You Want This

"You Want This"
Single by Janet Jackson featuring MC Lyte
from the album Janet
B-side
  • "70's Love Groove"
  • "New Agenda"
ReleasedOctober 11, 1994 (1994-10-11)
StudioFlyte Tyme Studios, Edina, Minnesota
Genre
Length
  • 4:46 (single mix feat. MC Lyte)
  • 5:05 (album version)
LabelVirgin
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Janet Jackson
  • Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Throb"
(1994)
"You Want This"
(1994)
"Whoops Now/What'll I Do"
(1995)
Music video
"You Want This" on YouTube

"You Want This" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, Janet (1993). Released as the album's seventh single (sixth and final in the US) in October 1994, the track was written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The single version, also used in the music video directed by Keir McFarlane, featured an additional rap verse from MC Lyte. The song was listed in the book Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era (2005) by Bruce Pollock.[2]

  1. ^ Arnold, Chuck (May 16, 2016). "Janet Jackson's 50 best songs of all time, ranked". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Pollock, Bruce (2005). Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock and Roll Era (second ed.). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-97073-3.