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Control by Janet Jackson is featured in Hold on to Sixteen, the eighth episode of Season Three. It is sung by the New Directions.

The song is sung by the New Directions at Sectionals 2011 as the second number of their Jackson Medley. Quinn opens the number, while Artie and Blaine lead the rest of the song with the New Directions as backup. It is preceded by ABC and followed by Man in the Mirror, ending the setlist. 

Lyrics

Quinn:
This is a story about control
My control
Control of what I say
Control of what I do
And this time I'm gonna do it my way
I hope you enjoyed this as much as I do
Are you ready?
I am
'Cause it's all about control
And I've got lots of it

Blaine:
When I was seventeen, I did what people told me, uh
I did what my father said, and let my mother mold me
But that was a long ago
I'm in

Quinn with New Directions:
Control (Artie: Never gonna stop)
Control (Blaine: To get what I want)
Control (Artie: I've got to have a lot)
Control (Blaine: And now I'm all grown up)

Artie:
First time I fell in love
I didn't know what hit me

Artie with New Directions:
So young and so naive
I thought it would be easy

Artie:
But now I know I've got to take

Quinn with New Directions:
Control (Blaine: Now I've got a lot, ow)
Control (Artie: To get what I want, uh)
Control (Blaine: And never gonna stop)
Control (Artie: And now I'm all grown up)

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
Jam, wooh wooh

Artie:
Rebel, that's right
I'm on my own, I'll call my own shots
Thank you

Blaine:
Got my own mind
I wanna make my own (with Artie and New Directions: decisions)
When it has to do with (with New Directions: my life, my life)

Artie:
I wanna be the one in control
So let me take you by the hand
And lead you on this dance, ah

Blaine:
'Cause what I got is because I took a chance

Artie with New Directions:
I don't wanna rule the world
Just wanna run my life

New Directions:
Ooh

Blaine:
So make your life a little easier
When you get the chance just take

Blaine with New Directions:
Control, ooh ooh (Artie: Now I've got a lot)
(with Artie: Ooh)

Quinn with New Directions:
Control (Blaine: To get what I want, ow)
Control (Artie: I'm never gonna stop)
Control

Artie and Blaine:
Now I'm all grown up, wooh (New Directions: Uh)

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
Free-ee at last

Blaine:
Out here on my own

Artie:
Ooh, ooh, ooh, yeah

Artie and Blaine with New Directons:
Hee

Artie and Blaine:
Now control this

Blaine:
Uh

Artie:
'Cause I've got my own mind

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
Gonna make my own decisions

Artie:
When it has to do with my life

Blaine:
I wanna be the one in control

Artie and Blaine with New Directions:
I'm in control (Blaine: Uh)
I'm in control (Artie: Ah)
I'm in control (Blaine: Uh)
I'm in control (Artie: Ah)

Trivia

  • This is the first New Directions' competition song on which Blaine has a solo.

Errors

  • When Blaine is singing at the beginning his jacket goes from being unbuttoned to buttoned back to being unbuttoned, all in the span of about 15 seconds.
  • During the performance a camera man can be seen. Source

Gallery

Videos

Janet_Jackson_-_Control

Janet Jackson - Control

GLEE_-_Control_(Full_Performance)_(Official_Music_Video)

GLEE - Control (Full Performance) (Official Music Video)

Glee_-_Control

Glee - Control

Glee_-_Control_(Acapella)

Glee - Control (Acapella)

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