Like many of Janet Jackson's hits, she wrote this song with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and also produced the track with the duo. It was the first single released under her record-breaking $32 million contract with Virgin Records, the largest recording deal in history until Janet's brother Michael signed a whopping $50 million deal with Epic not long after.
In this seductive song, Jackson is ready for love, giving in to her desires like a moth drawn to a flame. It was the first single from her 1993 album janet., her first since Rhythm Nation in 1989. Jackson's label wanted the uptempo "If" as the first single, but Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis fought for "That's The Way Love Goes," feeling it fit the theme of the album: Love.
It may sound like men are chanting the title lyrics on this song, but Jimmy Jam insists it's all Janet. He electronically manipulated her vocals to give them a masculine sound.
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