DEF: Janet Jackson “What Have You Done for Me Lately”

Janet Jackson‘s third studio album, Control, was her first major success as a recording artist, and the word “success” may be an understatement. The album produced Jackson’s first six Top 10 hits on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart, the first five of which reached the Top 5. It all started with “What Have You Done for Me Lately,” which on this date in 1986, climbed to a peak position of number 4. “What Have You Done for Me Lately” by Janet Jackson is today’s Daily Eighties Flashback.