In the US the song was released as a radio-only single , and was therefore ineligible to chart on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 and Hot R&B / Hip-Hop Songs . However , it peaked at number five on the US '' Billboard '' Hot 100 Airplay and number nine on the Hot Dance Club Songs charts . Author Fred Bronson noted it likely would have been the album 's eighth top ten hit if a commercial product had been distributed . In Australia , the song received a commercial release , and peaked at number 94 on the ARIA Singles Chart in July 1991 . Jackson has performed the song on two of her tours , the Rhythm Nation World Tour and on her State of the World Tour in 2017 , with it being the last number of the show in its 2018 leg.Jackson also included the song on her 2019 Las Vegas Residency Janet Jackson : Metamorphosis
Rhythm Nation World Tour
Rhythm Nation World Tour 1990
State of the World (song)