Make Me (Janet Jackson song)

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"Make Me"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Number Ones
ReleasedSeptember 22, 2009 (2009-09-22)
Recorded2009
Genre
Length3:40
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • Rodney Jerkins
  • Thomas Lumpkins
  • Michaela Shiloh
  • Bernard Edwards
  • Nile Rodgers
Producer(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • Darkchild
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Can't B Good"
(2008) 		"Make Me"
(2009) 		"Nothing"
(2010)
Music video
"Make Me" on
YouTube

"Make Me" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson included on her second greatest hits compilation Number Ones (2009). The song was written by Jackson, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Thomas Lumpkins, and Michaela Shiloh. Initially presented as an audio stream to those who joined her web site's official mailing list in September 2009, it was released via digital download later that month, on September 22, 2009, as the lead and only single from Number Ones by A&M Records.

"Make Me" features an

Hot Dance Club Songs chart, and made her the first artist to earn number one singles on the chart across four decades. The song's music video, directed by Robert Hales
, was shot entirely in black and white, and it received positive critical reception for its vintage aesthetic.

Background

In 2009, the

outro.[4]

"Make Me" was written by Janet Jackson, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Thomas Lumpkins, and Michaela Shiloh.

Soup For One motion picture soundtrack.[5] Darkchild, who produced music from Jackson's tenth studio album Discipline (2008), co-produced the song with her. He reported to MTV that he had been working on new material with Jackson since her departure from Island Records in September 2008.[6] Of the new material, he commented, "It's about dancing ... It's all about her. It's about [saying], 'Listen, if you really want to get with me, you gotta make me feel a certain way' ... We're going back to basics and fundamental sounds of Janet. We're trying to target her fans [by making] the records that her fans will embrace."[6] In October 2009, Universal Music Enterprises issued a press release stating "Make Me" would be included in Jackson's second greatest hits album, Number Ones, a compilation of her 33 global number one singles.[7]

Reception

Critical reception

Following her performance at the VMA's, Gil Kaufman of MTV reported, "Janet gave the ultimate thank you to her beloved sibling by posting a new single, 'Make Me,' on her Web site ... Easing up on the darker S&M themes of her recent albums, 'Make Me' is a fun, breezy tune with an elastic disco beat" adding that "[t]he chorus twists Michael's refrain into a Janet-worthy, sexy come-on, with the lyrics, 'Don't stop 'til you get it up'."

Off the Wall, Menachem comments "[it] isn't just Jackson's best dance song in years—it's a hit that would make her brother proud."[9] Glenn Gamboa of Newsday referred to the single as "remarkably upbeat, blending a bit of the playfulness that has been missing in her recent work with a high-energy Euro-dance backdrop."[10]

Chart performance

Entering at number fifty, "Make Me" became her nineteenth number one hit single on the Billboard

Hot Dance Club Songs
chart. It became her 19th number one hit single on the chart, and made her the first artist to earn number one singles on the chart across four decades.
Top 75
.

Music video

A

20/20 on November 20, 2009.[13] Nick Levine from Digital Spy commented: "There's lots of dancing, Janet looks fantastic and the whole thing's as slick as a classic Jam & Lewis groove. In short? A thoroughly enjoyable way to spend the next three-and-a-half-minutes. Right, back to 'Escapade' for us".[14] Jefferson Reid and Lindsay Miller of E! Online stated the video "features a vintage Janet vibe, including space-age shoulder pads and countless hat-tips to brother Michael."[15]

Live performances

While promoting her second greatest hits album

Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour which happened the following year.[21]

Track listing

Digital download[22]
  1. "Make Me" (Album Version) - 3:38
  2. "Make Me" (Moto Blanco Club Mix) - 7:11
  3. "Make Me" (Bimbo Jones Club Mix) - 6:46
  4. "Make Me" (Ralphi Rosario Vocal Club Mix) - 9:20
  5. "Make Me" (Ralphi's Martini Mix) - 7:44
  6. "Make Me" (Craig J's Get It Up! Mix) - 6:46
  7. "Make Me" (DJ Dan Extended Vocal Mix) - 4:27
  8. "Make Me" (DJ Dan Peaktime Mix) - 6:13
  9. "Make Me" (Dave Aude Club Mix) - 8:01
  10. "Make Me" (Bimbo Jones Dub) - 8:25

Charts

Chart (2009–10) Peak
position
Global Dance Tracks (
Billboard)[23]
 12
Japan Hot 100[24]
 17
South Korea Singles Chart[25] 28
UK Singles (OCC)[26]
 73
US Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[24] 1
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[24] 71
Year-end chart (2010) Peak
position
US
Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[24]
 13

See also

  • List of number-one dance singles of 2010 (U.S.)

References

  1. ^
    Rovi Corporation
    . Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. Viacom
    . Retrieved September 14, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Kaufman, Gil (September 14, 2009). "Janet Jackson Releases New Single Following VMA Performance". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved September 14, 2009.
  4. KIIS FM. November 16, 2009. Archived from the original
    on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2009.
  5. BMI. November 20, 2009. Archived from the original
    on July 13, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Reid, Shaheem (September 14, 2009). "Rodney Jerkins Talks Janet Jackson's VMA Performance, New LP". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
  7. ^ "Janet Jackson's Greatest Hits Celebrated on Number Ones". Universal Music Enterprises: PR Newswire. October 14, 2009. Archived from the original on October 19, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  8. ^ Hope, Clover (2009-09-18), "Song Of The Week: Janet Jackson "Make Me"", Vibe, retrieved 2009-11-21
  9. ^ Menachem, Michael (2009-11-09), "Janet Jackson, "Make Me"", Billboard, retrieved 2009-11-21
  10. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (2009-11-10), "Things that turn us on", Newsday, p. B.5
  11. ^ Trust, Gary (2009-12-23), "Chart Beat Thursday: Ke$ha, Janet, Reba", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc, retrieved 2009-12-23
  12. ^ Trailer: Janet Jackson's ABC Interview, Rap Up, 2009-11-10, retrieved 2009-11-12
  13. ^ Janet Jackson Music Video 'Make Me', ABC, 2009-11-20, retrieved 2009-12-23
  14. ^ Levine, Nick (2009-11-21), Anyone for the new Janet Jackson video?, Digital Spy, retrieved 2009-12-23
  15. ^ Reid, Jefferson; Miller, Lindsay (2009-11-21), Inside Janet Jackson's AMA "Make Me" Run-Through, E!, retrieved 2009-11-21
  16. ^ "Janet Opens the American Music Awards". JanetJackson.com. November 27, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  17. ^ Kaufman, Gil (November 22, 2009). "Janet Jackson Kicks Off American Music Awards With Energetic Medley". MTV News. Viacom. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  18. ^ "The Press Association: Janet and Gaga set for X Factor". www.google.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29.
  19. ^ "SEE PICS! Frock-horrors at the Jingle Bell Ball". 7 December 2009.
  20. Gannett Company
    . Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  21. ^ "Janet Jackson: The Number Ones up Close and Personal Tour Live at Mohegan Sun on March 16 (Concert Review)". 18 March 2011.
  22. ^ "Janet Jackson Make Me Japanese Promo CD-R acetate (493832)".
  23. ^ "Janet Jackson – Global Dance Songs". Billboard. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  24. ^ a b c d "Make Me - Janet Jackson". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  25. ^ "Korean International Singles Chart (October 2009.)". GAON Music Chart. 2010. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
  26. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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