Wednesday, January 19, 2011

love will never do (without you)












This sensuous video showed us a different side of shy and sweet little Janet, took her to the top of the charts for the third year in a row, and proved wrong the folks who said it wouldn't last. Written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, it was the seventh single in a row from her 'Rhythm Nation 1814' album to reach the top five, making it the only album in history to achieve that feat, as well as the only album to have number one singles in three different years.




Fashion photographer Herb Ritts shot the video in black and white in the desert with Janet dressed in only jeans and a tank top. It also features Calvin Klein underwear models (and future actors) Djimon Hounsou and Antonio Sabàto, Jr. early in their careers. The video won a MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video and was nominated for Best Choreography and Best Art Direction in 1991.



Other guys have tried before
To replace you as my lover
Never did I have a doubt
Boy it's you, I can't do without

Our friends think we're opposites
Falling in and out of love
They all said we'd never last
Still we manage to stay together

There's no easy explanation for it
But whenever there's a problem
We always work it out somehow
Work it out somehow

They said, it wouldn't last
We had to prove them wrong
'Cause I've learned in the past
That love will never do without you

Other guys have tried before
To replace you as my lover
Never did I have a doubt
Boy it's you, I can't do without

I feel better when I have you near me
'Cause no other love around
Has quite the same, ooh ooh
Like you do, do, do, do babe

They said, it wouldn't last
We had to prove them wrong
'Cause I've learned in the past
That love will never do without you









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