Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)

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"Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)" is a smooth, sensual R&B ballad by Janet Jackson, featured as the closing track on her landmark 1986 album "Control."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Control
artist Janet Jackson
associatedWith minneapolis sound
surface form: Minneapolis sound
belongsToDiscography Janet Jackson
surface form: Janet Jackson discography
chronology follows "He Doesn’t Know I’m Alive" on Control
contains French spoken passage
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era Control era
format album track
genre R&B
quiet storm
soul
hasChorus Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun) self-linksurface differs
surface form: title phrase "Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)"
hasInstrumentation bass
drum machine
keyboards
synthesizers
hasLength approximately 4 minutes
hasSpokenLanguage French
hasTheme intimacy
passage of time
romance
includedIn Janet World Tour
surface form: Janet Jackson concert setlists
language English
notableFor sensual mood
use of spoken French
partOf Control (album)
performer Janet Jackson
positionOnAlbum closing track
producer Janet Jackson
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
recordedAt Flyte Tyme Studios
recordedBy Janet Jackson
recordLabel A&M Records
releaseDecade 1980s
releaseYear 1986
style smooth ballad
tempo slow
trackNumber 9
vocalist Janet Jackson
vocalType sensual
writer James Harris III
Janet Jackson
Terry Lewis

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Control hasPart Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)
Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun) hasChorus Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: title phrase "Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)"
Control (album) hasPart Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)