Love Will Never Do (Without You) by Janet Jackson

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Janet Jackson’s “Love Will Never Do (Without You)” was the seventh and final single released from Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814. In January 1991, it became Janet’s fifth number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified Gold. (It also was the seventh single from the album to reach the US Top 5, making her the first artist to have that many Top 5 hits from one album.) The upbeat ode to fidelity blended Jackson’s affinity for melodic pop hooks with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis’s percussive New Jack Swing production. That sonic template and the accompanying video (a sensual black and white video featuring a body-confident Jackson) hinted at the next step in her artistic evolution: 1993’s sex-positive, New Jack pop masterpiece janet..