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What Have You Done for Me Lately

Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

What Have You Done for Me Lately is a Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Prince and The Time. Those roots explain a lot about how What Have You Done for Me Lately arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into TLC, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 3 connections around What Have You Done for Me Lately, reaching back through Prince and forward to TLC. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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"What Have You Done for Me Lately" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her third studio album, Control (1986). Jackson co-wrote the song with its producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. It was released January 13, 1986, by A&M Records as the album's lead single. After two unsuccessful albums and a management change, the singer began developing a new album. "What Have You Done for Me Lately" was penned for one of Jam and Lewis's own records, but the lyrics were rewritten to convey Jackson's feelings about her recent separation from James DeBarge in January 1985. It revolves around a woman's frustration with her partner in a relationship.

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What Have You Done for Me Lately grew out of Prince and The Time, went on to shape TLC. 3 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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