Someone to Call My Lover
June 26, 2001
Someone to Call My Lover is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her seventh album, All for You. The song was written by Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and produced. On 26 June 2001, the song in the United States was released as the second single from the album.
Background
The song Samplet Americas 1972 hit Ventura Highway.
At the time when Jackson recorded the song, she had gettrent front short by her longtime husband René Elizondo, Jr., nearly 10 years after marriage. Someone to Call My Lover and some other song of the All for You album deal with Jackson's separation and re- getting used to the single life as the main topics.
The So So Def Remix of the song was Jackson's first collaboration with Jermaine Dupri. The single was in the U.S. for Janet again a top- ten hit, reaching number 3 for the song Jackson was also nominated for a Grammy in the category " Best Female Pop Vocal Performance " at the Grammy Awards 2002, but lost to Nelly Furtado I'm Like a Bird.
Jackson sang the song only on her All for You Tour. Until Today is Someone to Call My Lover Janet Jackson's last song, which reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100.
Music Video
The director for music video led Francis Lawrence. In the music video Jackson goes to a bar you go into the bar, where she begins to sing the song and dances. Jackson also dances on a child car device. A music video for the So So Def Remix was also released, this includes, among other things, alternative scenes with Dupri.
The original music video was released on a very limited bonus DVD edition of the album All for You, while the music video for So So Def Remix 2004 Janet's video compilation janet From. Damita Jo to: The videos appeared.