JANET JACKSON --------------------------------------- SINGLES POLL

Not qualified to vote, but I'm still going to: "Miss You Much," which was number one on the charts when i was born

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Kan i vote 4 WALLET CHAIN?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm voting for "hands on fake boobeez"

janet. had how many singles?!

ten!

Rhythm Nation had eight

"Start Anew"! It's the real jewel in her crown, though you have to hear it at least twice before you really get how great it is. I can't get over it and yet I still love the Rhythm Nation/Control singles, too. And a couple songs from earlier in her career. But "Start Anew" is it. In fact, this thread is a fabulous excuse to play that song again, right now!

Damnit I love ILM and Janet Jackson singles polls! You guys rock!

:)

pleasure principle. also best video ever.

so underrated: "I Want You"

lol she did a song with khia?

I thought we did one of these already. But "Throb" definitely.

Got Til It's Gone

I agree with Rev tho, "I Want You" is gorgeous - one of her best.

"Love Will Never Do". Easy. Lots of great singles, but that one is transcendent.

lol she did a song with khia?

-- J0rdan S., Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:23 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah. It sampled "Rockit", but isn't nearly as good as "song with 'Rockit' samples and Khia" sounds.

Let's Wait Awhile. Several of those dance numbers are good too, but that one is sort of the ultimate Jam & Lewis ballad while I feel they did better faster stuff with SOS Band and Alexander O'Neal.

Wondering if any of the first nine will get any votes at all :)

Wondering if any of the last nine will get any votes at all :)

There is a significant lack of Surmounter on this thread. And idk what to vote on!

Is it contrarian to vote "Got 'til It's Gone"? Also I could've sworn "Velvet Rope" was a single in the UK.

one of these:
What Have You Done for Me Lately
Escapade
If

Wondering if any of the last nine will get any votes at all :)

-- Alex in Baltimore, Sunday, January 27, 2008 6:17 AM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

All I know is it would be a damn shame if "I Want You" or "All Nite (Dan to Thread) didn't.

I don't see her Herb Alpert collab "Diamonds," which would be in my top ten. Voted for "Escapade."

Those songs are good, Reverend, but I wouldn't say they deserve any votes over at least a dozen songs from her peak period (that said, I'm voting for a relatively recent track, "Doesn't Really Matter").

I don't see her Herb Alpert collab "Diamonds,"

i left off janet "appearances"

I think "Scream" counts as an "appearance" (although I have no problem with that being on the poll but not the Herb Alpert one).

i'll be the only rep for 'again'

I went with "Miss You Much", but listening to The Velvet Rope I gotta say that if "Velvet Rope" had been a single then maybe I would be regretting my choice.

"The Best Things In Life Are Free" is also an appearance.

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What Have You Done for Me Lately

LOVE WILL NEVER DO

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Nice spread. A sign of an act who has been consistent for some time.

But "Nasty" would have deserved zero. It's terrible.

Lame. Why don't people vote in the polls that matter?

I did not see this poll. I'm a strict "on the clock" ilxor, what can I say. I think I would have voted for "alright." But "again" is pretty sweet.

"got 'til it's gone"? really?

not that i voted so...

would've gone w/ "love will never do" or "if" probably

Lame. Why don't people vote in the polls that matter?

-- Eric H., Monday, February 11, 2008 2:57 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

40+ votes is a pretty good turnout for the average ILM poll, just less consensus than usual here. i still REALLY do not understand these results, though.

I'm happy with "Got Til It's Gone"'s showing. I wouldn't have expected it to do so well.

I couldn't make up my mind because I like so many of her songs? If I voted (can't remember) it probably was for "What have you done for me lately" though. But very close--> If, Alright, Control, Rhythm Nation, Pleasure Principle.. probably a couple others..

Just now hearing "All for You" -- pretty great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvKhDiNME4E

you're in an 86 mood

Just A Little While wuz robbed!

Got 'Til It's Gone (featuring Joni Mitchell and Q Tip) 4

Escapade 1

WTF

Here's the only ranking that matters.

absolutely in love w/ this 12-inch remix of "nasty" (w/ little bits of "what have you done for me lately" interspersed thruout for good measure)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TOQC0XvS4c

stumbled across it online earlier this year and was very pleasantly surprised to hear one of the local radio stations incorporating it into a daytime weekend mixshow a few months later :)

supposedly herb alpert plays on the 'part 2' flipside

"When I Think of You" is kind of a perfect single, I like it as much as anything by her brother. surprised it only got one vote

The number of times I've clicked on a poll about songs/artists I like, you'd think by now I'd know it's because Alfred posted a HTV link.

dyl, this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVM7cEsi-Dw

Also, how "If" only got 2 votes is a mystery.

Oh sorry, a shame. I meant a shame.

oh god that cool summer mix of "diamonds" is awesome

was motivated to get back to it after hearing alpert's e x q u i s i t e trumpet solo in "someday is tonight" (not a single so perhaps not worth mentioning itt but oh well!)

not a single bit of love for “All For You”?

I know we've done a Jackson family ballot poll, but I'd seriously love to see one for Janet herself.

"empty" #1

Someone used "If" as a burlesque number and it worked surprisingly well.

That's my vote as well