The song follows a chord progression of D maj7–G 6–D maj7–G 6, and Jackson's vocals span from the low note A 3 to the high note B 4. "Someone to Call My Lover" is written in the key of D major with a moderately fast tempo of 128 beats per minute. In the chorus, she's eager to find a guy to love, "Alright, maybe gonna find him today / I gotta get someone to call my lover / Yeah, baby, come on," she chants. In the pre-chorus, she fantasizes where her dream guy might be, "Maybe we'll meet at a bar / He'll drive a funky car / Maybe we'll meet at a club / And fall so deeply in love," she sings. In the beginning, Jackson has begun touring again and there isn't anyone to talk to and she wishes she had companionship, "Back on the road again/Feeling kinda lonely/And looking for the right guy/To be mine," she sings. The sample of America's " Ventura Highway" opens the single, accompanied by finger snaps and bass. "Someone to Call My Lover" talks about being determined to find a perfect match. "Someone to Call My Lover", and several of the other songs on All for You, use Jackson's divorce and re-emergence into single life as central themes. So you have something that's going to appeal to people that haven't heard it before, it's going to catch them, but it's also going to catch the people who are nostalgic about it." Composition and music Īt the time of recording, Jackson had just divorced her husband, René Elizondo, Jr., after nearly ten years of marriage. And she hasn't heard of it, but she still really likes it.
So it's kind of fun to come up with stuff like that and play it for her. He didn't take the actual song, but he kind of put his own flavor to it in 'Someone To Call My Lover,' which takes me back to my childhood." In an interview, Jimmy said, "And for 'Someone to Call My Lover,' she hadn't heard the 'Ventura Highway' sample before. I was like, 'Oh God.no,' and they gave me the CD." Jackson said, "I took it straight to Jimmy and said, 'Jimmy, I've just got to share this with you,' and he saw my passion and my love for it. Jackson said she came across the tune again about seven years later: "I was at Ralph Lauren and I said, 'Oh, my God! Is this the radio or is this a CD?' I said, 'Please tell me it's a CD.' They said, 'It's a CD-well, actually it's a Ralph Lauren CD and we don't have it anymore. I never knew who the composer was, and this song never left me. I remember watching Singin' in the Rain and there was a commercial with the lady all in white, and I don't know if it was for Dove or something like that, but they would play this, 'Da, da, da.' It was the Erik Satie. When I was a little girl and I used to come home from school, there was something called "The 3:30 Movie", and they used to play the MGM Musicals. Jackson had searched for years for the catchy Satie track. 1" by French classical composer Erik Satie, played in 4/4 time instead of the original 3/4. The loop played throughout the chorus is an interpolation of " Gymnopédie No. The song's looped guitar riff is sampled from America's 1972 hit " Ventura Highway", with Dewey Bunnell receiving writing credits. "Someone to Call My Lover" was written and produced by Janet Jackson, James Harris III and Terry Lewis.
Jackson has performed the song on two of her tours, most recently on her 2017 State of the World Tour. Another video for the "So So Def" remix was also released. A music video was directed by Francis Lawrence and centers on a jukebox. The song was a success on the charts, reaching number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number nine in Canada and the top twenty in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. "Someone to Call My Lover" received positive reviews from critics, with most praising its innocence and sweet aura, picking the song as a standout track on the album. 1", "Someone to Call My Lover" talks about being determined to find a perfect match. Using a guitar riff from America's " Ventura Highway" and the melody from Erik Satie's " Gymnopedié No. Written and produced by Jackson and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, the song was released as the album's second single on June 12, 2001, by Virgin Records. " Someone to Call My Lover" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson from her seventh studio album, All for You (2001). " Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)"
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