In 2009 , the 26th Annual MTV Video Music Awards were held a few months after Jackson 's brother Michael Jackson died on June 25 , 2009 . The awards dedicated the night to her brother with a retro-music video montage , and American singer Madonna opened the show with a speech about Jackson . Additionally , Janet Jackson made an appearance to perform the 1995 song " Scream " . Following the awards show on September 13 , 2009 , a song titled " Make Me " was released on Jackson 's official website as an audio stream for those who joined the site 's e-mail newsletter . On September 22 , it was released as a digital download for purchase . Although claims were made that " Make Me " is a tribute song to Michael 's 1979 single " Do n't Stop 'Til You Get Enough " , Jackson later stated in an interview with Ryan Seacrest it is not , despite the similarity of the lyrics in the song 's outro . " Make Me " was written by Janet Jackson , Rodney " Darkchild " Jerkins , Thomas Lumpkins , and Michaela Shiloh . Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers have also been credited as the song samples Fonzi Thornton 's song " I Work For A Livin ' " , written and produced by them for the 1982 '' Soup For One '' motion picture soundtrack . Darkchild , who produced music from Jackson 's tenth studio album '' Discipline '' ( 2008 ) , co-produced the song with her . He reported to MTV that he had been working on new material with Jackson since her departure from Island Records in September 2008 . Of the new material , he commented , " It 's about dancing ... It 's all about her . It 's about saying , ' Listen , if you really want to get with me , you got ta make me feel a certain way ' ... We 're going back to basics and fundamental sounds of Janet . We 're trying to target her fans by making the records that her fans will embrace . " In October 2009 , Universal Music Enterprises issued a press release stating " Make Me " would be included in Jackson 's second greatest hits album , '' Number Ones '' , a compilation of her 33 global number one singles
26th Annual MTV Video Music Awards
2009 MTV Video Music Awards
Make Me (Janet Jackson song)