Nasty (Janet Jackson song)  "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 first and last 30 seconds incorporate the emphases from "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" but in a different key. 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. 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, and number six on "LA Weekly"s Best Pop Songs in Music History by a Female. It has been included in each of Jackson's greatest hits albums: "" (1995), "Number Ones" (2009) and "" (2010). Britney Spears covers a medley of Janet Jackson's hits, including "Nasty", and "Black Cat", during her ...Baby One More Time Tour, and has paid homage to the song and video several times. The song appears in video games "DJ Hero 2", "Dance Central 2" (as DLC), and Lips (as DLC). After arranging a recording contract with A&M Records in 1982 for a then-16-year-old Janet, her father Joseph Jackson oversaw the entire production of her debut album, "Janet Jackson", and its follow-up, "Dream Street" (1984). 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. Amidst her professional struggles, she rebelled against her family's wishes by marrying James DeBarge of the family recording group DeBarge in 1984.