Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You

[@stopwrongway718]

Almost in tears...things have changed so much. Sometimes you have to go back in time to keep your sanity. Loved theses days.

[@edreid7872]

Ditto..in tears...1987, Chicago...simpler times..

[@islandgirl1793]

Stop Wrong Way.... Your exaclty Right! I wish there was a time machine where we could go back to the 80's Happy Times ✨🌟✨✌🏼️

[@brentcanfield8883]

Completely agree. I feel the same.I hate what the world has become in a lot of ways compared to the way it used to be. People will try to say,"Oh, you just don't like change. You're just getting older." But that's not it; There's something 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 with the world today.And the children of the 80's feel it especially.

[@cyrisserussell6938]

Big fun

[@charcoke3585]

I agree. Somebody build a time machine so we can all go back

[@lovinliverpool]

Janet has one of the most beautiful smiles I've ever seen.

[@shamondavis406]

lovinliverpool I strongly agree with you!! An infectious, sexy smile she has ♥️🤗

[@elektrogurkenmensch]

Besides her brother Michael. :)

[@peaceofmindofpeace1650]

Just like her brother's smile... Diamond smile!

[@KianaG1280]

Facts

[@stevenhosea4849]

lovinliverpool Yes Happens. Hi. Good

[@vicjjr31]

Cant even put into words the memories this song brings...80s nostalgia 😊

[@StickBoy84]

When music videos were awesome.

[@astral263]

The music video is better than nowdays movies

[@mrjamalfarrakhan9]

There will never be anything like the 80's ever again!!!!

[@Dan-uv3vf]

Never Ever!!!

[@Longlostpuss]

Golden era of just about everything if you were a kid.

[@deniseruffin4343]

So true I miss the 80s so much!!!

[@bradnobl]

Entertainers worked hard at their craft, singing, dancing 🕺, instrumental playing.

[@mrjamalfarrakhan9]

@@Longlostpuss very true

[@mslady800]

Does anybody else smile through the whole video? It's such a feel good song.🤗 just makes me happy i luv it 💖.

[@louise_rose]

Yes, it's exuberant and lavish! No record label today would bother to produce videos like this one (or Money For Nothing, Take On Me, Walk This Way, New Year's Day, etc).

[@jessemiranda326]

Definitely full of great beautiful energy. Love ❤️ one another and you will live forever ❤️

[@susanfey4727]

I'm smiling now and bopping my head 💥

[@simple.1829]

I don’t know why but I cried. Everything was perfect in 80s. Now we have never be able to go back in 80s.

[@pattifanalwayz7388]

I was 16 had my brand new Maxima

[@bleep77]

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

[@heatherpierce9123]

Agree! I feel that way about lots of Janet's songs, especially Pleasure Principal & Escapade. Such a fun vibe, so much awesome energy.

[@DylanRomanov]

I wasn’t even born until 92 but I cry everytime I hear this song idk there’s something about it

[@DankWilliamsJr]

Word.

[@beng1lh00ly]

@@DylanRomanov i'm literally the same - the video especially!

[@blessedam1210]

Times were so good!

[@justblase5270]

I remember every radio station and clothing store would play this song

[@leequinn2733]

Was Janet STUNNING or was she STUNNING!?

[@erickennedy8534]

Stunning , Stunning 😍😍

[@JayboTheHood]

No. ...is mate. Is. Not was.

[@TioJunior777]

That is why moms left left early asking kids

[@TioJunior777]

Jesus runs it's

[@hadinaqui]

90s Janet was stunning.

[@mitchellmatthews97]

First track I played in my first car. If there was ever a perfect evening, that was it. May, sunset, windows down, the most free I’ve ever felt! This song brings it all back! Love you Janet!!!

[@robertuceda5121]

you have to love the melting pot of all races choreography together :) in this 1986 video. Hilarious when Janet, 20 year old kiddo, grabs a little cake batter helping in the kitchen :~D

[@jasonnolan619]

Totally!! Good for you! Great mood song.😁💚

[@jseight279]

Love you Janet

[@curiositypiqued6573]

When was that

[@solegonz762]

Music that makes the soul happy

[@patrickdorleans8748]

Good old Days. When music was really music

[@brendenbroumand4876]

YESSS music now is disgusting,ghetto,all about me me me me me and numb robots!!! unbelievable Patrick Dorleans

[@lookatcurryman7367]

Fax

[@quinnbrown2614]

U AIN'T LYING ABOUT OLD SCHOOL MUSIC WHEN MUSIC WAS MUSIC BACK THEN OK!😀❤

[@teresamance8381]

And videos weren’t just twerking, actual dancing. Janets the best, you never hear any garbage about her. Just love her.

