.