The Body That Loves You

Album: janet. (1993)
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  • In an interview with VH1, Janet Jackson was asked about this track. She replied: "I love 'The Body That Loves You.' It has this island feel. It's not Brazilian, but it has a little bit of that feel about it. One of my favorite genres of music is Brazilian music. I got into that when I was 14 years old. That and jazz. As much as I loved Stevie and my brothers' music, I listened to Astrud and João Gilberto, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia. I keep telling myself, 'You gotta do something that has that feel to it.' ['The Body That Loves You'] was the closest I ever came to that. I'm still going to, but I've never tapped upon that sound the way I want to. 'Body' has that cool, relaxed, laid-back, ocean-beach, just chill feel to it. It's just a beautiful song to me."
  • "The Body That Loves You" is part of Janet Jackson's 1993 album janet., her third mainly produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, following Control in 1986 and Rhythm Nation 1814 in 1989. These three albums established Jackson as a superstar. She was a big part of the creative process for all three, and by the time they got to janet., she was co-writing almost all the songs with Jam and Lewis, including this one.

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