[@MarquesTheProducer]

Music is still music...y’all just have to get over the fact that it isn’t the 80s anymore 👀

[@lydialestage9640]

I'm an 70's baby and It's 2023 and this still makes me dance and feel free! Forever a vibe!

[@landedeagle4596]

May I have this dance

[@ginawood389]

Best comment 2024

[@gmajor1273]

The 80s were the absolute best decade to be a teenager. I soooo miss the 80s. It was the last great American decade.

[@leahmilton]

For me 90's too ,these two decades most decent and innocent too,Greatest in every way!

[@onacsareibaj7566]

True.

[@zairetv4289]

What does this even mean????

[@EnlightenedGoldenBeauty]

The 80s and 90s were 🙌

[@onacsareibaj7566]

70s too. I don't know why it seem that 70s are underrated or overlooked.

[@justinmatias6411]

One of the greatest songs of all time.

[@applewood6]

!!!!!!

[@Kassiusday]

That bass line was necessary it gives a special & unique atmosphere 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@BrendanPramjee]

For real !!

[@phillipscott7198]

The bass line is a killer

[@dougl945]

The 80’s can never be replicated. So lucky to have been there.

[@theeditorrestrial]

no kidding...its funny because a guy I worked with (much younger) was envious not knowing how old I was and was like "you grew up in the 80s all like Stranger Things?"

[@sashafoster2076]

I totally agree, some of the best years

[@amitparikh8340]

1986. Elementary memories are unlocked. Great song.

[@hjq0023]

Janet Jackson was way above her peers. She is truly underrated

[@carmenismyname]

Underrated ?? Janet Jackson ????you are cracking me up 🤣👏

[@hjq0023]

@@carmenismyname I said underrated because nobody talks about her or gives her the respect that she deserves

[@JCMthebrand]

@@hjq0023 you need new friends bub. And who are her peers exactly. Be careful now lol

[@hjq0023]

@@JCMthebrand by peers. I mean the quote on quote "big names" from her time

[@FallacyAsPraxis]

@@hjq0023 Huh, nobody talks about her or gives her respect??? She's one of the biggest selling recording artists and one of the winningest performers ever in the industry. Billboard has her listed in the top 10 female performers during most of the 1980s and all of the 1990s. Globally she's been nominated for more than 400 prestigious awards and she won about half of them. She's won multiple Icon awards from Billboard, MTV, VHI, and others...you win those when audiences and industry peers recognize your work as having major influence on culture. She gets PLENTY of recognition and respect.

[@jppryor4552]

This kinda music brings back the joy i felt in my childhood pure euphoria

[@DutchFunkenstein]

That whole 90s R&B sound got that lost euphoria sound to it.. Like, I can't imagine people having the same feeling about some of the songs today, unless it's driven by memory and not necessary the sound itself..

[@belladamma2345]

Gosh I loved this video so much. My life back in the 80’s was literally consumed with everything Michael and Janet. ❤️

[@ארחאחגגצאח]

שרון

[@carolecochrane8173]

Yes when we all looked like something out of saved by the bell, with our permed hair lol 😁

[@rhonda8566]

Everyday and everything was the Jackson's period!!

[@globalcitizenn]

The whole thing was a one take video

[@chrisgeorgallis7746]

Yep Same We miss M.j 💚❤🙏

[@JAWZMUZIK1]

The 80s will never be topped. I am so glad. I thank God everyday that I wasn't born in this time

[@215jphilly]

That’s wat the 70s said ..til the 80s showed up then that’s wat the 80s said till the 90s showed up ..now to ur point that’s it ..u will never find or duplicate 3 eras of elite music ever

[@rakn752]

@@215jphillyyou said it perfectly! 3 eras of decent music and now my ears feel like they are going fall off listening to the nonsense they play nowadays so I stick to ok school music

[@TruthSerum220]

Exactly what I came to say​@@215jphilly

[@ONLYmindYourBusiness]

​​@@215jphillysay it again! EARLY 90s 😁👌!

[@sjustice5254]

50 year old veteran here with a tear or two for the loss of my youth, the sanity of the country and a more innocent time...GOD how i wish i could go back there

[@marcusward6200]

S Justice Hitting 52 next month and joined up in 1988. I know what you mean Brother.

