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"Alright"
American 12" maxi single cover
Single by Janet Jackson from the album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
A-side	"Alright" (7" R&B Mix)
B-side	"Alright" (7" Remix)
Released	March 1990 (U.S.) June 1990 (UK) 1996 (AUS re-release)
Format	7" single, 12" maxi single
Genre	R&B, dance-pop, funk
Length	6:26
Label	A&M
Writer	Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Producer	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Janet Jackson singles chronology
"Escapade" (1990) "Alright" (1990) "Come Back to Me" (1990)
Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 track listing
"Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make)" (11) "Alright" (12) "Escapade" (14)
Design of a Decade 1986/1996 track listing
"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (7) "Alright" (8) "Control" (9)
Alternate covers
British cover
European 7" single cover

"Alright" is the fourth single from American R&B/pop singer Janet Jackson's fourth studio album, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

"Alright" samples Lyn Collins' 1972 single "Think (About It)". The song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and number one on the Hot Dance Club Play . While it was to become the only single of the seven released off the Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 album to not hit the top two on the Billboard Hot 100, it became the fourth consecutive single off the album to reach number one on the dance chart, helping Jackson break a record set by Madonna. Jackson received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" for "Alright". The UK 7" single contains the Spanish-sung track "Vuelve a Mi" ("Come Back to Me") on various versions.

The video to the song, which was styled to resemble a 1930's musical, featured Cyd Charisse, The Nicholas Brothers and Cab Calloway in one of his last on-screen appearances. The video begins with Jackson and two male dancers in flashy suits sitting on a bench. A paperboy throws newspapers on them. They wake up and read the frontpage of the newspaper. They find out Cab Calloway is in town. Jackson and her dancers take a cross town journey to Cab Calloway's movie premiere "Alright". At the premiere, Jackson, her dancers, and Calloway fans wait for Calloway to make his grand entrance. Jackson imagines herself as Calloway's guest and gets pushed on to the red carpet. Calloway takes her hand and helps her up. Jackson and her dancers get in Calloway's limo. They arrive at large dance out in the middle of a street. Jackson and her dancers climb on the back of a car and Jackson notices her watch is missing. They get off the car and are sprayed by a street cleaning truck. They sit on the bench. Later that night, Jackson and her dancers are homeless people asleep on the bench—revealing the video to have been a dream. Cab Calloway, in the meantime, walks to the bench and places Jackson's watch in her hand. He sneaks away saying, "Alright". There is also an extended version that features rapper Heavy D. Jackson won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Music Video. Tevin Campbell also appears in the video.

The video is similar in to that of "When I Think of You", which had the same video director.

MTV's first ever Icon paid tribute to Janet Jackson. During the ceremony, singer Usher paid tribute to Jackson by be re-enacting the sidewalk bench routine from the "Alright" music video.

On May 24, 2007, the video was added to iTunes.

• Album Version (6:26)
• Design of a Decade Edit (4:38)
• A capella (3:26)
• 7" Remix (4:38)
• 7" Remix w/ rap ft. Heavy D (4:35)
• 7" R&B Mix w/o rap (4:34)
• 7" R&B Mix w/ rap ft. Heavy D (4:53)
• 7" House Mix w/o rap (4:21)
• 7" House Mix w rap ft. Heavy D (4:59)
• 12" R&B Mix w/o rap (7:19)
• 12" R&B Mix w/ rap ft. Heavy D (7:20)
• 12" House Mix w/o rap (7:12)
• 12" House Mix w/ rap ft. Heavy D (8:30)
• House Dub (5:58)
• Hip Hop Mix Edit ft. Heavy D (5:11)
• Hip Hop Mix ft. Heavy D (7:24)
• Hip House Dub (6:40)
• House Mix (9:10)
• House Mix Edit (5:03)

• CJ Radio (3:40)
• CJ Extended Mix (6:32)
• Tee's Club Mix (6:19)
• Tee's Beats (3:24)