Got Til It's Gone [Single, Import]

Janet Jackson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B000006V4Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #169,078 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Got 'Til It's Gone (Radio Edit)

2. Got 'Til It's Gone (Mellow Mix)

3. Got 'Til It's Gone (Nelle Hooper Master Mix)

4. Got 'Til It's Gone (Mellow Mix Edit)

5. Got 'Til It's Gone (Album Version)

Editorial Reviews

The first single from her album 'The Velvet Rope'. Containsfive mixes of the title track: Radio Edit, Mellow Mix, NelleHooper Master Mix, Mellow Mix Edit and Album Version.Digipak. 1997 Virgin release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Clearly one of her best songs ever!, September 6, 2001

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MJ Krom (Los Angeles,CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Got Til It's Gone (Audio CD)

When I first heard this song..I instantly fell in love and had to have it..you can imagine my dismay when the record store told me she was not releasing this song stateside...well..today it is clearly one of her best songs and my personal fav...
I agree with the other reviewers..the remixes are good..but, not the best..for me the original is still the best...with the "Mellow Mix" coming in behind it a close second. I would have loved a version with more of the music and less of the lyrics..the groove for the original is fantastic...overall I love the song..I have not stopped playing the CD since I got it yesterday...
I own the import version:
1.Radio Edit-Excellent..shorter than album
2.Mellow Mix-NO Q-Tip rap...laid back..groovy
3.Nellee Hooper Master Mix..My least favorite..(Sorry Nelle)
4.Mellow Mix Edit-The same as no.2, just edited
5.Album Version-True classic
The cover..fantastic..my favorite video from "TVR".. "Got Til It's Gone" viedo is the cover art..clearly one of her best songs!!!! A must have for any Janet fan or someone who loves to collect her singles!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Alright, July 19, 2000

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S. Butler "Monk Edsel" (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Got Til It's Gone (Audio CD)

Nice, solid remixes. Nothing great, nothing bad, like the album this single came from. Here's a breakdown:

1) "Radio Edit" -- 20 seconds shorter than the album version.

2) "Mellow Mix" -- Mellow is a pretty good description. It's rather soft and dreamy sounding, without the harder percussion of the original. I like this version a lot more than the album version. Q-Tip isn't in this mix, by the way.

3) "Nellee Hooper Master Mix" -- A sorta dark, hip hop mix, heavy bass. Q-Tip is present in this version.

4) "Mellow Mix Edit" -- Two minutes shorter than the Mellow Mix.

5) "Album Version" -- Hmmm.

And that's it. Nothing Earth-shattering, but, like I said, I really like the Mellow Mix. It's unfortunate this wasn't release State-side in any case.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be thankful for what you got, September 22, 2010

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rmcrae (Houston, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Got Til It's Gone (Audio CD)

Got Til It's Gone debuted as the lead single from Janet Jackson's 1997 record The Velvet Rope. The project not only addressed social issues like homophobia, losing loved ones to AIDS, and domestic violence, it also allowed Miss Jackson to confront her lifelong feelings of depression and inadequacy.

The plot line for GTIG isn't as dramatic as the other songs, but there are traces of melancholy and loneliness. Janet's miserable after letting her girlfriends sway her into cutting a good man loose and realizes "that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone"! Q-Tip (of the legendary A Tribe Called Quest) stars as the formerly dismissed ex. He reminds her that letting him go was a BIG mistake, but not in a mean spirited way. Pitying really. "Now look at you." Everything from the dusky hip-hop production to the cleverly creative sample of Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi gels splendidly.

Now to the remixes. The bass on the Nellee Hooper Master Mix is a bit too heavy for my taste, but still an impressive take on the original. Now the Mellow Mix I could listen to on a loop forever. Mellow is an understatement. The vibe is a delicious mix of peaceful, chill, ethereal, and then some. The sadness is still there, but more refined. Unfortunately Q-Tip's rhymes are left out, but you'll be so relaxed you won't even notice. "Now why you wanna go and do that, and do that, huh?"