[@marcusward6200]

S Justice with the things I’ve been knowing...Wind that makes the tall grass bend into leaning...

[@pulease2382]

The best is yet to come😇I promise.

[@timconlon8500]

Yup , times were so simple then . Times we can never go back to . But we just have to make new memories for ourselves

[@jadamoats2835]

Baby I am sorry I feel the same

[@EasyDoesItLLC]

Happy 38th birthday of this video! Such a fun song and video to this day!

[@DevinKaschak]

My wife and I are going back in time with her music because in about a week and half were seeing Janet Jackson in concert were beyond excited it's my wife's very first concert ever and we both Janet we grew up listening to her can't wait for our concert we got floor seats

[@LenaWilliams-kv8bg]

You Guyz Betta Show Up AND Sho Out ❤ Do Enjoy 🎵🎶🎤

[@arizonarockscasey]

I am too. In phoenix

[@manifestingbeautifullife2187]

How precious are you two??!!!🥲😍

[@davidhilse2846]

She did what Michael did. She made it great, and then she made it better. 1814.

[@LeeDfined]

I went back in time with her Live as well in Orlando Florida. It was a good show.

[@LaToyaPhillips-tr6sl]

I remember when I was a kid watching this video when it was first released. I remembered loving it because it seemed like it was so happy, uplifting and fun to make

[@Pinklaeti75]

There's something about this song that makes me feel carefreely nostalgic and happy.

[@jenny5309-k3j]

Me too. Same with Escapade.

[@rawtalentmagazine5470]

Pinklaeti I second that

[@Tsadi9Mem9Khet9]

Yes, it's one of those songs that is, to me, an indispensable aspect of life and the universe, as if it was always intended to exist. Also, Janet overall was such a non-divisive person back then, like Michael. They were just people without seeming to have any attachment to labels, except, of course, that they are/were tremendously talented.

[@devonferris]

Pinklaeti - me too

[@jasonfjason2587]

Absolutely!

[@kelleyfisher6932]

This is so sweet. Not gross. Not vulgar. Miss the 80’s.

[@rocker-barrel4786]

I agree (:

[@heatherpierce9123]

Seriously! Nowadays it's all trash. This was real music.

[@keepthefaith9594]

Yes today's music is to explicit or to Demonic . Music in the 80's/90's was more about fun and having a good time

[@mariahyohannes]

@@keepthefaith9594 I mean Janet became really explicit a few years after this. The new generation lacks talent, and that is their problem.

[@harlemscott9041]

Music back then wasn't filled with with swearing and highly sexualised lyrics and music videos. Its nice to take a trip down memory lane

[@Mayntane]

I was born in 87. Why can't music sound like this nowadays? It's a shame.

[@db60615]

This was the number one song in America on this day (October 11th 1986) 38 years ago! Feel old yet???

[@e.k.2905]

2 days before me🎉

[@db60615]

@e.k.2905 One day after me! I just turned 2.....lol

[@gregorywhite2008]

Janet was killing that choreography in a pair of kitten heels!

[@GeminiLove-bj9hi]

G White She did indeed.

[@maryjanis2508]

Stacy Love1981 u

[@nolababy7428]

G White okay!!!

[@m.g.3842]

People better pay attention. Janet done it first!

[@marcusward6200]

G White she did in Nasty, When I Think of You and The 1987 Grammys but think those were full high heels not sure cause I’m a man and don’t know how to classify the heights.

[@margadam6358]

Watching this August 2023,,, anyone else here? I LOVED this video in the 80’s now I’m freakin 66 and still watching, listening,,, she was the queen of dance, and those dance moves never get old!

[@taragalloway9442]

Janet Jackson's videos give people Joy

[@johnfescemyer8536]

The 80's, back when the world was a better place.

[@joeng4057]

Probably a worse place with better distractions

[@Wop-a-hoe]

Sure love how you ​hate and bless your heart ❤️ we did not hate and played well with each other❣️ we never thought of you 😂

[@NonstickMilk]

Pish posh! The world wasn't a better place in the 1980s. I am 60 years old and remember the 1980s well. Things were different but certainly not better. I think we trick ourselves into thinking the past was better because we were younger then, healthier, and in better shape. We forget about all the trials and troubles we went through back then and only remember the good times. I don't know how old you are but think of what all you have learned and seen in the last 30-40 years. Think of all the people you met in that time. It has certainly made the world a better place for me today

[@frances-if5fp]

Not for everyone....

