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'''"Black Cat"''' was a [[1990]] hit song by [[pop music]] diva [[Janet Jackson]]. Unlike the pop and R&B-infused songs that Jackson had been releasing before, this song was strictly a [[rock and roll]] production solely written by Jackson and co-produced with the song's guitarist [[Jellybean Johnson]]. The song was basically about a woman warning her boyfriend to change his rebellious ways. Jackson sings in an almost piercing fashion in the song and made Jackson the first, and only, artist to score a number one song on any [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] chart be it pop, [[R&B]], [[dance]], [[adult contemporary]] or [[rock and roll|rock]], which it did hitting #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock singles chart as well as Billboard's Hot 100 making it the first time a song hit #1 simultaneously on both of those charts. It also hit the top ten of the [[R&B]] charts. You can see this music video by clicking this URL:http://youtube.com/watch?v=I_1MM5R0F40&search=Black%20Cat%20Janet
'''"Black Cat"''' was a [[1990]] hit song by [[pop music]] diva [[Janet Jackson]]. Unlike the pop and R&B-infused songs that Jackson had been releasing before, this song was strictly a [[rock and roll]] production solely written by Jackson and co-produced with the song's guitarist [[Jellybean Johnson]]. The song was basically about a woman warning her boyfriend to change his rebellious ways. Jackson sings in an almost piercing fashion in the song and made Jackson the first, and only, artist to score a number one song on any [[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] chart be it pop, [[R&B]], [[dance]], [[adult contemporary]] or [[rock and roll|rock]], which it did hitting #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock singles chart as well as Billboard's Hot 100 making it the first time a song hit #1 simultaneously on both of those charts. It also hit the top ten of the [[R&B]] charts.


==Official versions/remixes==
==Official versions/remixes==

Revision as of 21:38, 21 May 2006

"Black Cat"
Single cover
Single by Janet Jackson
From the album Rhythm Nation 1814
Released 1990
Format 7" single
12" maxi single
Genre Rock
Length 4:50
Label A&M
Writers Janet Jackson
Producers Janet Jackson
Jellybean Johnson
Director Wayne Isham
Certification Gold
Chart positions #1 (USA)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Come Back To Me"
(1990)
"Black Cat"
(1990)
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)"
(1990)

"Black Cat" was a 1990 hit song by pop music diva Janet Jackson. Unlike the pop and R&B-infused songs that Jackson had been releasing before, this song was strictly a rock and roll production solely written by Jackson and co-produced with the song's guitarist Jellybean Johnson. The song was basically about a woman warning her boyfriend to change his rebellious ways. Jackson sings in an almost piercing fashion in the song and made Jackson the first, and only, artist to score a number one song on any Billboard chart be it pop, R&B, dance, adult contemporary or rock, which it did hitting #1 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock singles chart as well as Billboard's Hot 100 making it the first time a song hit #1 simultaneously on both of those charts. It also hit the top ten of the R&B charts.

Official versions/remixes

  • Album Version (4:50)
  • Edit Version (4:30)
  • Video Mix Long Solo (4:48)
  • Video Mix Short Solo (4:31)
  • 3 Snaps Up 7" (4:24)
  • 3 Snaps Up 12" (7:31)
  • 3 Snaps Up Dub (6:12)
  • Funky 7" (4:41)
  • Funky 12" (5:44)
  • Guitar Mix ft. Vernon Reid (4:46)