All for You

All for You

Janet Jackson

“All for You” was the lead single from the 2001 album All for You by American entertainer Janet Jackson. Written and produced with frequent collaborators Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, “All for You” keeps Janet in the familiar territory of dance music aimed at pop success.

The lyrics are pulled from Jackson’s experience as a newly single woman having recently divorced her second husband Rene Elizondo. In interviews, she admitted to being at dance clubs and desiring attention from men who are largely too intimidated by her status and celebrity to approach her as they might any other woman.

“All for You” made history becoming the first single to be immediately added to every pop, rhythmic, and urban radio format. The song went #1 on the Billboard Pop Charts, Billboard R&B Charts, and Billboard Dance Charts in the US as well as notching top 10 entries in many other countries worldwide.

A cartoonish colorful Dave Meyers-directed music video for the song featured a special breakdown with Janet and her dancers that makes allusion to her own hits “The Pleasure Principle” and “Go Deep” as well as sister Rebbie’s “Centipede” and 1984 fave “Let The Music Play” by Shannon.

The song’s impact eventually won Jackson her 5th Grammy Award, this time for Best Dance Recording.