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State of the World (song)
"State of the World" is a song by American singer-songwriter Janet Jackson, recorded for her fourth studio album, ''Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814'' (1989). It was written and produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, with additional writing by Jackson. The song is musically decorated with sirens, heavy synthesizers and a groove, while it focuses lyrically on homelessness. While recording the album, Jackson and the producers watched television, specially news channels. The song was conceived after that. "State of the World" was released as the eighth and final single from the album on February 6, 1991, by A&M Records.
"State of the World" received mixed reviews from contemporary critics, with some complimenting its sound, while others found it not convincing. The song was not released commercially in the United States, being was ineligible to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 or the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but reached number five on ''Billboards Hot 100 Airplay chart. No music video was made to accompany the song. Jackson has only included "State of the World" on her Rhythm Nation World Tour in 1990.
==Background and release==
Following the commercial and critical success of her 1986 album, ''Control'', Jackson was motivated to continue songwriting and took a larger role in the creative production of her new album. Executives at A&M requested that she expand on the ideas presented on ''Control'', suggesting a concept album entitled ''Scandal'' that would have been about the Jackson family. She wrote a song titled "You Need Me" which was directed at her father Joseph, but was unwilling to devote an entire album to the subject and substituted her own concept for theirs. She commented that "() lot of people wanted me to do another album like ''Control'' and that's what I didn't want to do. I wanted to do something that I really believed in and that I really felt strong about." The concept of ''Rhythm Nation'' emerged as Jackson was a TV watcher, "We would watch BET, MTV... then switched over to CNN, and there'd always be something messed-up happening. It was never good news, always bad news", producer James "Jimmy Jam" Harris recalled. "State of the World" was one of these songs, influenced by TV and news. Released on February 6, 1991, "State of the World" was the eighth and the final single of ''Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814''. The record label reckoned that they would boost album sales with a radio-only promotion.〔
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