Got 'til It's Gone

Infobox Single
Name = Got 'til It's Gone


Artist = Janet Jackson featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell
Album = The Velvet Rope
Released = September 22, 1997
Format = CD single, 12" maxi single, 7" single, cassette single
Genre = R&B, alternative hip hop
Length = 4:01 (Album Version)
3:39 (Radio Edit)
Label = Virgin
Writer = Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, René Elizondo, Jr., Joni Mitchell, Kamaal Ibn Fareed
Producer = Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, James "JDilla" Yancey
Chronology = Janet Jackson singles
Last single = "Twenty Foreplay"
(1996)
This single = "Got 'til It's Gone"
(1997)
Next single = "Together Again"
(1997)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = The Velvet Rope
Type = studio
prev_track = "You"
prev_no = 3
this_track = "Got 'til It's Gone"
track_no = 4
next_track = "Interlude: Speaker Phone"
next_no = 5 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = UK 12" maxi single cover

"Got 'til It's Gone" is a song by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.

ong information

Released internationally on September 22, 1997 (excpet in the U.S.), it was the Grammy Award-winning first single from Janet Jackson's sixth studio album, "The Velvet Rope" (1997). It is rumored to be produced by hip hop collective The Ummah (Q-Tip, J Dilla, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad) as contested many times by the fans of the late producer J Dilla. In an interview, [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgjvox6_fVw YouTube - james yancy interview part 1 ] ] J Dilla himself stated that he, Q-Tip, and Muhammad produced the original after Jackson met Q-Tip on the set of "Poetic Justice". He also remixed the song (titled Ummah Jay Dee's Revenge Mix).

This song is notable for its use of a sample from Joni Mitchell's song "Big Yellow Taxi", which originally appeared on her 1970 album, "Ladies of the Canyon". British singer Des'ree would later sue Jackson, saying her 1991 single "Feel So High", from her album "Mind Adventures", was sampled on this song. Subsequent releases that feature the track credit Des'ree for co-writing.

Chart performance

The song received airplay in the U.S., where it did not see a commercial release, and peaked in the top forty of the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart, not being eligible to chart on the general Hot 100 (sales and airplay combined). It also reached the top five on the R&B/Hip Hop charts. "Got Til It's Gone" was a hit in Europe reaching the top 20 in most countries and the top ten in Australia. It reached number one in Japan and South Africa.

Music video

The video was shot by Mark Romanek in Los Angeles. It takes place during the time of Apartheid in South Africa and Jackson portrays a lounge singer. Inspired by a blend of '60s and '70s African and African American cultures, the video depicts people free and having a good time living life. Supermodel Alek Wek appeared in the video. [ [http://music.yahoo.com/track/1332335 music video] ] It won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 1998. The video is featured on the limited bonus-DVD edition of 2001's "All for You" as well as the 2004 video compilation "".

Track listings and formats

;EU CD Single (VSCDE 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/775262 Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Radio Edit - 3:39
# Mellow Mix - 5:11

;EU Maxi-CD Single (7243 8 94600 2 5) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/790657 Janet* - Got 'til It's Gone ] ] ;U.K. CD Single (VSCDG 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1071427 Janet* - Got 'til It's Gone ] ] ;Japanese Promo CD Single (VJCP-12070) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=137951 Janet Jackson Got Til It's Gone Japan Promo 5" CD SINGLE (137951) ] ]
# Radio Edit - 3:39
# Mellow Mix - 5:11
# Nellee Hooper Master Mix 4:18
# Mellow Mix Edit - 3:51
# Album Version - 4:00

;EU Cassette Single (VSC 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1048078 Janet* Featuring Q-Tip And Joni Mitchell - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Radio Edit - 3:39
# Mellow Mix - 5:11
# Mellow Mix Edit - 3:51

;UK 12" Promo Vinyl (VSTDJ 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/302792 Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Mellow Mix - 5:11
# Mellow Mix Edit - 3:51
# Album Version - 4:00
# Instrumental - 4:49

;UK 2 x 12" Promo Vinyl (VSTXDJ 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1105823 Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone ] ] ;UK 2 x 12" Vinyl (VSTX 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/24930 Janet* Featuring Q-Tip And Joni Mitchell - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Def Club Mix - 10:53
# Armand Van Helden Speedy Garage Mix - 9:11
# Def The Bass Mix - 9:12
# Def Instrumental - 8:44
# Armand Van Helden Bonus Beats - 5:05;UK 12" Vinyl (VST 1666) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/134535 Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Album Version - 4:00
# Instrumental - 4:49
# Mellow Mix - 5:11
# Nellee Hooper Master Mix 4:18

;US 12" Promo Vinyl (SPRO-12732) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/227904 Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Radio Edit - 3:39
# No Q-Tip - 3:51
# No Rap - 3:38
# Instrumental - 4:49
# Album Version - 4:00

;US 2 x 12" Promo Vinyl (SPRO-12768) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/347026 Janet Jackson - Got 'til It's Gone ] ]
# Def Club Mix - 10:53
# Def Radio Mix - 3:18
# Armand Van Helden Speedy Garage Mix - 9:11
# Nellee Hooper Master Mix) (4:19)
# Mellow Mix - 5:10
# Ummah's Uptown Saturday Night Mix - 4:23
# Original Extended Version - 5:31
# Ummah Jay Dee's Revenge Mix - 3:45
# Instrumental - 4:49

;Canadian Promo CD Single (CDPROJANCAAV) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=122301 Janet Jackson Got Til Its Gone Canada Promo 5" CD SINGLE (122301) ] ]
# Mellow Mix - 5:11
# Nellee Hooper Master Mix 4:18

Charts

Official remixes

* Album Version – 4:01
* Radio Edit – 3:39
* No Q-Tip – 3:56
* No Rap – 3:43
* Instrumental – 4:54
* Original Extended Version – 5:31
* Mellow Mix – 5:11/Jimmy Jam Mellow Mix – 5:10
* Mellow Mix Edit – 3:52
* Nellee Hooper Master Mix – 4:19
* Nellee Hooper Remix (Edited Master) – 4.04
* Ummah Jay Dee's Revenge Mix – 3:45
* Ummah's Uptown Saturday Night Mix – 4:23
* Armand Van Helden Bonus Beats – 5:05
* Armand Van Helden Speedy Garagez Mix – 9:08
* Def Club Mix – 10:54
* Def Club Mix UK Edit – 5:12
* Def Instrumental – 8:44
* Def Radio Mix – 3:18
* Def The Bass Mix – 9:12
* Morales My Club Mix – 7:48
* Morales Drum & Beats Remix – 3:52
* Morales Drum, Bass & Beats Remix – 11:43
* Morales Classic Club Mix – 8:48
* Morales Classic Club Mix w/ Intro – 10:11
* Morales Classic Club Radio Mix – 3:54

References