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“Escapade” is the third single from American R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson’s fourth studio album, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
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“Escapade” was inspired by the Martha & the Vandellas 1965 single “Nowhere to Run”, which Jackson originally intended to remake, but instead choose to record a new song with a similar feel after a suggestion from producer Jimmy Jam.

Written by Jackson, James Harris III, and Terry Lewis, the song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks in early March 1990, becoming Jackson’s third number-one single. It also topped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Dance Club Play charts, and was certified gold by the RIAA.

Jackson has performed the song on all of her tours, including the Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour, janet. Tour, The Velvet Rope Tour, All for You Tour, and Rock Witchu Tour.

The music video for the song, directed by Peter Smillie, takes place at a Mardi Gras-like carnival. On April 27, 2007, the video was made available on the iTunes Store.

The song was also featured on a Japan Airlines commercial in 1990.
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“Escapade” is set in common time with a key of A♭ major. Jackson’s vocal chords ranges between the tonal nodes of high-tone Ab3 to low-tone Eb5. The song is in a medium dance groove tempo of 120 beats per minute with the chord progression being set like Am–E–Gb.
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  • ArturFabio

    *-----------*

    March 2012

  • jasminder82

    God bless Janet

    February 2012

  • mssmith2012

    let's go on escapade yeah, lol!

    January 2012

  • MJRocker1987

    Just haaaave a good tiiiiiime. Yeah.

    January 2012

  • The_Beatz

    My favorite from Rhtyhm Nation 1814 <3 It makes you feel happy.

    January 2012

  • chriss3008

    ES CA PADE

    December 2011

  • MizzBooDestiny1

    ♥ This Jam Was AMAZING to see Live & Meeting her afterwards was Unforgettable...A True Legend & Super Sweet!!! :) The Vegas Anthem 4-22-11♥

    December 2011

  • LikeACarillon

    This song is so fun, summer song of 80s <3 [2] -- this is a somewhat erroneous statement. The RN1814 album came out in Sept. of 1989, but "Escapade" as a song didn't hit big as a Billboard #1 hit until March 1990 [the single was released Jan. 18, 1990]. I remember seeing this on heavy rotation on MTV in the spring/summer of 1990, not '89. RN1814 was the best selling album on Billboard in 1990, so it's very much a very early 1990s record -- as most of its chart success, club play and popularity was in the year 1990. [Sorry for being longwinded, it's just not an "'80s song" -- to call it that is somewhat misleading and erroneous given the release of the single and its chart history]

    November 2011

  • pink2blue

    So classic!! Can't hate on Janet!

    September 2011

  • Megawarrior345

    Gawd...what a flawless era of Janet.

    August 2011

  • talicia_k

    one of the best of 5

    July 2011

  • viniluis

    Let's go!... ES-CA-PADE [2]

    June 2011

  • GreenleeDuPres

    This song is so fun, summer song of 80s <3 [2]

    June 2011

  • rianpopkid

    This song is so fun, summer song of 80s <3

    June 2011

  • Zariah_Lanae

    E*S*C*A*P*A*D*E <3

    May 2011

  • gendervariant

    The dance break in this song is just EPIC! [2]

    May 2011

  • Cure1980

    She got it

    May 2011

  • newjillswing

    c'mon baby,let's get away!

    March 2011

  • linkntinks

    makes me wanna go ski-ing or somethen lol!!! I love this song from Janet J.

    March 2011

  • IndigoSpark

    Let's go!... ES-CA-PADE

    March 2011
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