Nasty (Janet Jackson song)

{{Short description|1986 song by Janet Jackson}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Nasty

| cover = Janet Jackson Nasty.png

| alt =

| caption = US and European cover

| type = single

| artist = Janet Jackson

| album = Control

| B-side = You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)

| released = {{Start date|1986|4|15}}

| recorded = September 1985{{cite web |url=http://www.faqs.org/copyright/scream-by-michael-jackson-janet-jackson-james-harris-3rd/ |title=Scream. By Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, James Harris, 3rd & Terry Lewis, Gentle stranger |publisher=Faqs.org |access-date=2015-12-24 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629114057/http://www.faqs.org/copyright/scream-by-michael-jackson-janet-jackson-james-harris-3rd/ |url-status=dead }}

| studio = Flyte Tyme, Minneapolis, Minnesota

| genre = * Dance-pop

| length = {{duration|m=4|s=03}}

| label = A&M

| writer = * James Harris III

| producer = Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

| prev_title = What Have You Done for Me Lately

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = When I Think of You

| next_year = 1986

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Janet Jackson - Nasty.ogg

}}

{{External music video|1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujnq2v6R02U "Nasty"] directed by Mary Lambert on YouTube}}

}}

"Nasty" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her third studio album, Control (1986). It was released on April 15, 1986, by A&M Records as the album's second single. It is a funk number built with samples and a quirky timpani melody. The single peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, and remains one of Jackson's signature songs. The line "My first name ain't baby, it's Janet – Miss Jackson if you're nasty" has been used in pop culture in various forms. According to musicologist Richard J Ripani, Ph. D, the single is one of the earliest examples of new jack swing music.{{Citation |last=Ripani |first=Richard J. |title=The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999 |pages=130–132 |year=2006 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=1-57806-862-2}}

The song won for Favorite Soul/R&B Single at the 1987 American Music Awards. It ranked number 30 on VH1's 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years, number 45 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s, number 79 on Rolling Stone{{'}}s 100 Greatest Pop Songs, number 11 on Rolling Stone's 200 Best Songs of the 1980s and number six on LA Weekly{{'}}s Best Pop Songs in Music History by a Female.{{cite web|work=LA Weekly|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/the-20-best-pop-songs-in-history-by-women-artists-5264050/2|title=The 20 Best Pop Songs in History By Women Artists|date=December 9, 2014}} It has been included in each of Jackson's greatest hits albums: Design of a Decade: 1986–1996 (1995), Number Ones (2009) and Icon: Number Ones (2010).

Background

After arranging a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982 for a then-15-year-old Janet, her father Joseph Jackson oversaw the entire production of her debut album, Janet Jackson,{{cite magazine|title=Pro Equipment & Services|magazine=Billboard|volume=94|issue=19|page=47|date=May 15, 1982}} and its follow-up, Dream Street (1984).{{cite news|last=Bream|first=Jon|title=Janet Jackson still seeks an identity|newspaper=Star Tribune|page=03.C|date=1986-02-07|issn=0744-5458}} Jackson was initially reluctant to begin a recording career, explaining, "I was coming off of a TV show that I absolutely hated doing, Fame. I didn't want to do [the first record]. I wanted to go to college. But I did it for my father ..." and elaborated that she was often in conflict with her producers.{{cite news |last= Saunders |first= Michael | title=The 3 Divas Janet Jackson turns her focus inward|newspaper=The Boston Globe|page=D13|date=1996-10-03}} Amidst her professional struggles, she rebelled against her family's wishes by marrying James DeBarge of the family recording group DeBarge in 1984. The Jacksons disapproved of the relationship, citing DeBarge's immaturity and substance abuse. Jackson left her husband in January 1985 and was granted an annulment later that year.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Jessie Carney|title=Notable Black American Women, Volume 2|publisher=Gale|year=1996|page=[https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess/page/324 324]|isbn=978-0-8103-9177-2|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/notableblackamer00jess}}

