When I Think of You

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For the song by Lee Ryan, see When I Think of You (Lee Ryan song)

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"When I Think of You" is the third single from Janet Jackson's third album Control. The song is written by Janet Jackson, James Harris, and Terry Lewis and produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis. The song is about a person who finds relief and fun in a lover. They only need to think of that special person to be content. Janet has now said that this was one of the hardest songs to record because of criticism from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis over her voice.

The song was also resurrected in 1995 for the US commercial Runaway CD-single, featuring David Morales' "Extended Classic House Mix '95" and a mix by the Heller & Farley Project.

[edit] Music Video

The music video finds Jackson going around a neighborhood. Each location she visits has the same mysterious man that is in different costumes that says a brief statement to her and then vanishes as she turns around. The video is similar in style to that of "Alright." The director of "When I Think of You", Julian Temple, would later direct Jackson's "Alright" video.

[edit] Chart Performance

The single became Jackson's first number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. When "When I Think of You" hit number one, it made Janet and her brother Michael Jackson the first, and so far, only siblings to both have solo number one hits on the Hot 100. At the time she was 20 years old, making Janet the youngest artist since Stevie Wonder to top the Billboard Hot 100. The single was the thirty-second biggest Hot 100 single of 1986. It was the forty-seventh biggest Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks single of 1986 and the tweny-second biggest Hot Dance Music/Club Play single of 1986.

[edit] Charts

[edit] Official versions/remixes

[edit] 1986

• Album version (3:56)
• Instrumental (4:00)
• Dance Remix (6:25)
• Dub Version (3:15)
• Extra Beats (2:01)

[edit] 1995

• Morales Classic Mix (6:57)
• Morales Extended House Mix (7:43)
• Morales House Mix (4:33)
• Morales House Mix UK 7" Edit (3:31)
• Morales Jazzy Mix (10:19)
• Morales Jazzy Mix UK Edit (10:18)
• Morales Crazy Love Mix (8:44)
• Morales Crazy Love Mix UK Edit (7:09)
• Morales Drum Mix (5:10)
• Morales Incredible Boss Dub (7:12)
• Deep Dish Vocal Remix (9:27)
• Deep Dish Dub Remix (11:15)
• Deep Dish Chocolate City Mix (9:35)
• Deep Dish Dished Out Bums (11:22)
• Deep Dish Quiet Storm Dub (7:52)
• Heller & Farley Project Mix (10:46)
• Heller & Farley Project Mix Edit (6:44)
• Junior Vasquez Trackhead Joint (7:08)