"You" is a song by American recording artist Janet Jackson

Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American recording artist and actress. Known for a series of sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows, television and film roles, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over 25 years...

 from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope

The Velvet Rope is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released October 7, 1997 by Virgin Records. Prior to its debut, Jackson had been at the center of a second high-profile bidding war over her recording contract...

(1997). It was released as the album's fifth single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in September 1998.

Song information

"You" contains a sample

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

 from War

War (band)

War is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs "Low Rider", "Spill the Wine", "The Cisco Kid" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?". Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae...

's 1972 song "The Cisco Kid", penned by Harold Brown, Sylvester Allen, Morris Dickerson

B.B. Dickerson

Morris "B.B." Dickerson was the bass player for the 1970s Latin–funk group War, and before that The Creators....

, Howard Scott

Howard E. Scott

Howard E. Scott is an American funk/rock guitarist and founding member of the successful 1970s funk band War.-Biography:...

, Leroy Jordan

Lonnie Jordan

Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan was a founding member of War, an American funk band in the 1970s and 1980s. Jordan had a number of roles over the years, acting as vocalist and playing guitar, piano, synthesizer, and percussion...

, Lee Oskar

Lee Oskar

Lee Oskar is a Danish harmonica player, notable for his contributions to the sound of the rock-funk fusion group War, which he formed with Eric Burdon, his solo work, and as a harmonica manufacturer...

, and Charles Miller

Charles Miller (musician)

Charles Miller was an American musician best known as the saxophonist and flutist for multicultural Californian funk band War.-Biography:...

. Although the single received a promo

Promotional recording

A promotional recording, or promo, is an audio or video recording distributed for free, usually in order to promote a recording that is or soon will be commercially available...

 release in the United Kingdom, it was ineligible to chart there. The Japanese commercial release includes a B-side

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

 from The Velvet Rope called "Accept Me", a song about a woman begging acceptance from her lover, family, and the world. The song would also be released on follow-up single "Every Time

Every Time (Janet Jackson song)

"Every Time" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope . The ballad was released as the album's sixth and final single in late 1998...

". Jackson only performed the song on The Velvet Rope Tour

The Velvet Rope Tour

The Velvet Rope World Tour is the third concert tour by American recording artist Janet Jackson. Launched in support of her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope , the tour embarked on an international trek that included Europe, North America, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and Australia.Due to the fact...

.

Music video

The video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song was shot at the SECC Arena

Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre

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 in Glasgow

Glasgow

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, Scotland, on June 2, 1998 in front of a select group of fans. Made to look like a live performance, it is spliced with actual concert footage of Jackson's The Velvet Rope Tour, filmed at the same location the next day. The video appears on the DVD edition of 2001's All for You and on the 2004 DVD From janet. to Damita Jo: The Videos.

Track listings

European promo CD single (EU VSCDJ 1713)

1. "You" (single edit) – 3:56
2. "You" (album version) – 4:42

Japanese CD single (VJCP12116)

1. "You" (album version) – 4:42
2. "Every Time
   Every Time (Janet Jackson song)
   "Every Time" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope . The ballad was released as the album's sixth and final single in late 1998...
   
   " (Jam & Lewis Disco Mix) – 4:16
3. "Accept Me" – 4:07

U.S. video single (J-JVIYO231025)

1. "You" (short version) (video) – 4:13

Official remixes

• Album version – 4:42
• Album instrumental – 4:46
• Single edit – 3:56
• Short version – 4:13