Someone to Call My Lover

Infobox Single
Name = Someone to Call My Lover


Artist = Janet Jackson
Album = All for You
Released = June 26, 2001
Format = CD single, 12" single, 7" single
Recorded = Flyte Tyme Studios
(Edina, Minnesota)
Genre = Pop, R&B, folk, country
Length = 4:32 (Album Version)
4:16 (Single Edit)
Label = Virgin
Writer = Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Dewey Bunnell
Producer = Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Certification =
Last single = "All for You"
(2001)
This single = "Someone to Call My Lover"
(2001)
Next single = "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
(2001/2002)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = single


Lower caption = U.S. promo CD single cover Extra track listing
Album = All for You
Type = studio
prev_track = "Theory (Interlude)"
prev_no = 15
this_track = "Someone to Call My Lover"
track_no = 16
next_track = "Feels So Right"
next_no = 17

"Someone to Call My Lover" is a song by American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson.

ong information

Released in 2001 as the second single from Janet Jackson's seventh studio album, "All for You" (2001), the song was co-written and co-produced by Jackson, Jimmy Jam, and Terry Lewis. Its looped guitar riff is sampled from America's 1972 hit "Ventura Highway". The loop played throughout the chorus is an interpolation of "Gymnopédie No. 1" by French classical composer Erik Satie, played in 4/4 time instead of the original 3/4. Jackson had searched for years for the catchy Satie track. "When I was a little girl and I used to come home from school, there was something called "The 3:30 Movie", and they used to play the MGM Musicals. There was a commercial. I remember watching "Singin' in the Rain" and there was a commercial with the lady all in white, and I don't know if it was for Dove or something like that, but they would play this, 'Da, da , da.' It was the Erik Satie. I never knew who the composer was, and this song never left me."

Jackson said she came across the tune again about seven years later: "I was at Ralph Lauren and I said, 'Oh, my God! Is this the radio or is this a CD?' I said, 'Please tell me it's a CD.' They said, 'It's a CD--well, actually it's a Ralph Lauren CD and we don't have it anymore. I was like, 'Oh God...no,' and they gave me the CD."

Jackson said, "I took it straight to Jimmy [Jam] and said, 'Jimmy, I've just got to share this with you,' and he saw my passion and my love for it. He didn't take the actual song, but he kind of put his own flavor to it in 'Someone To Call My Lover,' which takes me back to my childhood." [ [http://music.yahoo.com/library/default.asp?m=content&add=news&i=12051318& Janet Jackson On The Creation Of 'Someone To Call My Lover'] ]

At the time of recording, Jackson had just divorced her longtime husband, René Elizondo, Jr., after nearly ten years of marriage. "Someone to Call My Lover", and several of the other songs on the "All for You" album, use Jackson's divorce and re-emergence into single life as central themes.

The song's So So Def Remix was Jackson's first collaboration with Jermaine Dupri, and the single peaked at number three in the United States. The song earned Jackson a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 2002, losing out to Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird".

Music video

The music video was directed by Francis Lawrence, and centres around a jukebox. Jackson is depicted driving and walking into a bar, where she sings, dances and eventually hitches a ride from a red car. A video for the So So Def Remix was also released, and contains similar footage to the original but contains shots of Dupri in alternate scenes as well as his vocals.

The original video made the limited bonus-DVD edition of "All for You" while the So So Def Remix video appears on the 2004 video compilation "".

Track listings and formats

;European 12" promo single (VSTDJ 1813) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/899295 Janet* - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
*Side A:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" – 4:32
*Side B:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Velvet Mix-Jam & Lewis) – 4:46
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (80's Remix-Jam & Lewis) – 5:08

;European CD single (VSCDE 1813) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/201451 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Single Edit) – 4:14
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40

;European CD maxi single (7243 8 97773 2 1) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/1068633 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Single Edit) – 4:14
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Edit) – 3:49
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Velvet Mix) – 4:46
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix) – 7:48

;UK 12" promo single (VSTDJX 1813) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/303910 Janet* - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix) – 7:48
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Dub Mix) – 6:02

;UK 12" single (VST 1813) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/157021 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
*Side A:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix) – 7:48
*Side B:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (The Velvet Mix) – 4:46

;U.S. 12" promo single (SPRO-16408) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/425043 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
*Side A:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Album Version) – 4:32
*Side B:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Instrumental) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Album Instrumental) – 4:32;U.S. double 12" promo single (SPRO-16404) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/459168 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
*Vinyl one – side A:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Album Version) – 4:32
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Album Instrumental) – 4:32
*Vinyl one – side B:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Instrumental) – 4:40
*Vinyl two – side A:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Vocal Mix) – 7:48
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Vocal Mix) – 3:49
*Vinyl two – side B:
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Dub Mix) – 6:02
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Acappella) – 3:49

;U.S. CD single (7243 8 97773 0 7) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/940082 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ] ;UK CD single (VSCDT 1813) [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/642894 Janet Jackson - Someone To Call My Lover ] ]
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Single Edit) – 4:14
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix) – 7:48
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Video)

;Japanese promo CD single (VJCP-12141) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=182867 Janet Jackson Someone To Call My Lover Japan 5" CD SINGLE (182867) ] ] ;Australian CD single (8977732) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=188582 Janet Jackson Someone To Call My Lover Australia 5" CD SINGLE (188582) ] ]
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Single Edit) – 4:14
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Mix) – 3:49
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (So So Def Remix) – 4:40
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (The Velvet Mix) – 4:46
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix) – 7:48

;French promo CD single (VUSCDJ1813) [ [http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=199682 Janet Jackson Someone To Call My Lover - in sales presenter France Promo 5" CD SINGLE (199682) ] ]
#"Someone to Call My Lover" (Single Edit) – 4:14

Charts

{| class="wikitable"!align="center"|Chart (2001)!align="center"|Peak
position
-
align="left"|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart
align="center"|18
-
align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart
align="center"|49
-
align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart
align="center"|42
-
align="left"|UK Singles Chart
align="center"|11
-
align="left"|UK R&B Singles Chart
align="center"|4
-
align="left"|United World Chart [cite web |url=http://www.unitedworldchart.de/week36-2001.htm |title=United World Chart – singles & airplay – week 36 / 2001 |accessdate=2008-04-03 |work=Media Traffic]
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100
align="center"|3
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
align="center"|11
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play
align="center"|1
-
align="left"|U.S. "Billboard" Adult Contemporary
align="center"|29

Official remixes

* Album Version – 4:32
* Album Instrumental – 4:32
* Single Edit – 4:14
* Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix – 7:38 (= Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Vocal Mix or Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Vocal Mix)
* Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio Mix – 3:49
* Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Radio A cappella – 3:49
* Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Dub Mix – 6:02
* Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Progressive Vocal Mix – 9:54
* Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Progressive Bonus Beats – 3:46
* Jam & Lewis Velvet Mix – 4:46
* Jam & Lewis Total 80's Remix – 5:08
* Single Edit – 4:14
* So So Def Remix featuring Jermaine Dupri – 4:40
* So So Def Instrumental – 4:40
* 80's Remix – 5:08
* The Velvet Mix – 4:46

References

succession box
before = "Planets of the Universe" by Stevie Nicks
title = U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play number-one single
years = August 18, 2001
after = "You Set Me Free" by Abigailsuccession box
before = "Lady Marmalade" by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa and Pink
title = United World Chart number-one single
years = September 8, 2001
after = "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child