[@FV-le3ip]

When we were still opposing соmmunism-not trying to be it like now. 😢

[@heavy1620]

Snapple fact: at the 6 second mark the dog walking is “buck” from married with children. His first acting gig. Lol. Rip buck (died in 1996)

[@johnnywalker4941]

I just found that out today too lol. I wish they could have shown a better shot of him

[@poeticjalen7773]

This song went to number one on the billboard hot 100 for two weeks in 1986...Just one of her TEN number one hits on that chart.

[@shawnjones4527]

I think Janet was cheated out of RN, Control and Let's Wait Awhile not being number 1 but top 10 hits

[@poplifeinctv]

Jewillz Daprince 86 was a DAMN GOOD YEAR

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

Todd Sams my friend was born January 18, 1986.

[@ccdavis1498]

Her 1st #1

[@Eagle4448]

Here in my country, Brazil, there was a rádio station which played the weekly Billboard top 100 and I remember that when this song came out I was rooting for it to reach number one... and I was thrilled when it did! 😁 Here in Brazil it played a lot too, on the radio and in clubs!

[@bossyboo29]

I am in this video. I’m at the 3:25 mark. The guy dressed in black arguing with the girl in the red dress. I was Paula Abdul‘s apartment manager at a time in Hollywood. She did the choreography for Janet Jackson’s videos at the time. Was at the studio for two days for me to get all of one or two seconds on screen..😆 It was so much fun!

[@simoncww]

Brian Hughes, very good. I wish I had more opportunity to perform.

[@rachelledonovan9953]

Wow! Very lucky! I absolutely love this vid. Loved the 80s so much.

[@ms.772]

I see you how cool right I had to rewind three times but I see it nice

[@emmachild9252]

Wow x

[@elsief6923]

@Brian Hughes: What an amazing memory for you! 😊

[@mehere337]

If it was 1986...I'd be going to London and Paris the next year with three friends that are all gone now.

[@hutch1197]

I sometimes have to revisit old Jackson videos to remind myself of how much this family dominated the charts for decades.

[@carmenmaddox7953]

Janet is so beautiful when she smiles

[@TheLady615]

The complication of shooting this video just makes me love her more. Continuous shots and so many moving parts…the choreography…just outstanding and above anything we had ever seen at that point…incredible

[@LoneLee2022]

Made to look like it was done in one take.

[@babalolayusuf5766]

Hi

[@WoodysAR]

Well. There are a lot of clever edit points ( I look for them myself when my own work when a billboard is passing the camera suddenly that's an opportunity to cut for set things up a new and then continue with the shop into another place but you never know it because it looks I look for them to myself when my old work when it billboard is passing the camera suddenly that's an opportunity to cut for set things up a new and then continue with the shop into another place but you never know it because it looks continuous. like when she slides down the railing the zoom the camera pass and show the ground I need to tell this a little bit of a fudge there but just but just barely and to do it in those days without motion control cameras and stuff yeah it's pretty amazing. I remember sitting and watching this on MTV!

[@josieldeassis]

After "smile" some seamen just "appeared" on the stairs. Just like the roller-dancers

[@quinnmurph2750]

...and quite above anything we've seen since.

[@DJDaddyAbraham]

OH MAN !!!! back in the day this sing was on at the skating rink (a school night), and out of NOWHERE the most popular girl in school (and the best dance/skater) grabbed my hand and lead me on around and around And around that rink, it seemed like hours for me.........., nothing like a song to bring back memories

[@fuzzo73]

I was a teen metalhead in '86 when this song was new. But I dug pop music too, and this video always made me feel good. Janet's music and image had a way of reaching people that may not have naturally gravitated to this style. I even saw her live in '93, one of the best shows I've ever seen. God I miss this era. I also used to think this video was shot all in one continuous take, now all the edits are obvious but still just a brilliant video;

[@pamelabraden8760]

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout!! It makes you feel good. That is it in a nutshell.

[@LeeDfined]

Only about 3 edits...when they say smile and the men appear on steps...when she goes through the door and maybe one more when she slides down the stairwell and lands. But even though there are edits, it actually was shot in ONE take them they re did a few to smoothen them out.

