So Excited

For the Pointer Sisters album, see So Excited!.

"So Excited"
Single by Janet Jackson featuring Khia
from the album 20 Y.O.
Released	August 28, 2006 (digital) October 31, 2006 (U.S. single)
Format	CD single, digital download, 12" single
Recorded	2006, at Flyte Tyme Studios (Santa Barbara, California)
Genre	Hip hop, R&B, electro
Length	3:16
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson, Jermaine Dupri, James Phillips, Johnta Austin, James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Khia Chambers, Herbie Hancock, Michael Beinhorn, Bill Laswell
Producer	Jermaine Dupri, LRoc, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson singles chronology "Call on Me" (2006) "So Excited" (2006) "Enjoy" (2006) Khia singles chronology "Snatch the Cat Back" (2006) "So Excited" (2006) "What They Do" (2008)

"So Excited" is a song by American R&B and pop singer-songwriter Janet Jackson, featuring rapper Khia. Released on August 28, 2006 as the second single from Jackson's ninth studio album, 20 Y.O. (2006), it peaked at number ninety on the Billboard Hot 100, but managed to become Jackson's seventeenth number-one dance hit.

Song information

The song is a dance track which samples Herbie Hancock's 1983 song "Rockit"; this is the second time Jackson has sampled a song by Hancock, the first time being 2004's "All Nite (Don't Stop)", which samples his 1975 song "Hang up Your Hang Ups". The song premiered on August 19, 2006 on Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Radio on Atlanta radio station WVEE. The Radio Edit silences "inside of" in the line "my body is in overdrive dying to have you inside of me" and "thumpin'" in the line "I'ma keep your body thumpin'".

The song was made available for digital download as a free with 20 Y.O. pre-orders on iTunes on August 29, 2006. It debuted on BET's 106 & Park on the album's release date, September 26, 2006. After the debut on "106 & Park," album pre-orders shot up well over 8000% and led the album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 well before the album was released.

She has performed the song on Rock Witchu Tour.

Critical reception

Jon Pareles from The New York Times said that: "She’s never as explicit as the female rappers who arrived after her — like Khia, who joins her on “So Excited” — but she’s not shy either. In “So Excited” Janet vows, “If you like it then I’ll do it/I’ll go head to toe.” Angus Batey from Yahoo! Music said: "I'll open my spot for you / Anytime you want me to," she spits amid the pugilistic beats of "So Excited", making it sound more like a threat than a promise." Thomas Inskeep from Stylus Magazine criticised the album, but enjoyed the track, calling it a "sticky ear-candy". He further commented that: "The sexed-up “So Excited” rides a Herbie Hancock groove and a throwaway contribution from Khia (?!) to, if not ultimate satisfaction, at least a half-decent orgasm." Miles Marshall Lewis from The Village Voice was also positive, saying that: "Jermaine Dupri girds "So Excited" with "Rockit" scratches, coaching guest-rapper Khia to sound like Da Brat on the naughty hook. Serviceable enough, it's surprisingly the highlight of an album marketed as an homage to Control."

Chart performance

"So Excited" debuted on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs at number seventy-five on September 30, 2006, eventually peaking at number thirty-four. It peaked at number ninety on the Billboard Hot 100, which was considered a disappointment. After two singles that did not chart well, Virgin released no other singles commercially from the album. Nevertheless, on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, "So Excited" became Jackson's twenty-second consecutive top ten single and her seventeenth number-one hit.

Music video

The music video for "So Excited" was filmed in Los Angeles on August 23–24, 2006. Joseph Kahn directed the video, with choreography by Gil Duldulao which premiered on September 13, 2006 on BET's Access Granted.

On October 31, 2006, "So Excited" hit number one on BET's 106 & Park; it also reached number one on MuchMoreMusic's daily top ten and number nine on that channel's weekly Countdown.

Track listings

UK CD 1 (B000K4X37S)

1. Album Version – 3:19
2. "Call on Me" (Luny Tunes Main Mix) – 3:42

UK CD 2 (B000JU7K7W)

1. Album Version – 3:19
2. Junior Vasquez Club Mix – 7:17
3. Bimbo Jones Club Mix – 7:13
4. Enhanced Video

U.S. and European promo CD single

1. Album Version – 3:17
2. Radio Edit – 3:16
3. Album Instrumental – 3:15

U.S. 12" promo single (0946 3 74824 1 4 8)

1. Album Version – 3:15
2. Radio Edit – 3:15
3. Album Instrumental – 3:15
4. Album A Cappella – 3:12

U.S. promo CD single

1. Junior Vasquez Club Edit – 7:22
2. Junior Vasquez Dub Edit – 7:13
3. Junior Vasquez Mix Show Edit – 5:10
4. Junior Vasquez Radio Edit – 3:18
5. Bimbo Jones Club Edit – 6:45
6. Bimbo Jones Dub Edit – 6:48
7. Bimbo Jones Radio Edit – 3:10
8. Album Version – 3:14

U.S. 12" single (0946 3 81149 1 8)

1. Junior Vasquez Club – 7:17
2. Junior Vasquez Instrumental Dub – 7:13
3. Bimbo Jones Club – 6:45
4. Bimbo Jones Instrumental Dub – 6:48

Official versions

• Album Version – 3:15
• Radio Edit – 3:15
• Album Instrumental – 3:15
• Album A Cappella – 3:12
• Rap Remix featuring Fabolous and Fat Man Scoop – 3:44
• Junior Vasquez Radio Edit – 3:18
• Junior Vasquez World Mixshow
• Junior Vasquez Mixshow Edit – 5:11
• Junior Vasquez Club Mix – 7:22
• Junior Vasquez Dub Mix / Junior Vasquez Instrumental Dub – 7:14
• Bimbo Jones Radio Edit – 3:10
• Bimbo Jones Club Remix – 6:45
• Bimbo Jones Dub Edit / Bimbo Jones Remix Instrumental – 6:48
• Eddie Baez Mix – 8:58
• Khia's Hood Remix – 4:14 (not commissioned by Virgin Records)

Charts

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Finnish Singles Chart	9
Italian Singles Chart	37
Japanese Singles Chart	13
Spanish Singles Chart	13
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	90
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	34
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	93
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	1

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by "I Believe" by Georgie Porgie

U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number-one single January 13, 2007

Succeeded by "Hurt" by Christina Aguilera