Jackson subsequently fired her father as her manager and hired John McClain, then A&M Records' senior vice president of artists and repertoire and general manager.{{cite magazine |last=Edmond Jr.|first=A.|title=John McClain creates solid gold money-makers|volume= 18|page=54|magazine=Black Enterprise|year=1987|issn=0006-4165}} Commenting on the decision, she stated, "I just wanted to get out of the house, get out from under my father, which was one of the most difficult things that I had to do, telling him that I didn't want to work with him again." Joseph Jackson resented John McClain for what he saw as an underhanded attempt to steal his daughter's career out from under him.{{cite news|last=Taraborrelli|first=Randy|title=Janet Jackson's in 'Control' with latest album|newspaper=Sun Sentinel|page=1.E|date=1987-05-27|issn=0744-5458}} McClain responded by saying "I'm not trying to pimp Janet Jackson or steal her away from her father." He subsequently introduced her to the songwriting and production duo James "Jimmy Jam" Harris III and Terry Lewis, and Jackson and the duo started working on a third studio album for Jackson, titled Control, in Minneapolis.{{cite book | last = Gaar | first = Gillian G. | title = She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll | publisher = Seal Press | year = 2002 | pages = 323–324 | isbn = 1-58005-078-6}} "Nasty" was Jackson's autobiographical account of confronting abusive men. She said,

The danger hit home when a couple of guys started stalking me on the street. They were emotionally abusive. Sexually threatening. Instead of running to Jimmy or Terry for protection, I took a stand. I backed them down. That's how songs like 'Nasty' and 'What Have You Done for Me Lately' were born, out of a sense of self-defense. Control meant not only taking care of myself but living in a much less protected world. And doing that meant growing a tough skin. Getting attitude.{{Cite magazine | last1 = Ritz | first1 = David | title = Sexual healing | issue = 665 | page = 38 | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = 1993-09-16 | url = http://libris.mtsac.edu:2279/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=17&sid=07541c93-84be-44ac-9a5c-635405eb94c3%40sessionmgr2 | issn = 0035-791X}}

Jimmy Jam built the melody for this song around a sound from his then-new Ensoniq Mirage keyboard: "It [had] a factory sound that was in there... more of a sound-effect type of sound", he recalled. "I've always been – probably from being around Prince – interested in using unorthodox types of things to get melodies and sounds. That was a very unmelodic type of sound, but we found a way to build a melody around it."{{cite book|title=The Billboard Book Of Number One Rhythm & Blues Hits|last=White|first= Adam|author2=Fred Bronson|author2-link=Fred Bronson|year=1993|publisher=Billboard Books|location=New York|isbn= 0-8230-8285-7|page=360}}

In August 1999, Missy Elliott revealed she was working with Jackson on an updated remix for the song; its working title was "Nasty Girl 2000".{{cite web|title=The 411/Missy Elliott|url=http://www.the411online.com/missy.html|work=The 411 Online|date=August 18, 1999|access-date=March 15, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Missy Elliott To Team Up With Janet Jackson, 'N Sync|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428531/missy-elliott-team-up-with-janet-jackson-n-sync.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411095954/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1428531/missy-elliott-team-up-with-janet-jackson-n-sync.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2013|work=MTV News|date=August 20, 1999|access-date=March 15, 2013}} The following year, Elliott's close friend Aaliyah was added to the track, however due to undisclosed reasons the record was never released.Johnson, Richard. "More Trouble Dogs Ted 'Galpal'." New York Post. May 28, 2000. Print.

Composition

"Nasty" is set in common time, in the key of F minor. Jackson's vocals range between approximately E{{flat}}3 and C5. The song is in a medium dance groove tempo of 100 beats per minute.{{cite web|author=Jackson, Janet |url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0086054& |title=Janet Jackson "Nasty" Sheet Music - Download & Print |website=Musicnotes.com |date=2010-08-31 |access-date=2015-12-24}} At the beginning of the song, Jackson shouts, "Give me a beat!". The song is about respect as she tells all her male admirers "better be a gentleman or you'll turn me off". For the Los Angeles Times, Jackson's approach is hard and aggressive in the song.{{cite web|author=Connie Johnson|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-23-ca-10898-story.html |title=Jackson Jive - latimes |website=Los Angeles Times |date=1986-02-23 |access-date=2015-12-24}}