[@louise_rose]

This is such a striking difference between the 1960s-90s and today. The potential of new acts to reach beyond the border of their genre, their core fans, and impact people who are into quite different kinds of music - whether those people are fans or musicians - that ability has practically disappeared. And it's not because "today's musicians and artists are so much worse" but because the methods of the industry, the channels of markering of today, pretty much block that kind of wide, genre-crossing breakthrough, and the mixing of different backgrounds.

[@fuzzo73]

@@louise_rose I agree, though there are perhaps a few exceptions. Lady Gaga has a lot of respect and genuine fans in the rock and heavy metal community, myself included. Some of them might be afraid to admit it, lol. I know there are other examples but that one jumps out.

[@louise_rose]

@@fuzzo73 Also, this is a nice homage to old Hollywood musicals. The instrumentation is modern soul/r'n'b of course, but the settings, the Technicolor-style photography, the obvious "studio look" of the set and the entire tone of the film are very reminiscent of the "Singing in the Rain" and "My Fair Lady" era ( I used to watch those classics on TCM) :). Even the song , with a different (orchestral) arrangement wouldn't have needed a lot of rewriting to fit into a 1950s film. Janet was aware of this for sure; she invited Cyd Charisse for a well-placed cameo in another video around the same time.

[@moniquewade884]

Whenever I need to be reminded of my energy frequency, I come to Janet. For some reason her music resonates in my cells and makes them feel the way they did when I was a girl listening to her music in complete joy. Thank you forever, Miss Jackson!!!!!

[@likeloislaine]

Same girl, same 💋

[@ashleyyago3798]

@@likeloislaine I Too Agree. I have Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 Music CD Album, and, For Some Reason, Janet Cheers Me up, All the Way. I HATE My Job, Currently. I am a Housekeeper, where I Work. There are 102 Rooms in the building, and I AM, 1, of 2 Housekeepers. 2 of us Housekeepers, for ALL 102 Rooms in the building-- Quite Frustrating, AND A Dining room to serve Food, on top if our 8-9 rooms a day, for 2 People!😡 This Song, "When I Think of You", helps Me Cope, with all of the Work Drama, Crap, & Residents that I have to deal with, each day!! This Song, is Calming, & Mellow!!😎😊😉

[@jodeciluvah]

What a wonderful comment!!! She is Thee Best!!!

[@shamondavis406]

This woman will forever give me goosebumps 😃🥰💞😀💞😃

[@lorenzoburton3974]

That’s beautiful.

[@th3azscorpio]

This woman has never made a single bad song. Just impeccable taste, and prodcucers. The one artist that stays in my playlist.

[@bh2155]

One thing about Janet she has had some amazing people that helped shaped her career. She can give a lot of credit to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis for many of her songs. Then Tina Landon who worked with Janet on most of choreography in her videos.

[@th3azscorpio]

@@bh2155 I agree! Paula Abdul too!

[@nicholassheffo5723]

A 4K upgrade for this incredible clip would be nice!!!!

[@brandyw.7943]

One of my favorites videos of all time. Happy 50th Birthday! Janet

[@reevideo]

Mine too. The genius of almost no edits.

[@brandyw.7943]

reevideo Also let's not forget What Have You Done for Me Lately? My fave too

[@blackamerican40]

35 years ago, TODAY, 7-5-86, her album was #1 in the land!!

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

Anthony Ogans Control was released by Janet Jackson on 2/4/86 which was around the August 85 to July 86 Year.

[@siobhanlawlor247]

Janet looks like she's on cloud nine. What a production.

[@martyemmons1859]

Just watching her has me feeling young again.

[@FrankLombardo-d4e]

Masterpiece

[@robynnelynn2872]

The 80's and big hair. I loved it

[@blessedam1210]

Robynne Lynn Yess. The exaggerated bangs!!

[@estaicebennett7717]

I WUZ THINKIN DA VERY SAME THANG

[@jebziffel2929]

80s style is a hundered times better than the crew cut bird head hairdos they got today.

[@robynnelynn2872]

So well choreographed

[@sBaby_]

Robynne Lynn Paula Abdul

[@jaylaygo805]

Robynne Lynn .... yes it’s Paula baby

[@arturoalvarado6535]

What a nostalgia, the 80s simply the best decade.

[@elizabethmcleod246]

I loved the 60’s the best....I’m old.

[@fiftyoneandsomechange]

You can see the happiness on the dancers' faces. Just such a wonderful video!

[@MaztRPwn]

The choreography and flow from place to place on the set is amazing.

[@itznotme58]

Yes! I want to see the story behind the production and how they did this.

