Twenty Foreplay

Infobox Single
Name = Twenty Foreplay


Artist = Janet Jackson
Album = Design of a Decade 1986/1996
Released = September 2 1996
Format = CD single
Genre = R&B, soul
Length = 6:06 (U.S. version)
5:20 (international version)
6:20 (Slow Jam Fantasy Mix)
Label = A&M
Writer = Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer = Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Certification =
Last single = "Runaway"
(1995)
This single = "Twenty Foreplay"
(1996)
Next single = "Got 'Til It's Gone"
(1997)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = Design of a Decade 1986/1996
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Let's Wait Awhile"
prev_no = 15
this_track = "Twenty Foreplay"
track_no = 16 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = UK limited edition CD single cover

"Twenty Foreplay" is a song by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.

ong information

Released on September 2, 1996, it was the second and final single released from Janet Jackson's first greatest hits album, "Design of a Decade 1986/1996". The song starts off as a soulful ballad before changing to an upbeat R&B groove. The title is a play on the word foreplay and "24 hours a day". The U.S. version of "Twenty Foreplay" is lengthier than the international version which was edited in order to fit two more songs on the international release of "Design of a Decade 1986/1996". The Slow Jam Fantasy Mix is the complete version of the song and contains an extra second verse.

Chart performance

The single was more successful outside Europe, reaching the top thirty in Australia. It charted inside the top forty of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart in the United States, but was unable to enter the "Billboard" Hot 100 because the single was not released commercially.

Music video

The 1950s-look of the video was inspired by Dorothy Dandridge, whom Jackson considers to be America's first African American sex symbol. The video was shot in black and white and features Jackson in the glamorous Hollywood life such as, movie premiere, press conference, and videotaping of her on the backlot of a movie set. The video has never been released commercially.

Track listings and formats

;EU Promo CD Single (588 460-2) [ [http://www.musicstack.com/item/1175318/jackson,janet/twenty+foreplay Jackson,janet CDs, Vinyl Records, CD Singles, Used CD's and Music Albums - Buy at MusicStack ] ]
# Slow Jam International Edit - 4:26

;EU 12" Promo Vinyl (588 464-1) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/134570 Janet Jackson - Twenty Foreplay ] ]
# Radio Club Mix - 5:02
# Tribal Vocal Mix - 6:59
# The Raw Dub - 6:59
# Junior's Jungle Club Mix - 9:56
# Junior's Dub - 9:01

;U.S. 12" Promo Vinyl (AMPRO 00124) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/208730 Janet Jackson - Twenty Foreplay ] ]
# Junior's Jungle Club Mix - 9:56
# Junior's Dub - 9:01
# Tribal Beats - 2:58
# The Raw Dub - 6:59
# Tribal Vocal Mix - 6:59
# Slow Jam Fantasy Mix - 6:19

;U.S. Promo CD Single (AMSAD 00133) [ [http://www.musicstack.com/item/9543011/jackson,janet/twenty+foreplay Jackson,janet CDs, Vinyl Records, CD Singles, Used CD's and Music Albums - Buy at MusicStack ] ]
# Slow Jam Mix - 4:50
# Slow Jam Edit - 4:28
# Slow Jam Video Edit - 4:50
# Slow Jam Fantasy Edit - 5:20
# Slow Jam Fantasy Mix - 6:19

;U.S. Maxi-CD Single (581 317-2) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1180477 Janet Jackson - Twenty Foreplay ] ] ;German Maxi-CD Single (CDM5813172) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=58943 Janet Jackson Twenty Fourplay Germany 5" CD SINGLE (58943) ] ]
# Slow Jam International Edit - 4:26
# Jam & Lewis Street Mix Edit - 3:23
# Jam & Lewis Ghetto Mix - 4:54
# Slow Jam Video Edit - 4:50

;UK Maxi-CD Single (581 511-2) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/409553 Janet Jackson - Twenty Foreplay ] ]
# Slow Jam International Edit - 4:26
# "The Pleasure Principle" (Legendary Radio Mix - 4:17
# "Alright" (CJ Radio) - 3:52
# "The Pleasure Principle" (Legendary Club) Mix - 8:15

;UK 2 x CD Single (Limited edition)(581511/3) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=163404 Janet Jackson Twenty Foreplay UK DOUBLE CD SINGLE SET (163404) ] ]
# Slow Jam International Edit - 4:26
# "Runaway" (Album Version) - 3:35
# "When I Think Of You" (Album Version) - 3:57
# "Let's Wait Awhile" (Album Version) - 4:36
# Slow Jam International Edit - 4:26
# "The Pleasure Principle" (Legendary Radio Mix - 4:17
# "Alright" (CJ Radio) - 3:52
# "The Pleasure Principle" (Legendary Club) Mix - 8:15

Charts

Official remixes

* U.S. Album Version – 6:06
* International Album Version – 5:17
* Junior's Jungle Club Mix – 9:56
* Junior's Dub – 9:01
* Radio Club Mix – 3:49
* Radio Club Mix Edit – 3:42
* Tribal Beats – 2:58
* Tribal Vocal – 6:59
* The Raw Dub – 6:59
* Slow Jam Mix – 4:50
* Slow Jam Edit – 4:26
* Slow Jam International Edit – 4:20
* Slow Jam Video Edit – 4:52
* Slow Jam Fantasy Mix – 6:20
* Slow Jam Fantasy Edit – 5:20
* Slow Jam Bedtime Mix – 6:19
* UK Edit – 3:13

References