Critical reception

Billboard's reviewer Steven Ivory called "Nasty" a "hard-funk" song, along with other tracks from Control.{{Google books |id=wSQEAAAAMBAJ |page=31 |title=Billboard 22 feb. 1986 }} Rob Hoerburger from Rolling Stone remarked that "on cuts such as 'Nasty' and the single 'What Have You Done for Me Lately' Janet makes the message clear: She's still basically a nice girl but ready to kick some butt if you try to put her on a pedestal".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/janetjackson/albums/album/321531/review/5944692/control |title=Janet Jackson: Control : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2010-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117084124/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/janetjackson/albums/album/321531/review/5944692/control |archive-date=November 17, 2007 }} William Ruhlmann of AllMusic picked the song as one of the album's highlight.{{cite web|author=AllMusic Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/control-mw0000650289 |title=Control - Janet Jackson | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic |date=1986-02-04 |access-date=2015-12-24}} Website Scene 360° commented that it was a confident, sassy song and influenced pop music in the following years of its release.{{cite web |url=http://www.entertainmentscene360.com/index.php/album-reviews-control-by-janet-jackson-2-39763/ |title=Album Reviews Control by Janet Jackson by Monnie | Entertainment Scene 360 |access-date=2014-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701122104/http://www.entertainmentscene360.com/index.php/album-reviews-control-by-janet-jackson-2-39763/ |archive-date=2014-07-01 }}

Music video

The accompanying music video for "Nasty" was directed by Mary Lambert and choreographed by Paula Abdul,The Talk, July 31, 2018 who also made a cameo. Abdul won an MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.

Live performances

Jackson sang "Nasty" live at the 1987 Grammy Awards, wearing an all-black outfit, along with Jam and Lewis and dancers.{{cite web|last=Whaley|first=Natelege |url=https://theboombox.com/best-grammy-performances/|title=10 Best Grammy Performances|website=The Boombox|date=January 8, 2014 |access-date=June 29, 2014}} She also has performed the song on all of her tours. It was first performed on the Rhythm Nation Tour in 1990.{{Google books |id=_a8DAAAAMBAJ |page=55 |title=Jet 20 Aug 1990 }} On the Janet World Tour which happened in 1993 and continued throughout the two following years, the song was the second to be performed along with "Nasty", with the singer wearing gold jewelry.{{cite web|last=Arnold|first=Chuck|url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-02-01/news/25857451_1_girlie-show-miss-jackson-tights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233546/http://articles.philly.com/1994-02-01/news/25857451_1_girlie-show-miss-jackson-tights|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|title=She's Just Actin' Jackson|date=February 1, 1994|access-date=July 5, 2014|website=Philly.com}} The song was performed during a "frenzied" medley with "What Have You Done for Me Lately" and "The Pleasure Principle" on The Velvet Rope Tour in 1998.{{cite magazine|last=Daly|first=Sean|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/live-report-janet-jackson-19980710#ixzz36YW3u0JD|title=Live Report: Janet Jackson kicks off 1998 Velvet Rope tour|date=July 10, 1998|access-date=June 5, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone}} The medley at the October 11, 1998, show at the Madison Square Garden in New York City was broadcast during a special titled The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden by HBO. It was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert in 1999.{{cite AV media notes |title=The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert |others=Janet Jackson |year=1999|type=Laserdisc, VHS, DVD |publisher=Eagle Rock Entertainment}} During the All for You Tour in 2001 and 2002, "Nasty" was performed in a re-worked version, during a medley with "Control" and "What Have You Done for Me Lately". According to Denise Sheppard from Rolling Stone, it was "another crowd favorite; perhaps best dubbed as the 'bitter' portion of the night", also adding that "this performer - who has been performing onstage for twenty-eight years - knows what the crowd comes for and gives it to them in spades".{{cite magazine|last=Shppard|first=Denise|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ms-janet-jackson-gets-nasty-20010710|title=Ms. Janet Jackson Gets Nasty|date=July 10, 2001|access-date=June 5, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone}} The February 16, 2002 final date of the tour at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, was broadcast by HBO, and included a performance of it. This rendition was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, Janet: Live in Hawaii, in 2002.{{cite AV media notes |title=Janet: Live in Hawaii |others=Janet Jackson |year=2002|type=VHS, DVD |publisher=Eagle Rock Entertainment}}

