Lyrics - (credits) by Janet Jackson

following 1982's "
Janet
Jackson" and 1984's "
Dream
Street."
Songs included on "
Control" are:
Control
Nasty
What
Have
You
Done
For
Me
Lately
You
Can
Be
Mine
The
Pleasure
Principle
When
I
Think
Of
You
He
Doesn't
Know
I'm
Alive
Let's
Wait
Awhile
Funny
How
Time
Flies (
When
You're
Having
Fun)
Start
Anew (on some
Japanese versions)
Singles from "
Control" were:
What
Have
You
Done
For
Me
Lately
Nasty
When
I
Think
Of
You (first #1)
Control
Let's
Wait
Awhile
The
Pleasure
Principle
Start
Anew (in
Japan only)
Personnel:
Vocalists:
Janet
Jackson (lead),
Jerome
Benton (backing on "
Nasty") and
Jellybean
Johnson (backing on "
Nasty")
Producers:
Janet
Jackson,
Jimmy
Jam,
Terry
Lewis,
Jellybean
Johnson,
Monte
Moir,
Steve
Wiese,
Spencer
Bernard
Songwriters:
Control -
James
Harris
III,
Terry
Lewis,
Janet
Jackson
Nasty -
James
Harris
III,
Terry
Lewis,
Janet
Jackson
What
Have
You
Done
For
Me
Lately -
James
Harris
III,
Terry
Lewis,
Janet
Jackson
You
Can
Be
Mine - ???? (probably
Jellybean
Johnson &
Janet
Jackson or
Johnson on his own)
The
Pleasure
Principle -
Monte
Moir
When
I
Think
Of
You -
James
Harris
III,
Terry
Lewis,
Janet
Jackson
He
Doesn't
Know
I'm
Alive - ???? (probably
Spencer
Bernard &
Janet
Jackson or
Bernard on his own)
Let's
Wait
Awhile -
James
Harris
III,
Terry
Lewis,
Janet
Jackson,
Melanie
Andrews
Funny
How
Time
Flies (
When
You're
Having
Fun) -
James
Harris
III,
Terry
Lewis,
Janet
Jackson
Trivia:
This album was originally written by
James
Harris
III and
Terry
Lewisfor singer/pianist
Patrice
Rushen.
Janet
Jackson did not originally write any of the music or lyrics.
Sheadded her own touch to the songs when production on "
Control" began.

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