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Love Will Never Do (Without You)

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"Love Will Never Do"
Song
B-side"Love Will Never Do" (Work It Out 7")

"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is the seventh single (final in the U.S.) from American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989). It topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for one week.

History

The song became well known for its "love-will-conquer-all" theme. It became the turning point in Jackson's career as she entered the next phase of her music career with her next album. The song became her fourth number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the final of seven top five singles from Jackson's Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 album, making her the first and only artist to achieve that number.

Music video

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Jackson with model/actor Antonio Sabato Jr. in video.
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Jackson in the colorized version.

Jackson, in an effort to take a turn with her image, decided to shoot a sexy video with photographer Herb Ritts for "Love Will Never Do (Without You)". Originally Jackson wanted to wear a dress for the video, but Ritts envisioned Jackson in nothing more than a black top and a pair of jeans. On the Design of a Decade 1986/1996 DVD, there is a black-and-white and colorized version of the video. Jackson won a MTV Video Music Award for "Best Female Video" and was nominated for "Best Choreography" and "Best Art Direction" in 1991. The video ranked thirteen on Rolling Stone's "The 100 Top Music Videos", seventy-two on VH1's "100 Greatest Videos", and eighty-eight on MTV's: "100 Greatest Videos Ever Made". The video shows a young Djimon Hounsou, then a fashion model. He is now an actor who starred Blood Diamond. On April 27, 2007, the video was made available on iTunes.

Charts

Chart (1990) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks 3
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play 4
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 4
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 33
U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 1
South African Sales Chart 2
Canadian Singles Chart 6
ARIA Top 50 14
Holland Singles Chart 33
Official UK Singles Chart 34

Official versions/remixes

Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number one single
January 19 1991 		Succeeded by
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