"Doesn't Really Matter" is a song recorded by American
R&B-pop singer Janet Jackson for the soundtrack to the 2000
film
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Released as a single in
July 2000, the track later appeared on Jackson's seventh studio
album,
All for You(2001).
The song was the lead single from the Universal Pictures
film
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, in which Jackson
co-starred with actor Eddie Murphy. It became Jackson's ninth
number one on the Hot 100 and first in the 2000s, staying atop
for three weeks, and also making Jackson the first artist in
history to score number-one singles in the '80s, '90s, and
'00s. An alternate mix of the song was later included on
Jackson's seventh studio album, 2001's
All for You. Jackson performed this version at the 2000
MTV Video Music Awards. The song was used in the dance video
game
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNova, and was covered in
Japanese by Hitomi Shimatani and re-titled "Papillon"
(Jackson's character's name). Jackson performed the song on her
All for You Tour and Rock Witchu Tour.
The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, shows Jackson in
an abstract anime-based, futuristic Japan, featuring an AIBO
dog, morphing clothes, levitating platforms, and a futuristic
Acura vehicle. Also, behind her and her dancers screens show
various scenes from the Dreamcast games
Jet Grind Radioand
Shenmue. It was featured on MTV's
Making the Videoon June 28, 2000. The video was only
available on the enhanced CD single, and on the
Nutty Professor IIDVD as part of an extra feature. It
was not released on any of Jackson's video compilations. Janet
Jackson discovered the lyrics in a notebook she found lying
around. She thought it would go well with the movie. She didn't
change anything about the song except the beat. The lyrics
stayed the same. The music video was featured on a VHS release
on
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.