Throb (song)

"Throb"
Single by Janet Jackson
from the album janet.
B-side	"Any Time, Any Place" (R. Kelly Mix), "And On and On"
Released	June 18, 1994
Format	CD single, 12" promo single
Recorded	1992–1993; Flyte Tyme Studios (Edina, Minnesota)
Genre	Nu jazz, acid house
Length	4:35
Label	Virgin
Writer(s)	Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Any Time, Any Place" (1994) "Throb" (1994) "You Want This" (1994)

"Throb" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her fifth studio album, janet. (1993). Released as the album's sixth single in 1994, the track is the second B-side to "Any Time, Any Place", the album's fifth single.

Song information

Throughout the song, Jackson describes the constant "pounding" from a sexual partner while moaning sexually, which emphasizes she is having an orgasm while having sex through the song; this can be proven in her performance of "Throb" on Saturday Night Live on May 14, 1994, where Jackson puts her hands towards her genitals pretending to stimulate herself while moaning. It was also performed on Jackson's janet. Tour and The Velvet Rope Tour. The song was also used as an interlude on the Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour.

"Throb" was released as a single in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for which there was no promotion or music video. It received radio airplay in the U.S. and the UK, and charted on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay at number sixty-six. The other B-side, "And on and On", went on to chart as well. However, due to restrictions, both songs were ineligible to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. An exclusive remix of "Throb", the Morales Badyard Mix, appears on Jackson's 1995 remix compilation janet. Remixed.

Track listings

Dutch CD single (VSCDE1501)

1. "Any Time, Any Place" (R. Kelly Mix) – 5:11
2. "Throb" – 4:34

Dutch CD maxi single (7243 8 92495 2 1)

1. "Throb" – 4:34
2. "Throb" (David Morales Legendary Dub Mix) – 7:27
3. "And on and On" – 4:49
4. "Any Time, Any Place" (R. Kelly Mix) – 5:11

UK 12" promo single (VSTDJ 1501)

A1. "Throb" (David Morales Legendary Club Mix) – 9:05

B1. "Throb" (David Morales Legendary Dub Mix) – 7:27

B2. "Throb" – 4:34

Official remixes

• Album version – 4:35
• Morales Badyard Club (appears on janet. Remixed) – 8:59
• David Morales Legendary Dub Mix – 7:27
• David Morales Legendary Club Mix – 9:05

Charts

"Throb"

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	66
U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play	2

"And on and On"

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay	38
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay	12