[@johnkaylor8670]

@@itznotme58 Well - you can PLAN and Design all you want - but to actually have a performance this complex come out as wonderfully perfect as it did, involves a certain amount of good fortune in having a whole crowd of talented, inspired performers working literally in top form - and with a great attitude that you can actually feel being projected outward.

[@tr377723]

Janet Jackson voice, her look, her dance moves, brings instantaneous joy. I really luv that woman. Always have and always will.

[@masongarrett3066]

Janet Jackson is and was the QUEEN of the 80s and today!

[@vipjcaq]

80's escence in one video ... and I LOVE IT

[@fstosvcfz]

So great songs in 1986. We had a fantastic time every Weekend in the clubs. Best times ever! Time has changed so much !

[@plawson8577]

It was Janet’s FIRST #1!! Released August 29,1986 on her big bro’s 28th Birthday! Jimmy & Terry released it as a Birthday present for MJ.

[@SDSOverfiend]

Waking up for kindergarten.. Mommy would play Kiss Fm. This song always came on. Loved it💯🕊️💙💪🏾 So i always get nostalgia

[@ninasamone87]

I was just thinking this. Especially Saturday mornings, or driving in the car to go with my mother places. It would be on her car radio…98.7 kiss FM or WBLS New York/ New Jersey.

[@felipeserrato6271]

Dallas Texas

[@mannysingh2777]

Janet documentary bought me here 2022 and she’s still rocking with us. This Song is pure nostalgia.

[@soulsiren69]

same me too

[@fi_gabor7851]

This song was number 1 the day I was born good song to come into 😂

[@brianhines1452]

Michael and Janet Jackson kind of ruled the 80s music scene in my opinion. The mere fact that their fans weren't just Black folk, but people of all races, nationalities, and colors, made it bangin'!

[@africanbella28]

Excellent point!!!

[@RestyMervinPonio]

If it were not for Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis contribution, her singing career would have gone down the drain.

[@GraphicSolutions360]

@@RestyMervinPonioThat could be said for just about every artist. It was the artist/producer connection that made the artists as well as the producers great.

[@AndyBluebear-fi9om]

No one (or two) people rules the 80s.

[@GalaxyNexus1]

Not kinda and not just your opinion

[@Davaceed]

I am so glad that I was young and in grade school when this song came out and was all over the radio because it captured the essence of innocence, joy, happiness of that time and era. I could sense this song was about the purity of love even as a child who wouldn't know how to articulate that through words which goes to show that Janet's music was so impactful in feeling to young, impressionable ears

[@sparkle3000]

I want to dedicate this song to Elise Finch! She loved you Janet. God Bless her family especially her daughter Gracie. 🌞 Your Mommy loves you so much. R.I.P. 💜💜💜

[@lisawolfgramm7103]

80s decade all the way. Especially the music loved it all. Will never forget the movies shows clothes and Hairstyles almost forgot the NRL Grand Finals

[@RamzXplore]

This is one of those " Cure for happiness " songs, whenever I feel sad, all I have to do is play this video and I'm quickly happy again. The video, the song, the lyrics, this is what you called pure perfection at it's best.

[@heshlyn.ashna1]

The 80's were the best time for Janet! This song wraps it up! Love it!

[@Igbogadi]

+Heshlyn Vijay Ehm, no, the 90s were spectacular for Janet also! The 80s were just a more innocent era in music for everyone.

[@CassieJazz96]

+Igbogadi True! The janet. album changed everything! I still love her 80s stuff though!

[@jzcruzer94]

+Heshlyn Vijay Actually every songs of her are timeless.

[@g-vahstyles9609]

No little one, it was just the beginning, actually... but what would one know if they were not there.

[@Johnston6999]

The best Janet Jackson's video there is. Janet and her brother Michel knew their stuff regarding making videos. They knew about choregraphing ,along with their dancing. WOW!!

[@susanbezio1529]

Thanks to Paula Abdul. She choreographed this for Janet. Great dancer. Thanks Paula for great 80's videos.

[@paracleteconsult8677]

'If' is quite a good video as well ..

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

This was the song that launched her. Nasty is a good song, What Have You Done For Me Lately was the first hit but this was the #1 hit that propelled Control in to a giant album.

[@cnote4461]

My wife & I LOVED this video when it came out! She went and got a hair weave and wore that hairstyle Janet had in the video, and started wearing gloves when we would go to the clubs. LOL

[@BananasananaB]

Music that makes me genuinely smile. Why doesn't pop music do that today? It's catchy and light hearted. No vulgar language. Today's music is too serious, hostile, and crude.

