All For You

Sources : My personal research, Wikipedia, Janet Jackson, For The Record by Chris Cadman & Craig Halstead.

ERA

“All For You’ era : 2000-2002

RECORDING DATE

March 2000-February 2001

STUDIO(S)

Recorded and mixed at Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota)
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)

SONGWRITER(S)

Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Wayne Garfield, David Romani, Mauro Malavasi

PRODUCER(S)

Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

RELEASE DATE :

March 6, 2001 (single version)

April 16, 2001 (album version)

LABEL

Virgin Records

LENGTH

6:31 (original/LP album version)
5:29 (CD album version)
4:24 (radio edit)
4:32 (video/single mix)

ALTERNATE VERSIONS RECORDED BY MJ (covers and remixes by other artists are not included)

All For You (video mix) : Recorded in 2001. Released on November 17, 2009 (Number Ones).

MUSICIANS

Janet Jackson – writing, all vocals, production
Jimmy Jam – writing (James Harris III), all additional instruments, production
Terry Lewis – writing, all additional instruments, production
Wayne Garfield – writing
David Romani – writing
Mauro Malavasi – writing
David Barry – guitar
Alex Richbourg – drum and MIDI programming
Steve Hodge – recording, mixing
Brad Yost – recording and mixing assistant
Xavier Smith – recording and mixing assistant
Brian “Big Bass” Gardner – mastering
Mike Bozzi – mastering assistant

PEAK ON HOT 100 BILLBOARD

1

SHORT FILM

Music video directed by : Dave Meyers

Date of shooting : February 2001

Date of premiere : March 5, 2001

Official release : On DVD in 2004 (From Janet to Damita Jo) but not on Janet’s You Tube official page.

LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TV SHOWS

March 10, 2001 : Janet is the first artist to be honored with the MTV Icon Award during a TV Special on MTV. Janet attends the show taping in L.A along with Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam, Katherine & Joe, Missy Elliot, Britney Spears and many others at Sony Studios in Culver City, California. Several artist pay tribute to Janet with speeches by Stevie Wonder, Aaliya and performaces by Macy Gray, The Destiny’s Child, Usher, Pink, Mya & Nsync. At the end, Jermaine, Jackie, Marlin & Tito go on stage to congratulate Janet and Michael appears via a prepped video. Janet & The Kids perform All For You for the first time.

March 15, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” at the Echo Awards in Berlin, Germany.

March 17, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” on Wetten Dass in Munich, Germany.

March 19, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” on Late Night With Luuk in Stockholm.

March 20, 2001 : In London, Janet tapes a performance of All For You on Top Of The Pops which airs on March 30 and another on CD:UK which airs on March 22.

March 28, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” on French TV show “Graines De Star” in Paris.

March 29, 2001 : Janet tapes a performance of “All For You” on Top Of The Pops (aired on April 20).

March 31, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” on CD:UK in London.

April 2, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” on French TV show Tapis Rouge in Paris.

April 4, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” on French TV show Hit Machine in Paris.

April 7, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” at the TMF Awards in Rotterdam.

April 8, 2001 : Janet performs “All For You” at Quelli Il Calcio in Milan, Italy.

February 1, 2004 : Janet performs “All For You” & “Rhythm Nation” during the Superbowl Halftime Show and then Justin Timberlake appears on the stage to perform “Rock Your Body” with Janet. Following the line, “better have you naked by the end of this song,” Justin ripps off the fabric that was covering Janet’s right breast.

May 14, 2004 : Janet tapes a performance of “All For You”, “Just A Little While”, “All Nite” & “I Want You” at MSNBC Studios in New York City.

May 15, 2004 : Janet performs “All Nite” & “All For You” at the Wango Tango Festival at the Rose Bowl in in Pasadena.

May 11, 2007 : Janet makes a surprise appearance on Good Morning America live fro the Bahamas. Rebbie, LaToya and Katherine attend the grand opening of The Cove Atlantis on Paradise Island. Resort magnate Sol Kerzner welcomeJohn Travolta and Kelly Preston, Lindsay Lohan, Sean Puffy Combs, Liv Tyler, Rob Lowe, America Ferrera and thousands of other bold faced names to help Janet inaugurate his $1 billion venture. Janet performs “Rhythm Nation”, “What Have You Done For Me Lately”, “Nasty”, “That’s The Way Love Goes” & “All for You” and the show closed-s with a never-before-seen fireworks display by Grucci that lit up the 171 acre reso night.

December 6, 2009 :Janet performs “All For You” and “Make Me” on X Factor UK’ s season finale. Shortly after Janet closes the show at this weekend’s Jingle Bell Ball at the O2 Arena singing a medley of her hits.

November 4, 2018 : Live from Bilbao, Janet performs a medley of “Made For Now”, “All For You” and “Rhythm Nation” at the MTV EMA’s and Jason Derulo presents her with the Global Icon Award.

LIVE PERFORMANCES IN CONCERTS

All for You Tour (2001–2002)
Rock Witchu Tour (2008)
Number Ones, Up Close and Personal World Tour (2011)
Unbreakable World Tour (2015–2016)
State of the World Tour (2017–2019)
Janet Jackson: A Special 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rhythm Nation (2019)
Together Again Tour (2023–2024)

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