"Nasty" is a song by American singer

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from her third studio album, ''

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'' (1986). It was released on April 15, 1986, by

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as the album's second single. It is a funk number built with samples and a quirky timpani melody. The single peaked at number three on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and number one on the

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chart, and remains one of Jackson's

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s. The line "My first name ain't baby, it's Janet – Miss Jackson if you're nasty" has been used in pop culture in various forms. The song won for Favorite Soul/R&B Single at the 1987 American Music Awards. It ranked number 30 on

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's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years, number 45 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s, number 79 on ''

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''s 100 Greatest Pop Songs, and number six on ''

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''s Best Pop Songs in Music History by a Female. It has been included in each of Jackson's greatest hits albums: '' Design of a Decade: 1986–1996'' (1995), '' Number Ones'' (2009) and '' Icon: Number Ones'' (2010).

Background

After arranging a recording contract with

in 1982 for a then-16-year-old Janet, her father Joseph Jackson oversaw the entire production of her debut album, ''

'', and its follow-up, ''

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'' (1984). Jackson was initially reluctant to begin a recording career, explaining, "I was coming off of a TV show that I absolutely hated doing, '' Fame''. I didn't want to do

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I wanted to go to college. But I did it for my father ..." and elaborated that she was often in conflict with her producers. Amidst her professional struggles, she rebelled against her family's wishes by marrying

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of the family recording group

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in 1984. The Jacksons disapproved of the relationship, citing DeBarge's immaturity and substance abuse. Jackson left her husband in January 1985 and was granted an annulment later that year. Jackson subsequently fired her father as her manager and hired John McClain, then A&M Records' senior vice president of

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and general manager. Commenting on the decision, she stated, "I just wanted to get out of the house, get out from under my father, which was one of the most difficult things that I had to do, telling him that I didn't want to work with him again." Joseph Jackson resented John McClain for what he saw as an underhanded attempt to steal his daughter's career out from under him. McClain responded by saying "I'm not trying to pimp Janet Jackson or steal her away from her father." He subsequently introduced her to the songwriting and production duo James "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Lewis, and Jackson and the duo started working on a third studio album for Jackson, titled ''

'', in Minneapolis. "Nasty" was Jackson's autobiographical account of confronting abusive men. She said,

The danger hit home when a couple of guys started stalking me on the street. They were emotionally abusive. Sexually threatening. Instead of running to Jimmy or Terry for protection, I took a stand. I backed them down. That's how songs like 'Nasty' and 'What Have You Done for Me Lately' were born, out of a sense of self-defense. Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin. Getting attitude.

Jimmy Jam built the melody for this song around a sound from his then-new

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keyboard: "It ada factory sound that was in there... more of a sound-effect type of sound", he recalled. "I've always been – probably from being around Prince – interested in using unorthodox types of things to get melodies and sounds. That was a very unmelodic type of sound, but we found a way to build a melody around it." In August 1999,

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revealed she was working with Jackson on an updated remix for the song; its working title was "Nasty Girl 2000". The following year, Elliott's close friend

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was added to the track, however due to undisclosed reasons the record was never released.

Composition

"Nasty" is set in

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, in the key of

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. Jackson's vocals range between approximately E₃ and C₅. The song is in a medium dance groove tempo of 100

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. At the beginning of the song, Jackson shouts, "Give me a beat!". The song is about respect as she tells all her male admirers "better be a gentleman or you'll turn me off". For the ''

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'', Jackson's approach is hard and aggressive in the song.

Critical reception

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s reviewer Steven Ivory called "Nasty" a "hard-funk" song, along with other tracks from ''Control''. Rob Hoerburger from ''

'' remarked that "on cuts such as 'Nasty' and the single '

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' Janet makes the message clear: She's still basically a nice girl but ready to kick some butt if you try to put her on a pedestal". William Ruhlmann of

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picked the song as one of the album's highlight. Website Scene 360° commented that it was a confident, sassy song and influenced

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in the following years of its release.

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Nasty" was directed by Mary Lambert and choreographed by

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, who also made a cameo. Abdul won an

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Live performances

Jackson sang "Nasty" live at the

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, wearing an all-black outfit, along with Jam and Lewis and dancers. She also has performed the song on all of her tours. It was first performed on the Rhythm Nation Tour in 1990. On the

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which happened in 1993 and continued throughout the two following years, the song was the second to be performed along with "Nasty", with the singer wearing gold jewelry. The song was performed during a "frenzied" medley with "What Have You Done for Me Lately" and "The Pleasure Principle" on

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in 1998. The medley at the October 11, 1998, show at the

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in New York City was broadcast during a special titled ''The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden'' by

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. It was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, '' The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert'' in 1999. During the

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in 2001 and 2002, "Nasty" was performed in a re-worked version, during a medley with "Control" and "What Have You Done for Me Lately". According to Denise Sheppard from ''

'', it was "another crowd favorite; perhaps best dubbed as the 'bitter' portion of the night", also adding that "this performer - who has been performing onstage for twenty-eight years - knows what the crowd comes for and gives it to them in spades". The February 16, 2002 final date of the tour at the