[@sashafoster2076]

All this white noise 😂

[@LoneLee2022]

This song has been in my head all day.😆

[@rjjcms1]

I know it'd been a while since I'd heard it,but I remembered it starting without that woodpecker-like sound at the beginning,just the piano-ish two-note sound,then the bass...until the other synths and percussion kicked in,followed by Janet's vocal.

[@9ehyehasher21]

Its literally been in my head today rent free today 🤣🤣🤣

[@9ehyehasher21]

Its literally been in my head today rent free today 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mariocat99]

Ngl, it sounded like Sonic CD's Wacky Workbench US

[@Gmonie30000]

Innocent times, still makes me dance like no one’s watching ❤

[@georgeh6856]

This is an amazing video. All of the action. The choreography is phenomenal. I always loved this song. It has held up over the years.

[@greedokenobi3855]

Absolutely great chereography and the set is also cool, especially now that I just realise the entire video is just one long shot.

[@tonyde52]

PAULA ABDUL is the choreographer

[@georgeh6856]

@@tonyde52 That figures. She always did great choreography. Thanks for the info.

[@joemaple69]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWjdmqmKf7CkjMU

[@twc3546]

Not just the dancers up front, even the folks in the background have their own characters and dance moves. The sailors meeting up with the streetwalkers is a nice touch. Plus a few older characters to make a full neighborhood. Although done to appear like one long shot you can see the breaks if you look. The cameraman saying Smile, Janet sliding down the railing

[@blueblade455]

Anybody else get the chills when they hear piano at 0:26, which reminds them how their life was like and what they were doing at that time when this song was popular on the radio? Definitely the summer song of 1986 (30 Year Anniversary)!

[@sinnexit7450]

The generation of today will never know how lucky we were to have such great music of this era

[@willoverdoseonmusic]

They’re lucky to have easy access to be able to listen to all of it too

[@Lee71England]

This has to be one of the cleverest videos of its age. The work that must have gone in to ensure the seeming fluidity of how it runs is phenomenal.

[@joannecox56]

Janet personified Happy, Joy & Soul...

[@lw8546]

Michael was soooooo proud of his baby sister! {Still is!} Janet worked very hard, to get where she is at here in 2020, and still is! A beautiful woman, a talented woman, a great dancer, a legend, an Icon! We love you Ms. Jackson!

[@jennsuneditedjourneys]

So happy she is still with us and can see the lasting effect her music had for us. Love her in GOOD times, too! She's beautiful inside and out🥰

[@PrincessArmstead]

I love her

[@littleroots]

Music videos back then were creative and had style......

[@AMCEETV]

ROOT S and a budget lol

[@rainerhagge6581]

Kylie Minogue youtube channel

[@64stack19]

Now they just have rappers saying with we could only conceive as mindless jibberish

[@rjace827]

@@rainerhagge6581 lol maybe Kylie was on Centrelink at the time

[@jebziffel2929]

So lit up and full of color. Not like these psycho evil garbage videos today.

[@tajadavis]

Janet Jackson Straight slayed with this song

[@joshdillon5061]

Born in 89 but my wife was Born in 87 but our families always played these songs growing up and we obviously were exposed to this. Happy to say this Song was played at our wedding ❤ This song came out in 86! 70s 80s & 90s music will last forever

[@roserobinson8227]

Love Love Love, I wanna get up and DANCE ....

[@donnita5635]

Can't help but smile when you watch this! She's still beautiful and still making us dance after all these years. Love you Janet!

[@Silentknight052]

Same here

[@patriciasaenz6303]

In the 70s 80s n 90s. That's when music was music.

[@sefianelarbi1773]

Was the real music.

[@Sj-ps5rx]

Sooooo true 🎯🎯🎯😍😍

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Patricia Saenz your right the 80s was the best era

[@KianaG1280]

Yes

[@deborahskillman3003]

My music🎶🎶🎶🎶 , taste is big band 50s 70s 80s 40s

[@goodboy3313]

This is one of my favorite Janet songs and for me one word and emotion sums it up. Joy. This video always seemed like so much fun and the spirit of Janet Jackson is signified in it. This song sounds like her megawatt smile. She sings with happiness and exuberance and it is this sound that is invoked in her trademark hits. Years later you will hear it on "Escapade", "Alright", "Miss You Much", "Because of Love", "You Want This", "Go Deep", "Together Again", "All For You", "Island Life", "What's Ur Name", right on up to "Dammn Baby." Consistency in her craft is what makes her a true legend and a real artist. This is why she can still make hits today. Her talent, recognition and artistry goes way beyond her famous last name and family.

