I Get Lonely

"I Get Lonely"
"I Get Lonely"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album The Velvet Rope
Released	February 24, 1998
Recorded	1997; January 1998 (remix);
Genre	R&B; soul;
Length	5:17 (album version); 5:12 ("TNT Remix" feat Blackstreet);
Label	Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Janet Jackson; James Harris III; Terry Lewis; René Elizondo Jr.;
Producer(s)	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis; Janet Jackson;
Janet Jackson singles chronology
Music video
	"I Get Lonely" on YouTube

"I Get Lonely" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope (1997). It was written by Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and Jackson's then-husband, René Elizondo Jr. It was released on February 24, 1998, by Virgin Records as the album's third single. The track is a departure from Jackson's signature brand of crossover dance-pop and R&B into a pure R&B and soul vibe. Lyrically, it expresses loneliness and the desire for an estranged lover. A remixed version of the song featured American R&B group Blackstreet.

"I Get Lonely" became Jackson's eighteenth consecutive top-ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, setting a record as the only female artist in history to achieve that feat. The song received a BMI Pop Award for "Most Played Song" and a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and was later included on Janet's second greatest hits album Number Ones (2009). Its music video, directed by Paul Hunter, received positive reception for its abounding sex appeal.

^ Sandiford-Waller, Theda (January 31, 1998). "Hot 100 Singles Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 5. p. 93. The next Janet single, 'I Get Lonely,' is scheduled to arrive in stores Feb. 24.

[1] Sandiford-Waller, Theda (January 31, 1998). "Hot 100 Singles Spotlight". Billboard. Vol. 110, no. 5. p. 93. The next Janet single, 'I Get Lonely,' is scheduled to arrive in stores Feb. 24.

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