On September 9, 2006, Jackson went to France to perform "Nasty" and new single "So Excited" at NRJ's Back to School concert, as part of promotion for her ninth studio album 20 Y.O..{{cite web|url=http://brownsista.com/janet-performing-at-the-nrj-back-to-school-concert-in-france/|title=Janet performing at the NRJ Back to School concert in France|date=September 10, 2006|access-date=August 16, 2014|website=Brown Sista}} While on The Oprah Winfrey Show, she was interviewed and performed both tracks again. The show aired on September 25, a day before 20 Y.O.{{'}}s release in the United States.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/In-Control/9|title=In Control|access-date=August 16, 2014|website=Oprah.com}} A few days later, the singer performed on Today{{'}}s Toyota Concert Series in Rockefeller Center, in New York City, to promote 20 Y.O. The setlist also included "So Excited" and "Call on Me".{{cite web|url=http://popdirt.com/janet-jackson-performs-on-today/53046/|title=Janet Jackson Performs On 'Today'|date=October 1, 2006|access-date=August 3, 2014|website=Popdirt}} For her first tour in six years, titled Rock Witchu Tour, Jackson performed "Nasty" as part of it.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/janet-jackson-ready-to-rock-witchu-again-1.761355 |title=Janet Jackson ready to Rock Witchu again - Arts & Entertainment |publisher=CBC News |date=2008-10-10 |access-date=2015-12-24}} Jackson made a surprise appearance on the ninth-season finale of American Idol in 2010 to perform a medley of "Nothing" and "Nasty" after joining the contestants to perform a rendition of her hit ballad "Again". She also sang it at Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, in July 2010, which she headlined.{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2010/07/janet-jackson-jumps-back-in-at-essence-music-festival/1#.U5zoFyh4O_I|title=Janet Jackson jumps back in at Essence Music Festival|date=July 3, 2010|access-date=June 16, 2014|last=Shriver|first=Jerry|work=USA Today}} It was also performed during her Number Ones: Up Close and Personal tour in 2011. John Soeder from Cleveland.com commented, "Yet the emphasis was on high-energy dance numbers, including 'Miss You Much,' 'Nasty,' 'When I Think of You' and other infectious blasts from the past, complete with pneumatic grooves and icy synthesizers. The net effect was akin to squeezing into an old pair of acid-washed jeans."{{cite web|author=John Soeder, The Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/popmusic/index.ssf/2011/08/janet_jackson_hurries_through.html |title=Janet Jackson hurries through her No. 1 hits at Jacobs Pavilion |work=The Plain Dealer |date=August 13, 2011 |access-date=2015-12-24}}{{cite web|last=Tracy |first=Liz |url=http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/crossfade/2011/12/janet_jackson_concert_review_number_ones_up_close_and_personal_tour.php |title=Janet Jackson Gets 100-Percent "Nasty" With Number Ones Tour at Fillmore Miami Beach |work=Miami New Times |date=2011-12-06 |access-date=2015-12-24}} It was also included on her 2015–2016 Unbreakable World Tour as the second song on the set list and as well on her current 2017-2019 State of the World Tour, it is the fourth song on the setlist. Jackson included the song at her 2019 Las Vegas residence Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis. It was also included on her special concert series "Janet Jackson: A Special 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rhythm Nation" in 2019.In 2023 Jackson performed the song on her Janet Jackson: Together Again tour.

Legacy

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In 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic included the song in his polka medley "Polka Party!" from his album of the same name.{{cite web|last=Yankovic |first=Alfred M. |title=Parodies & Polkas |url=http://www.weirdal.com/parodypolkas.htm |website=The Official "Weird Al" Yankovic Web Site |access-date=June 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113231432/http://www.weirdal.com/parodypolkas.htm |archive-date=January 13, 2007 }}

