Again (Janet Jackson song)

"Again"
Standard cover art (US CD single pictured)
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album Janet
B-side	"Funky Big Band" "Again" (French version)
Released	October 12, 1993 (1993-10-12)
Recorded	1992
Studio	Flyte Tyme (Edina, Minnesota)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:47
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Janet Jackson James Harris III Terry Lewis
Producer(s)	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"If" (1993) "Again" (1993) "Because of Love" (1994)
Music video
"Again" on YouTube

"Again" is a song by American singer and songwriter Janet Jackson from her fifth album, Janet (1993). The song was also included as the closing song to the 1993 film Poetic Justice. Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the ballad was released as the album's third single on October 12, 1993, by Virgin Records, and talks about the reconnection with an old lover. Originally an experimental sound Jam and Lewis was considering for the album, they did not give the song serious contemplation until the film producers from Poetic Justice requested a ballad for the soundtrack.

Critics were divided on their opinions of "Again". Some praised it as a highlight from the Janet album and a classic, while other critics responded negatively to its sentimental lyrical content. However, "Again" became a commercial success, topping the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in late 1993 as well as the Cash Box Top 100, while also reaching the top 10 in Canada, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

"Again" received Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for Best Original Song.^[1][2] Jackson's then-husband René Elizondo Jr. directed a music video for the song, which was released in two versions: one with and one without scenes from Poetic Justice. The song was covered by How to Dress Well for his second album, Total Loss and sampled by Iyaz on his 2010 single, "Solo".