Alright (Janet Jackson song)

"Alright"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
B-side"Vuelve a Mí"
ReleasedMarch 4, 1990 (1990-03-04)[1]
StudioFlyte Tyme (Edina, Minnesota)
Genre
Length
  • 6:26 (album version)
  • 5:01 (7-inch house mix)
  • 4:39 (Goh Hotoda mix/1995 short mix)
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • James Harris III
  • Terry Lewis
  • James Brown
  • Carlos Ward
Producer(s)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Escapade"
(1990)
"Alright"
(1990)
"Come Back to Me"
(1990)
Music video
"Alright" on YouTube

"Alright" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson from her fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). Written by Jackson and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, the song was released on March 4, 1990, by A&M Records as the fourth single from Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. In the United Kingdom, it was issued as the album's fifth single in June 1990.

While it was to become the only single of the seven released off the Rhythm Nation 1814 album to not hit the top-two on the US Billboard Hot 100, reaching number four, it became the fourth consecutive single from the album to reach number one on the Dance Club Songs, helping Jackson break a record set by Madonna. "Alright" earned Jackson two 1991 Grammy Award nominations for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best R&B Song.

  1. ^ Hill, Constance Valis (May 24, 2021). Brotherhood in Rhythm: The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers, 20th Anniversary Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-752399-5.