Britney Spears has paid homage to "Nasty" multiple times throughout her career; she performed live covers of "Nasty" and "Black Cat" on the "Baby One More Time Tour".[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgnGcFDVgWs "Nasty" - Live at "Baby One More Time Tour"] She also yelled "Stop!" in the single version of "(You Drive Me) Crazy", paying homage to Janet saying "Stop!" in the "Nasty" music video. The single version of the song, titled "The Stop! Remix", also references "Nasty". The chair routine in the song's music video pays homage to Jackson's "Miss You Much" video. Additionally, her single "Boys", released as the fourth single from her Britney album, references "Nasty" in the line "get nasty", with the song being described as "cut-rate '80s Janet Jackson" by Entertainment Weekly.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,183907~4~~britney,00.html|title=Britney (2001)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=David|last=Browne|access-date=2011-02-11|date=2001-11-12|archive-date=October 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011083722/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C183907~4~~britney%2C00.html|url-status=dead}} Spears also pays homage to the song in "Break the Ice", released as the third single from her fifth studio album Blackout, in the line "I like this part", which references Janet saying "I love this part" in "Nasty". Spears' official site said she was "stopping the song à la Janet Jackson to say, "I like this part. It feels kind of good."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571813/20071012/spears_britney.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013053751/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1571813/20071012/spears_britney.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 13, 2007|title=Britney Spears' New Album, Blackout: A Track-By-Track Report|date=2007-10-12|access-date=2010-02-06|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|publisher=MTV News}}{{cite news|url=http://www.britney.com/us/blog/week-1-break-ice-history|title=Week 1 - Break the Ice History - Britney.com|date=2010-03-12|access-date=2013-08-06|website=Britney.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130806235421/http://www.britney.com/us/blog/week-1-break-ice-history|archive-date=2013-08-06}} The opening scene of her "Ooh La La" video also pays homage to Jackson's "Nasty" video, with MSN Music saying, "The clip plays out like a more kid-friendly version of Janet Jackson's "Nasty" video, with Spears and her kids taking in a movie when mom is suddenly transported into the on-screen action."{{cite web|url=http://blogs.music.msn.ca/2013/07/britney-spears-debuts-ooh-la-la-music-video.html|title=Britney Spears debuts "Ooh La La" music video|website=MSN Music|date=July 11, 2013|access-date=July 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716035839/http://blogs.music.msn.ca/2013/07/britney-spears-debuts-ooh-la-la-music-video.html|archive-date=July 16, 2013}}

After Donald Trump referred to Hillary Clinton as "such a nasty woman" during the third Presidential debate of the 2016 US election cycle,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/10/20/trump-nasty-woman-janet-jackson|title=Trump's Nasty Woman Comment gets a Janet Jackson remix|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=October 20, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/10/20/498729702/-memeoftheweek-nasty-woman-donald-trump-hillary-clinton-and-janet-jackson|title=#MemeOfTheWeek: Nasty Woman, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton And Janet Jackson|publisher=NPR|access-date=2016-10-23}} the song rose up 250% as reported by streaming platform Spotify.{{cite web|last=Daville|first=Jordan|url=http://www.thefader.com/2016/10/20/spotify-janet-jacksons-nasty-trump-clinton|title=Spotify Streams Of Janet Jackson's "Nasty" Up 250% After Trump Calls Clinton "A Nasty Woman"|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=September 10, 2017|work=The Fader}}

Track listings

  • US, UK, and European 7-inch single

:A. "Nasty" (Edit of Remix) – 3:40

:B. "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" – 4:08

  • US and European 12-inch single / Australian limited-edition 12-inch single

:A1. "Nasty" (Extended) – 6:00

:B1. "Nasty" (Instrumental) – 4:00

:B2. "Nasty" (A Cappella) – 2:55

  • US and European 12-inch single – Cool Summer Mix Parts I and II

:A. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part I) – 7:57

:B. "Nasty" (Cool Summer Mix Part II) – 10:09

  • UK 12-inch single

:A1. "Nasty" (Extended) – 6:00

:B1. "Nasty" (Instrumental) – 4:00

:B2. "You'll Never Find (A Love Like Mine)" – 4:08

Personnel

  • Janet Jackson – vocals, background vocals, keyboards
  • Jerome Benton – vocals
  • Jimmy Jam – percussion, piano, drums, vocals
  • Jellybean Johnson – vocals
  • Terry Lewis – percussion, vocals

