When I Think of You

Recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios in Minneapolis during the Control sessions, with Janet Jackson working alongside Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Janet Jackson received co-producer credit on the original release. Released as the third single from Control, it became Janet Jackson’s first number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100. It also helped make Control the first album by a female artist to generate five top-five Hot 100 singles. The track remained one of Janet Jackson’s signature hits and a defining song from the Control era. Its success helped establish the Minneapolis production style of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as a major pop and R&B force.