[@shamondavis802]

Goodboy33 I strongly agree with you and she will always and forever stand the test of time..JJ fan for life!!

[@bolder2009]

I'd add 'Made For Now' to those you listed.

[@RaveSceneTribute]

I went to see her live in Manchester last week. It was incredible when this song was played. Amazing night!

[@ASHLEYBREATHE]

so much work and dedication went into this, janet is a true artist...

[@MSLADYPINK069]

i was only 6 yearold when this Dropped

[@ALVHUN]

+ASHLEY BREATHE There were so many awesome music videos. Making the music was on part of the art, making the music video was another one. I hate rap!

[@rjloveslaurent]

I read once that JJ liked the look of UK film "Absolute Beginners" directed by Julien Temple (Temple directed When I Think of You); his films is where the idea came from to make the video look like one continuous shot (although if you look closely enough, you can see where the cuts are).

[@beautifulibra]

I used to wait for this to come on mtv. It was one of those videos that you wanted to rewatch over and over. We didn’t have KZbin back then.

[@judystewart3242]

Oklahoma was a pilot stare for MTV!! we were addicted before the rest of the country even knew!! 😂 I’ll never forget Casey and the weekly top 40 I had cassette ready to record my favs. All our music had talking at beginning and ends of songs.

[@Astroartprojections]

Just had my son on October 18th @ 6:26 pm and this song was playing in the surgery room. Will forever be a favorite

[@EscapisminStereo]

Denise Williams I am singing this to my baby in the womb right now

[@slimtee2]

Denise Williams awww, that's sweet... thanks for sharing!

[@goldcherry103]

Congrats on the baby.

[@gloriacarey8341]

Gabriella Habru Bruno Mars

[@marcustyson1683]

The greatest time's the 80's baby what a wonderful time to live

[@ricardovmonteiro]

Still my favorite JJ video - Happy 30 to "When I Think Of You"!

[@monicaroberts85]

ricardovmonteiro

[@powahranger19]

This video is so quintessentially 80's I am in love.

[@andrewfirth654]

Janet was an innovative person who is a beautiful and creative this video is a landmark , If Janet hadn't done this video there would be no Britneys Christinas Jlo's Every female R&B artist took this style even Madonna from Miss Jackson A Beautiful Natural Singer ♥♥♥♥♥

[@kaliah209]

tim alex Pharell 🙄

[@ericaespinosa4030]

tim alex Your a very good looking guy Tim. I only checked you out cause I have a friend that has the exact same full name as you. Lol

[@nellyluscious]

Ahh the 80s!! Such a great time!! It reflected in almost everything!! (Movies/Shows/Videos) One of my favorite songs by Janet!! ''So in love with uuuu''!!

[@seghyestroud3160]

Let's take it back to '86-87! That Control album had the old house on Chapin St jumping. We were rocking this album while you were a newborn fresh from the hospital. *****

Good jam even though she can't sing😕

[@nellyluscious]

Seghye Stroud I know!! Its in my blood! lol

[@nellyluscious]

Mechacelzi There you go, a good compliment with a left turn at the end! Yes she can! Get outta here! lol

***** I'm being fair here (lol)

[@charliegil2007]

This video was produced very nicely. It matches the song so well.

[@EdwinHeida]

This song is etched in my brain and takes me back to when I was a teenager listening to this wonderful music on my Sony Walkman. Nothing triggers nostalgia for me as much as this song does.

[@cg1able]

Happy days... everyone out for a good time . Oh miss those days

[@septube26]

oh so lovely. Best times, music was great. If you grew up in the 1980's your lucky, we had the greatest childhood!!!!

[@itsAmera]

Yes we did!

[@wilmccl]

I wish I could Like and agree twice! :-)

[@darkprince481]

We had the 80's, 90' and early 2000's.

[@ecurb962]

In my 20s during the 80s, and all these MTV hits really put a smile on my face.

[@mouthofthesouth80]

septube26 83' baby. I miss music like this.

[@KendallMcGee]

This song reminds me the time to enjoy your youth while you still have it, and enjoy life! That’s definitely the message that this song gives me!😊

[@tyronegreen6165]

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