The Velvet Rope

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  Interlude: Twisted Elegance
  0:42
  1.5 ★
• 2
  Velvet Rope

  Janet Jackson & Vanessa‐Mae
  4:55
  3.5 ★
• 3
  You
  4:42
  2.9 ★
• 4
  Got ’til It’s Gone

  Janet Jackson, Q‐Tip & Joni Mitchell
  4:01
  3.8 ★
• 5
  Interlude: Speaker Phone
  0:54
  1.5 ★
• 6
  My Need
  3:44
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Interlude: Fasten Your Seatbelts
  0:19
  1.0 ★
• 8
  Go Deep
  4:42
  3.2 ★
• 9
  Free Xone
  4:57
  2.1 ★
• 10
  Interlude: Memory
  0:04
  1.0 ★
• 11
  Together Again
  5:01
  4.2 ★
• 12
  Interlude: Online
  0:19
  1.0 ★
• 13
  Empty
  4:32
  2.6 ★
• 14
  Interlude: Full
  0:12
  1.0 ★
• 15
  What About
  4:24
  2.7 ★
• 16
  Every Time
  4:17
  2.8 ★
• 17
  Tonight’s the Night
  5:07
  2.5 ★
• 18
  I Get Lonely
  5:17
  3.8 ★
• 19
  Rope Burn
  4:15
  3.0 ★
• 20
  Anything
  4:54
  3.0 ★
• 21
  Interlude: Sad
  0:10
  1.0 ★
• 22
  Special (hidden track “Can’t Be Stopped”)
  7:54
  2.5 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Got ’til It’s Gone (Armand Van Helden bonus beats)

  Janet Jackson & Armand van Helden for X‐Mix Productions
  5:08
• 2
  Together Again (Tony Humphries 12″ edit mix)

  Janet Jackson & Tony Humphries
  10:00
• 3
  I Get Lonely (remix)
  8:12
• 4
  Go Deep (vocal deep disco dub)

  Janet Jackson, Louie Vega & Kenny Dope
  8:15
• 5
  Every Time (remix)

  Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
  4:15

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Release credits

• Alex Richbourg
  drum machine [2-4, 11, 18-19], instrument arranger [2-3, 18-19]
• Armand van Helden
  remixer [1]
• Blackstreet
  guest [18]
• Brad Yost
  assistant [4, 16]
• Dave Barry
  guitar [15, 19]
• James Wright
  instrument arranger [18], keyboard [18], organ [19]
• Janet Jackson
  background vocals [4], executive [3, 6, 9, 11, 16, 18, 22], instrument arranger [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20], lead vocals [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15-20, 22], producer [2, 4, 13, 15, 17, 19-20], vocal arranger [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20]
• Jimmy Jam
  instrument [2-3, 6, 9, 13, 20], instrument arranger [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20], producer [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15-20, 22], vocal arranger [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20]
• Joni Mitchell
  guest [4]
• Ken Holmen
  clarinet [16], flute [16], saxophone [16]
• Lee Blaske
  strings [16]
• Lynne Erickson
  trumpet [16]
• Michael McCoy
  assistant [4, 16]
• Mike Scott
  guitar [6, 9, 19], performer [18]
• O’ Nicholas Raths
  guitar [16]
• Q‐Tip
  guest [4], other vocals [4]
• Rayvaline Harrell
  vocal arranger [2]
• René Elizondo Jr.
  executive [3, 6, 9, 11, 16, 18, 22]
• Steve Durkee
  assistant [15, 17, 20]
• Steve Hodge
  engineer [2, 4, 13, 15-20, 22], mix [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20, 22], recording [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20]
• Steve Mac
  mix [4]
• Terry Lewis
  instrument [2-3, 6, 9, 13, 20], instrument arranger [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20], producer [2-4, 6, 8-9, 11, 13, 15-20, 22], vocal arranger [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20]
• Tim Lauber
  assistant [2, 18]
• Tony Humphries
  remixer [2]
• United Children’s Choir
  choir vocals [2]
• Vanessa‐Mae
  performer [2], violin [2]
• Willie Norwood, Sr.
  vocal arranger [2]
• Xavier Smith
  assistant [2-4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15-20]
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  CD
  4 October 1997
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  CD (printed in Holland)
  6 October 1997
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  CD (Printed in UK)
  6 October 1997
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  CD
  7 October 1997
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  2x CD (Australian tour edition)
  1997
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  1997
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  CD (Printed in the USA)
  1997
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  CD (Mastered by EMI MFG)
  1997
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  2x 12" Vinyl
  1997
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  2x CD
  13 January 1999
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  CD
  2006
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  CD
  11 June 2008
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  2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)
  7 October 2022
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  Digital Media (Special / Can’t Be Stopped split in separate songs)
  7 October 2022
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  2x Digital Media (deluxe edition)
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  CD (pressed by Mediamotion)
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  The Velvet Rope (special edition)

  2x Digital Media (black cover w/ text)
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