Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson song)
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| Single by Janet Jackson | ||||||||
| from the album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 | ||||||||
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| Released | June 18, 1990 | |||||||
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| Recorded | 1989; Flyte Tyme Studios (Minneapolis, Minnesota) |
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| Length | 5:32 | |||||||
| Label | A&M | |||||||
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"Come Back to Me" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fourth studio album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It was written by Jackson, while James Harris III, and Terry Lewis co-wrote and produced the song. The R&B ballad talks about a lover trying to rekindle a romance that faded away a long time ago. It was released as the fifth single from the album in June 18, 1990. Jackson also recorded a Spanish version of the song titled "Vuelve a Mí".
The song received positive reviews from most music critics, who praised Jackson's sweet delivery and the song's instrumentation; it was also called a sexy and silky ballad. It became a commercial success on the charts, reaching the top three in Canada and the United States, while also reaching the top twenty in the United Kingdom. The music video for the song was directed by Dominic Sena and it was set in Paris. The romantic video features Jackson's former husband René Elizondo, Jr.. Jackson has performed the track in all of her tours, with the exception of The Velvet Rope Tour (1998).
While writing for her fourth studio album, Rhythm Nation 1814, Jackson felt a lot of pressure to follow up the success of previous album, Control (1986). Jackson enlisted previous collaborators and record producers Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis to work with her on the album, and according to the duo, she was excited, and creative juices were flowing." Jam claimed, "It was me, Janet, Terry and [executive producer] John McClain -- and Rene Elizondo also. Let me include him on the creative mix. If the ideas weren't flowing from that group of people, they weren't really being listened to." The album's concept was developed after Jackson, Jam and Lewis watched many social problems that were going on in the world on TV, such as racism, homelessness, drugs and illiteracy. However, the second half of the record is composed with love songs, with "Come Back to Me" being one of them.
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