Accolades

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Organization

! Country

! Accolade

! Year

! Source

VH1

| United States

| 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years

| 2003

| {{Cite journal|author=Bootie Cosgrove-Mather|title=VH1's 100 Greatest Songs|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-songs/|publisher=CBS News|date=2003-06-10|access-date=2011-04-16}}

VH1

| United States

| 100 Greatest Songs of the 80s

| 2006

| {{cite web|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2006/vh180s.htm |title=VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's: 1-50 |website=Rock on the Net |access-date=2015-12-24}}

Rolling Stone

| United States

| 100 Greatest Pop Songs

|

Rolling Stone

| United States

| The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s

| 2023

| {{Cite web|author=Rob Sheffield|title=The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-80s-songs-1234876455/new-order-temptation-1234878378/|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=2023-11-23|access-date=2023-12-01}}

Charts

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scope="col"| Chart (1986)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |year=1993 |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |pages=150–151 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}

| 17

{{single chart|Austria|21|artist=Janet Jackson|song=Nasty|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}}
{{single chart|Flanders|4|artist=Janet Jackson|song=Nasty|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}}
scope="row"| Bolivia (UPI){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.cl/books?id=3E5cAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=las+canciones+mas+populares+en+latinoamerica+janet+jackson&article_id=1256,2793496&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjN17bRvveFAxXwLrkGHe8QBz8Q6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=las%20canciones%20mas%20populares%20en%20latinoamerica%20janet%20jackson&f=false |title=Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica |magazine=La Opinión |date=October 13, 1986 |page=3 |via=Google Books |access-date=2025-05-04}}

| 6

{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|8|chartid=0716|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}}
scope="row"| El Salvador (AP){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.cl/books?id=3k1fAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=Madonna&article_id=1018,4113930&hl=en-419&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=janet%20jackson&f=false |title=Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica |magazine=La Opinión |date=August 18, 1986 |page=7 |via=Google Books |access-date=2025-05-04}}

| 8

scope="row"| Europe (European Hot 100 Singles){{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1986/M&M-1986-08-02.pdf |title=European Hot 100 Singles |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=30/31 |date=August 2, 1986 |page=13 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}

| 22

scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}

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{{single chart|Ireland2|20|song=Nasty|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|5|week=33|year=1986|rowheader=true|access-date=August 3, 2017}}
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{{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|1|artist=Janet Jackson|rowheader=true|access-date=March 30, 2017}}
scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/19860726.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles – Week ending July 26, 1986 |work=Cash Box |access-date=February 16, 2020}}

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"| Chart (1986)

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scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1986&cat=s |title=Jaaroverzichten 1986 – Singles |language=nl |publisher=Ultratop |access-date=August 3, 2017}}

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scope="row"| Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0760&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0760.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0760 |title=Top 100 Singles of '86 |magazine=RPM |volume=45 |issue=14 |date=December 27, 1986 |page=5 |issn=0315-5994 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}

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scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1986 |title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1986 |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Top 40 |access-date=August 3, 2017}}

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scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1986&cat=s |title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1986 |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=August 3, 2017}}

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scope="row"| US Billboard Hot 100{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/hot-100-songs |title=Hot 100 Songs – Year-End 1986 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 16, 2020}}

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scope="row"| US Dance Club Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/dance-club-songs |title=Dance Club Songs – Year-End 1986 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216223230/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/dance-club-songs |archive-date=February 16, 2020}}

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scope="row"| US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA14 |title=1986 The Year in Music & Video – Top Dance Sales Singles/Albums |magazine=Billboard |volume=98 |issue=52 |date=27 December 1986 |page=Y-26 |issn=0006-2510 |via=Google Books}}

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scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1986/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs |title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1986 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=February 16, 2020}}

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scope="row"| US Cash Box Top 100{{cite web |url=https://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1986YESP.html |title=The Cash Box Year-End Charts: 1986 – Top 100 Pop Singles |work=Cash Box |date=December 27, 1986 |access-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-date=January 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200130165601/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/80s_files/1986YESP.html |url-status=dead }}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Janet Jackson|title=Nasty|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=1986|date=September 23, 1986|access-date=January 10, 2015}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Janet Jackson|title=Nasty|award=Platinum|type=single|relyear=1986|certyear=2022|date=November 14, 2022|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

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See also

References

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