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"Alright" is the fourth single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 from American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 R&B
Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
/pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 singer Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

ight" samples
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
 Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins

Lyn Collins was an African American Soul music singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s. Contrary to some reports, she is not related to Bootsy Collins, nor Catfish Collins....
' 1972 song "Think (About It)
Think (About It)

"Think " is a funk song recorded by Lyn Collins and released as a Single on James Brown's People Records in 1972. The recording was produced by Brown and featured instrumental backing from his band The J.B.'s....
". The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in Urban area, or primarily African-American, venues....
, and number one on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
 . While it was to become the only single of the seven released off the Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 album to not hit the top two on the Billboard Hot 100, it became the fourth consecutive single off the album to reach number one on the dance chart, helping Jackson break a record
World record

A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, often a sports event. Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult....
 set by Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
.






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"Alright" is the fourth single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 from American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 R&B
Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
/pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 singer Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians....
's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

Song information

"Alright" samples
Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an musical instrument or a different sound recording of a song....
 Lyn Collins
Lyn Collins

Lyn Collins was an African American Soul music singer best known for working with James Brown in the 1970s. Contrary to some reports, she is not related to Bootsy Collins, nor Catfish Collins....
' 1972 song "Think (About It)
Think (About It)

"Think " is a funk song recorded by Lyn Collins and released as a Single on James Brown's People Records in 1972. The recording was produced by Brown and featured instrumental backing from his band The J.B.'s....
". The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.The chart, initiated in 1942, is used to track the success of popular music songs in Urban area, or primarily African-American, venues....
, and number one on the Hot Dance Club Play
Hot Dance Club Play

Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart is a weekly national survey of the songs that are most popular in U.S. nightclubs. It is compiled by Billboard exclusively from playlists submitted by nightclub disc jockeys who must apply and meet certain criteria to become "Billboard-reporting DJs."...
 . While it was to become the only single of the seven released off the Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 album to not hit the top two on the Billboard Hot 100, it became the fourth consecutive single off the album to reach number one on the dance chart, helping Jackson break a record
World record

A world record is the best performance in a certain discipline, often a sports event. Outside of conventional sports, world records can also be set in virtually anything that is measurable, but verifying these records is often very difficult....
 set by Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
. Jackson received a Grammy Award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 nomination for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance has been awarded since 1968. The award has had several minor name changes:* In 1968 it was awarded as Best R&B Solo Vocal Performance, Female...
" for "Alright". The UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 7" single
Gramophone record

A gramophone record is an analog signal sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc....
 contains the Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
-sung track "Vuelve a Mi" ("Come Back to Me
Come Back to Me (Janet Jackson song)

"Come Back to Me" is a song by United States contemporary R&B/pop music singer Janet Jackson....
") in various versions.

Jackson has performed the song on all of her tours, including the "Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour
Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour

The Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour was Janet Jackson's first worldwide tour in support of her multi-platinum album, Rhythm Nation 1814. The tour started on March 1, 1990 at the Miami Arena....
", "janet. Tour
Janet. Tour

Janet Jackson went on a second worldwide tour for the "janet." album. The "janet. World Tour" was kicked off in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 24, 1993....
", "The Velvet Rope Tour
The Velvet Rope Tour

The Velvet Rope Tour was Janet Jackson's follow up to the 93-95 janet. Tour. Similar to The Velvet Rope album with very dark and explicit themes....
", "All for You Tour
All for You Tour

Beginning in July 2001, Janet Jackson's All for You Tour was a concert tour designed to promote the release of her 2001 album All for You . The tour was originally scheduled to kick-off in Vancouver, Canada, but due to problems at the Canada ? United States border with getting technical equipment across, the first show took place in Portl...
", and "Rock Witchu Tour
Rock Witchu Tour

The Rock Witchu Tour is the fifth concert tour by United States singer-songwriter, Janet Jackson, in support of her tenth studio album Discipline ....
".

Music video

The video to the song(filmed in June 1990), which was styled to resemble a 1930's musical, featured Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse

Cyd Charisse was an American dancer and actress.After recovering from polio as a child, and studying ballet, Charisse entered films in the 1940s....
, The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader.Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s....
 in one of his last on-screen appearances. The video begins with Jackson, who portrays herself as a male, and two male dancers in flashy suits sitting on a bench. A paperboy throws newspapers on them. They wake up and read the frontpage of the newspaper. They find out Cab Calloway is in town. Jackson and her dancers take a cross town journey to Cab Calloway's movie premiere "Alright". At the premiere, Jackson, her dancers, and Calloway fans wait for Calloway to make his grand entrance. Jackson. as a male, seemingly envisions herself as Calloway's glamorized female guest, getting pushed to the red carpet. Calloway takes her hand and helps her up. Jackson and her dancers get in Calloway's limo. They arrive at large dance out in the middle of a street. Jackson and her dancers climb on the back of a car and Jackson notices her watch is missing. They get off the car and are sprayed by a street cleaning truck. They sit on the bench. Later that night, Jackson and her dancers are homeless people asleep on the bench—revealing the video to have been a dream. Cab Calloway, in the meantime, walks to the bench and places Jackson's watch in her hand. He sneaks away saying, "Alright". There is also an extended version that features rapper Heavy D. Jackson won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Music Video. Tevin Campbell
Tevin Campbell

Tevin Jermod Campbell...
 also appears in the video.

The video is similar in to that of "When I Think of You
When I Think of You

----"When I Think of You" is the third single from Janet Jackson's third studio album, Control . The song?written by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and produced by Jam and Lewis?is about a person who finds relief and fun in a lover....
", which had the same video director.

MTV
MTV

MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
's first ever Icon paid tribute to Janet Jackson. During the ceremony, singer Usher paid tribute to Jackson by be re-enacting the sidewalk bench routine from the "Alright" music video.

On May 24, 2007, the video was added to iTunes
ITunes Store

The iTunes Store is a software-based online shopping digital media store operated by Apple Inc. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, it proved the viability of online music store and is now the number-one music vendor in the United States....
.

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
Belgian Singles Chart29
Canadian Singles Chart7
German Singles Chart43
UK Singles Chart20
U.S. Billboard Hot 1004
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks2
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play1
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 402


Official versions/remixes


1990

  • Album Version – 6:26
  • A Capella – 3:26
  • 7" Remix – 4:38
  • 7" Remix w/ Rap featuring Heavy D – 4:35
  • 7" R&B Mix w/o Rap – 4:34
  • 7" R&B Mix w/ Rap featuring Heavy D – 4:53
  • 7" House Mix w/o Rap – 4:21
  • 7" House Mix w Rap featuring Heavy D – 4:59
  • 12" R&B Mix w/o Rap – 7:19
  • 12" R&B Mix w/ Rap featuring Heavy D – 7:20
  • 12" House Mix w/o Rap – 7:12
  • 12" House Mix w/ Rap featuring Heavy D – 8:30
  • House Dub – 5:58
  • Hip Hop Mix Edit featuring Heavy D – 5:11
  • Hip Hop Mix featuring Heavy D – 7:24
  • Hip House Dub – 6:40
  • House Mix – 9:10
  • House Mix Edit – 5:03


1996

  • CJ Radio – 3:40
  • CJ Extended Mix – 6:32
  • Tee's Club Mix – 6:19
  • Tee's Beats – 3:24