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"I Get Lonely" is a song recorded by American singer Janet Jackson for her sixth studio album The Velvet Rope. It was written and produced by Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional writing by René Elizondo Jr. The track was released as the record's third single in February 1998, and became a top five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, as well as Jackson's twelfth U.S. R&B chart-topper. The song debuted and peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached the number-one spot on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in its second week, spending two weeks at the top position. It fared relatively poorly in Europe, reaching the top fifty in some countries, though in the United Kingdom it charted at number five.
"I Get Lonely" is a departure from Janet's usual mix of dance-pop and R&B, as the song is more neo soul-oriented. It was released as the third single from Jackson's sixth album The Velvet Rope, which chronicled Jackson's struggle with depression and intimacy. In an interview for MTV, she discussed how the depression was causing her to experience deep sadness, forcing her to take breaks from her music career.During the writing and recording of The Velvet Rope she began to spontaneously cancel recording sessions and appeared constantly troubled. The themes of loneliness and abandonment that are explored in "I Get Lonely" are a direct reflection of the emotional state that Jackson was in during the production of the album. Jackson described the album as her most personal work, developed throughout her entire lifetime. She explained, "I never looked deeply at the pain from my past, never tried to understand that pain and work it through. It was a journey I had avoided. But one I now had to face."
The accompanying music video for "I Get Lonely" was directed by Paul Hunter and choreographed by Tina Landon. It premiered on MTV & BET in March 1998. Similar to other videos and imagery from The Velvet Rope, the video took a more artistic approach, blending Jackson's trademark sex appeal and choreography with the song's theme of loneliness and isolation. An alternate music video for the "TNT Remix" with Blackstreet was also released, showing new scenes of Jackson performing the song with the group on a platform setting in between the video's original scenes
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