page_title: Got 'til It's Gone
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Got 'til It's Gone / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: Janet Jackson Unbreakable Tour, Honolulu, Hawaii 2015
context_page_description: "Got 'til It's Gone" is a song recorded by American singer Janet Jackson, featuring American rapper Q-Tip and Canadian singer Joni Mitchell, for her sixth studio album, The Velvet Rope. It was written by Jackson, Jam and Lewis, with additional writing by René Elizondo Jr., Mitchell, and Kamaal Ibn Fareed. The song was produced by Jackson, Jam and Lewis. It was released as the lead single from The Velvet Rope in 1997, by Virgin. The song was recorded at Flyte Tyme Studios in Edina, Minnesota. For "Got 'til It's Gone", Jackson opted for a less polished and more authentic alternative hip hop and trip hop-influenced sound.
  "Got 'til It's Gone" was met with mostly positive reviews from music critics, with most praising its fusion of Jackson's pop style with hip hop, and for its revealing theme. "Got 'til It's Gone" was not released as a commercial single, making it ineligible to appear on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the song peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart and reached number three on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart. Internationally, "Got 'til It's Gone" reached the top twenty in most European markets, including France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
context_section_description: To promote "Got 'til It's Gone" and The Velvet Rope, Jackson performed the song on Top of the Pops and Graines de Star during her European promotional tour, Australian and Japanese TV shows Hey Hey It's Saturday and Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. After returning to the United States, she performed it on The Oprah Winfrey Show along with "Together Again". Upon returning to her promotional tour in Europe, she performed "Got 'til It's Gone" on French TV programs Les Années Tubes, Hit Machine along with "Together Again", and Spanish television on TV show Música Sí.
  The singer has also performed "Got 'til It's Gone" on all of her tours since its release. She included the song on the 1998 The Velvet Rope Tour. With the stage decorated with chandeliers while dressed up in "sensible clothing", Jackson performed it as part of the encore of the concert. MTV praised the performance as "high energy", and was also described as a "hypnotic rendition" by The Washington Post. The performance of the song at the October 11, 1998 show in New York City, at the Madison Square Garden, was broadcast during a special titled The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden by HBO. It was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, The Velvet Rope Tour – Live in Concert in 1999.
  It was again performed as the encore on the All for You Tour in support of her follow-up album All for You in 2001 and 2002. MTV noted the absence of Joni Mitchell on the video screens, when compared to the previous performance of "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)", when singer Carly Simon, sampled on the song, "showed up for a special video guest star appearance". The February 16, 2002 final date of the tour at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, was broadcast by HBO, and included a performance of "Got 'til it's Gone". This rendition was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, Janet: Live in Hawaii, in 2002.
  After a period of six years without going on tour, Jackson embarked on the 2008 Rock Witchu Tour, and included "Got 'til It's Gone" on its setlist. The performance featured a pre-recorded video of Q-Tip performing his verses while Jackson sang on stage. The song was performed as a dedication to the city of Gold Coast, Australia on November 2, 2011 during the Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour. Jackson also included the song on her 2015-16 Unbreakable World Tour, and on her 2017-2019 State of the World Tour. It is also included the song on her 2019 Las Vegas Residency Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis.
caption: Jackson performing "Got 'til It's Gone" during her Unbreakable World Tour.
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