{"id":23423,"date":"2025-05-20T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/janet-jackson-breaks-down-someone-to-call-my-lover\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T17:35:00","slug":"janet-jackson-breaks-down-someone-to-call-my-lover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/janet-jackson-breaks-down-someone-to-call-my-lover\/","title":{"rendered":"Janet Jackson Breaks Down \u201cSomeone to Call My Lover\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, Vevo and Janet Jackson premiered a new episode of Footnotes celebrating her beloved hit \u201cSomeone to Call My Lover,\u201d the second single from her seventh studio album, All For You. The episode arrives amid the song\u2019s viral resurgence and ahead of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/janet-jackson-to-perform-at-the-2025-amas-receive-icon-award\/\"><strong>Janet\u00a0Jackson being honored with the Icon Award at the 2025 American Music Awards.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe title=\"Janet Jackson - The Making of &#039;Someone to Call My Lover&#039; | Vevo Footnotes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHzLUFxfdx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Janet Jackson - The Making of &#039;Someone to Call My Lover&#039; | Vevo Footnotes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JHzLUFxfdx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The episode gives fans a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the track and the creative choices that shaped its timeless sound, which blends two iconic samples: the guitar riff from America\u2019s 1972 classic \u201cVentura Highway\u201d and a sped-up melody from Erik Satie\u2019s \u201cGymnop\u00e9die No.1.\u201d Initially, Janet didn\u2019t recognize \u201cVentura Highway\u201d when producer Jimmy Jam played it in the studio. However, she recalled hearing \u201cGymnop\u00e9die No.1\u201d in a commercial during her childhood. The episode also reveals that her son now loves the song and sometimes falls asleep to it. Janet first sang the vocal melody over the phone to Jimmy Jam. Reflecting on the lyrics, Jackson says the song is \u201creally about the next person you want to be with and call yours.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">More than two decades after its release, \u201cSomeone to Call My Lover\u201d has found new life online, leading to a 600% surge in daily streams and earning a spot in the encore section of her 2024 tour, marking a rare return of the track to her live set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Full Transcript Below:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">0:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSomeone To Call My Lover\u201d features two iconic samples. First, this lead instrumental melody: a slightly-slowed version of the guitar riff from the 1972 hit \u201cVentura Highway\u201d by the folk band America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">0:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Jackson, producer Jimmy Jam showed her \u201cVentura Highway\u201d during a studio session, and she \u201cfelt bad\u201d for not immediately recognizing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">0:50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The second sample occurs in the chorus. The ascending and descending keyboard line is a sped-up version of the central motif in Erik Satie\u2019s \u201cGymnop\u00e9die No.1,\u201d made famous by Claude Debussy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jackson first heard \u201cGymnop\u00e9die No.1\u201d in a commercial as a child, and the melody stuck with her. \u201cMy son loves it,\u201d she told SiriusXM. \u201cHe falls asleep to that song.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2024, \u201cSomeone To Call My Lover\u201d started to regain popularity on TikTok, so much so that Jackson included it in the encore section of her tour setlist that year. Between 2002 and 2017, she rarely performed the song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1:50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thanks to the popularity of social media fan edits, daily streams for \u201cSomeone To Call My Lover\u201d surged over 600% in a four-week span in early 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cLyrically speaking, it\u2019s really about the next person you want to be with, and call yours,\u201d Jackson has said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2:30<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Janet first sang the vocal melody \u201cover the phone to Jimmy,\u201d who urged her to come to Minneapolis to record the track.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2:50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSomeone To Call My Lover\u201d is from Jackson\u2019s seventh studio album \u2018All For You.\u2019 Its title track was the best-performing single on the Billboard charts in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3:10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jackson once said that the album contains \u201csongs that feel right, that feel good. 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