Call On Me (Janet Jackson Song)
"Call on Me" is a song by American R&B singer-songwriter Janet Jackson and American rapper Nelly from Jackson's ninth studio album, 20 Y.O. (2006). Written by Jermaine Dupri, Johnta Austin, James "LRoc" Phillips, Nelly, James Harris III, and Terry Lewis, the song was produced by Jackson, Dupri, Phillips, Jam and Lewis and samples "The SOS Band'"s "Tell Me If You Still Care," also written by Jam and Lewis.
"Call on Me" was released as the album's lead single in mid-2006. The mid-tempo contemporary R&B ballad talks about calling on a person, when you need a friend or somebody you need to talk to. It received mixed reviews from most music critics. While some picked it as one of the best tracks on the album, calling it a "lovely and elegant" ballad, some noted that it was forgettable and that it falls flat.
The song was a sucess on the charts, becoming her most sucessful single in some countries since All For You (2001). It peakied at number twenty-five on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, it spent two non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it Jackson's sixteenth R&B chart-topper. Internationally, the song peaked inside the top-twenty in Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, UK and more.
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