When I Think of You

"When I Think of You"
Cover art for most 7-inch vinyl releases
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Control
B-side	"Pretty Boy" "Come Give Your Love to Me"
Released	July 28, 1986 (1986-07-28)
Recorded	1985
Studio	Flyte Tyme, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Genre	Dance-pop R&B synth-funk
Length	3:56
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	James Harris III Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Nasty" (1986) "When I Think of You" (1986) "Control" (1986)
Music video
"When I Think of You" on YouTube

"When I Think of You" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her third studio album, Control (1986). It was released on July 28, 1986, as the album's third single. Composed by songwriters and record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song is about a person who finds relief and fun in a lover. It was Jackson's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100, and also peaked at number 10 in the United Kingdom.

Pitchfork included the song on their "The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s" list at number 48.^[1]

The song was resurrected in 1995 when released on two limited-edition CD single formats in the United Kingdom, one containing remixes by Deep Dish and Heller & Farley, and the other containing remixes by David Morales. That same year these remixes were included on certain releases of "Runaway". "When I Think of You" has been included in each of Jackson's greatest hits albums: Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995), Number Ones (2009) and Icon: Number Ones (2010).