Got 'til It's Gone

E335195
single song

"Got 'til It's Gone" is a 1997 neo-soul and R&B song by Janet Jackson featuring Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell, noted for its socially conscious lyrics and prominent sampling of Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi."

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Got 'til It's Gone canonical 4
Got ’til It’s Gone (Janet Jackson music video) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Velvet Rope ⓘ
artist Janet Jackson ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Music Video ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
awardYear 1998 ⓘ
chartPerformance charted in Australia ⓘ
charted in the United Kingdom ⓘ
charted on US R&B charts ⓘ
chorusLine Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone ⓘ
chronology Janet Jackson singles ⓘ
containsRappedVerse Q-Tip ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuredArtist Joni Mitchell ⓘ
Q-Tip ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
CD single ⓘ
genre contemporary R&B ⓘ
hip hop soul ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 4:01 ⓘ
lyricTheme loss ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
social consciousness ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Mark Romanek ⓘ
musicVideoStyle retro ⓘ
musicVideoTheme apartheid-era South Africa ⓘ
nextSingle Together Again ⓘ
notableFor prominent sample of Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
partOf The Velvet Rope ⓘ
performer Janet Jackson ⓘ
previousSingle Runaway ⓘ
producer Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1996–1997 ⓘ
recordLabel Virgin Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1997-09-22 ⓘ
releaseType lead single from The Velvet Rope ⓘ
sampledArtist Joni Mitchell ⓘ
sampledWork Big Yellow Taxi ⓘ
vocalStyle laid-back ⓘ
writer James Harris III ⓘ
Janet Jackson ⓘ
Joni Mitchell ⓘ
Q-Tip ⓘ
René Elizondo Jr. ⓘ
surface form: Rene Elizondo Jr.

Terry Lewis ⓘ

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The Velvet Rope → includesTrack → Got 'til It's Gone ⓘ
Mark Romanek → directed → Got 'til It's Gone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Got ’til It’s Gone (Janet Jackson music video)
The Velvet Rope World Tour → includesSong → Got 'til It's Gone ⓘ
Rock Witchu Tour → setlistIncludes → Got 'til It's Gone ⓘ
Unbreakable World Tour → includesSong → Got 'til It's Gone ⓘ