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==Háttere==
A dalt Janet, valamint [[Jimmy Jam és Terry Lewis]] írták. Egy részletet használ fel a [[The Supremes]] [[1969]]-es ''[[Someday We’ll Be Together]]'' című számából. A dal erős gitárvonalra épül, a [[hip hop]]/[[new jack swing]] elemek és az [[elektromos gitár]] kombinációja új dolog volt Jackson zenéjében.
<!--The song was written and produced by Jackson, [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis|James Harris III, and Terry Lewis]] and became Jackson's second top five hit from the ''janet.'' album. "If" deals with a female narrator's fantasies of being someone's girlfriend. The song contains a [[sampling (music)|sample]] from [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]]' 1969 "[[Someday We'll Be Together]]" and is built on a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] guitar riff heard throughout the song. The combination of heavy [[hip hop music|hip hop]]/[[new jack swing]] beats and [[electric guitar]] was a relative departure in sound for Jackson.
==Fogadtatása==
Az ''If'' a negyedik helyig jutott a [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]-on és listavezető lett a [[Hot Dance Club Play]] slágerlistán. Az Egyesült Államokban [[aranylemez]] lett.
Certification = Gold <small>([[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]])</small>
The single eventually hit number four on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and number one on the [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart. The single contains a [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] called "One More Chance", a [[cover version|cover]] of a song her brother [[Randy Jackson (musician)|Randy]] wrote, produced, and performed on [[The Jacksons]]' 1984 ''[[Victory (album)|Victory]]'' album.
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==Videoklip és remixek==
Az ''If'' [[videoklip]]jét [[Dominic Sena]] rendezte, és [[Kína|Kínában]] játszódik valamikor a jövőben, keveri a kulturális elemeket a modern technológiával. A klip egy nightclubban játszódik, több eleme is erősen erotikus töltetű, ezért készült belőle cenzúrázott változat is.
<!--The video, directed by [[Dominic Sena]] challenged notions of culture and sexuality in a highly stylised and imaginative presentation. The video is set in [[China]], in an indeterminate future, mixing ancient cultural references with cutting edge technology. We arrive at a club, which seems highly exclusive and impossible to get in unless the password is confirmed which is the song's title "If". The idea of [[voyeurism]] seems to be central to the many themes woven in and out. We see the patrons in their many guises from androgynous lesbians with painted moustaches, high class prostitutes and glamourous punks. In the middle of the main floor, Jackson bursts onto the stage through bright red flowing fabrics to join her ensemble dancers who entertain the Chinese crowd with intricate dance routines and highly sexualised movements and lyrics involving Jackson seducing an onlooker.
Throughout the video, different sub-plots unfold, including the brothel rooms throughout the club in which various couplings of [[polysexuality|polysexual]] persuasions, view each other through a network of webcams and monitors. This takes us to the end of the video which shows Janet's chosen target who is also viewing her through a screen being seduced and telling him about her wildest sexual fantasies. The climax confirms the idea of fantasy rather than fulfillment with the lyric "If I was your woman, the things I'd do to you... but I'm not".
A kislemezre remixeken kívül felkerült egy bónuszdal is, a ''One More Chance,'' amit Janet egyik bátyja, [[Randy Jackson]] írt, és eredetileg a [[The Jacksons]] [[1984]]-ben megjelent, ''[[Victory]]'' című albumán szerepelt.
Parts of the video were edited out for general release. A long version can be found on [[YouTube]].
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===Hivatalos remixek, változatok listája===
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