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, was broadcast by HBO, and included a performance of it. This rendition was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, '' Janet: Live in Hawaii'', in 2002. On September 9, 2006, Jackson went to France to perform "Nasty" and new single " So Excited" at

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's Back to School concert, as part of promotion for her ninth studio album ''

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''. While on ''

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'', she was interviewed and performed both tracks again. The show aired on September 25, a day before ''20 Y.O.''s release in the United States. A few days later, the singer performed on ''

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, in New York City, to promote ''20 Y.O''. The setlist also included "So Excited" and " Call on Me". For her first tour in six years, titled

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, Jackson performed "Nasty" as part of it. Jackson made a surprise appearance on the ninth-season finale of ''

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'' in 2010 to perform a medley of "

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" and "Nasty" after joining the contestants to perform a rendition of her hit ballad "

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". She also sang it at

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in New Orleans, in July 2010, which she headlined. It was also performed during her Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour in 2011. John Soeder from

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commented, "Yet the emphasis was on high-energy dance numbers, including 'Miss You Much,' 'Nasty,' 'When I Think of You' and other infectious blasts from the past, complete with pneumatic grooves and icy synthesizers. The net effect was akin to squeezing into an old pair of acid-washed jeans." It was also included on her 2015–2016 Unbreakable World Tour as the second song on the set list and as well on her current 2017-2019

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, it is the fourth song on the setlist. Jackson included the song at her 2019 Las Vegas residence Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis. It was also included on her special concert series " Janet Jackson: A Special 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rhythm Nation" in 2019.

Legacy

In 1986,

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included the song in his polka medley "

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" from his album of the same name.

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performed the song as the opening number for her 1986

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"Shock and Rock Spooktacular" stage show. "Nasty" was featured in the opening scenes of the ''

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'' episode "Blonde on Blonde". It plays as Maddie Hayes (

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) is dancing in front of a mirror. In the fall of 1989,

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aired a pilot movie, and later a 13-episode mid-season replacement series, called ''

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'' about a group of

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undercover cops and their unorthodox methods working in a narcotics unit. The theme music was Jackson's "Nasty", performed by

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, though the lyrics were slightly changed to make the song more pertinent to the storyline.

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used "Nasty" in a promo for the seventh season of the series ''

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'', with past snippets from the show put together to create the song's call and response portion.

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sang the song live as a tribute to Jackson during

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's ''

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'' special in 2001.

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has paid homage to "Nasty" multiple times throughout her career; she performed live covers of "Nasty" and "Black Cat" on the "

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". She also yelled "Stop!" in the single version of " (You Drive Me) Crazy" pays homage to Janet saying "Stop!" in the "Nasty" music video. The single version of the song, titled "The Stop! Remix", also references "Nasty". The chair routine in the song's music video pays homage to Jackson's "

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" video. Additionally, her single "

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", released as the fourth single from her '' Britney'' album, references "Nasty" in the line "get nasty", with the song being described as "cut-rate '80s Janet Jackson" by ''Entertainment Weekly''. Spears also pays homage to the song in " Break the Ice", released as the third single from her fifth studio album '' Blackout'', in the line "I like this part", which references Janet saying "I love this part" in "Nasty". Spears' official site said she was "stopping the song à la Janet Jackson to say, "I like this part. It feels kind of good." The opening scene of her " Ooh La La" video also pays homage to Jackson's "Nasty" video, with

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saying, "The clip plays out like a more kid-friendly version of Janet Jackson's "Nasty" video, with Spears and her kids taking in a movie when mom is suddenly transported into the on-screen action." In 2013, the

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covered the song on the episode " Puppet Master" as a mashup with Jackson's own "

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's single "

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" is titled after Jackson and references "Nasty" in the line "Miss Jackson, Are you nasty?" during its chorus. After

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referred to

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as "such a

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" during the third Presidential debate of the

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cycle, the song rose up 250% as reported by

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Track listings

*US, UK, and European 7-inch single :A. "Nasty" (Edit of Remix) – 3:40 :B. "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" – 4:08 *US and European 12-inch single / Australian limited-edition 12-inch single :A1. "Nasty" (Extended) – 6:00 :B1. "Nasty" (Instrumental) – 4:00 :B2. "Nasty" (A Cappella) – 2:55 *US and European 12-inch single – Cool Summer Mix Parts I and II :A. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part I) – 7:57 :B. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part II) – 10:09 *UK 12-inch single :A1. "Nasty" (Extended) – 6:00 :B1. "Nasty" (Instrumental) – 4:00 :B2. "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" – 4:08

Personnel

* Janet Jackson – vocals, background vocals, keyboards *

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– vocals * Jimmy Jam – percussion, piano, drums, vocals *

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– vocals * Terry Lewis – percussion, vocals

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nasty (Song) 1986 singles 1986 songs A&M Records singles Janet Jackson songs Music videos directed by Mary Lambert New jack swing songs Song recordings produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Songs with feminist themes Songs written by Janet Jackson Songs written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis