Editing Control (Janet Jackson song) (section)

==Live performances==
Jackson has performed the song on many of her tours, excluding the [[Janet World Tour]]. It opened her first concert tour [[Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour]] in 1990. It began with Jackson rising out of the floor perched upon a steel lift that resembled an oil rig. As she rose through the fog, she started singing the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-03-02/news/9001270289_1_rhythm-nation-janet-jackson-tour|title=Jackson's Action Turns Miami Into Rhythm City|work=Sun Sentinel|access-date=2014-07-05|archive-date=2014-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150500/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-03-02/news/9001270289_1_rhythm-nation-janet-jackson-tour|url-status=dead}}</ref> The song was performed during a "frenzied" medley of "Control" "The Pleasure Principle", "Nasty" and "Throb" on [[The Velvet Rope Tour]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/live-report-janet-jackson-19980710#ixzz36YW3u0JD|title=Live Report: Janet Jackson|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=10 July 1998}}</ref> The medley at the October 11, 1998, show at the [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York City was broadcast during a special titled ''The Velvet Rope: Live in Madison Square Garden'' by [[HBO]]. It was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, ''[[The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert]]'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=[[The Velvet Rope Tour: Live in Concert]] |others=[[Janet Jackson]] |year=1999|type=Laserdisc, VHS, DVD |publisher=[[Eagle Rock Entertainment]]}}</ref> During the [[All for You Tour]] (2001–2002), "[[What Have You Done for Me Lately]]" was performed in a re-worked version, during a medley with "Control" and "Nasty". According to Denise Sheppard from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', it was "another crowd favorite; perhaps best dubbed as the "bitter" portion of the night", also adding that "this performer - who has been performing onstage for twenty-eight years - knows what the crowd comes for and gives it to them in spades".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ms-janet-jackson-gets-nasty-20010710#ixzz36YLGYCUk|title=Ms. Janet Jackson Gets Nasty|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=10 July 2001}}</ref> The February 16, 2002 final date of the tour at the [[Aloha Stadium]] in [[Hawaii]], was broadcast by HBO, and included a performance of it. This rendition was also added to the setlist at its DVD release, ''[[Janet: Live in Hawaii]]'', in 2002.<ref name="mdnavid">{{cite AV media notes |title=[[Janet: Live in Hawaii]] |others=[[Janet Jackson]] |year=2002|type=VHS, DVD |publisher=[[Eagle Rock Entertainment]]}}</ref>

On December 4, 2006, Jackson opened the [[2006 Billboard Music Awards|''Billboard'' Music Awards]] with a medley of past singles "Control" and "[[The Pleasure Principle (song)|The Pleasure Principle]]" and new single "[[So Excited (Janet Jackson song)|So Excited]]", accompanied by black and red-clad dancers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061202/ent/ent1.html |title=Janet Jackson to perform at Billboard Music Awards |website=Jamaica Gleaner News |date=December 2, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223905/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061202/ent/ent1.html |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fA4EAAAAMBAJ&q=janet+jackson+so+excited+billboard+awards&pg=PA34|title=Billboard|date=16 December 2006}}</ref> 
For her first tour in seven years, the [[Rock Witchu Tour]] in 2008, she chose to open the show a medley with "The Pleasure Principle", "Control" and "What Have You Done for Me Lately". After an interlude, Jackson made her entrance amid fireworks and theatrical smoke to perform the medley, while donning a [[Mohawk hairstyle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsok.com/janet-jackson-concert-review/article/3815999|title=Janet Jackson concert review|work=NewsOK.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/64104/janet-jackson-resumes-rockin-witchu|title=Janet Jackson Resumes Rockin' Witchu|date=16 October 2008}}</ref> While promoting her second greatest hits album ''[[Number Ones (Janet Jackson album)|Number Ones]]'', the singer performed an eight-minute medley of six songs during the [[American Music Awards of 2009]]. It included "Control", "[[Miss You Much]]", "What Have You Done for Me Lately", "[[If (Janet Jackson song)|If]]", "[[Make Me (Janet Jackson song)|Make Me]]", and finished with "[[Together Again (Janet Jackson song)|Together Again]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janetjackson.com/story/all/janet-opens-the-american-music-awards|title=Janet Opens the American Music Awards|date=November 27, 2009|access-date=June 16, 2014|website=JanetJackson.com|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714114244/http://www.janetjackson.com/story/all/janet-opens-the-american-music-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1626828/janet-jackson-kicks-off-american-music-awards-with-energetic-medley/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715072416/http://www.mtv.com/news/1626828/janet-jackson-kicks-off-american-music-awards-with-energetic-medley/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 15, 2014|title=Janet Jackson Kicks Off American Music Awards With Energetic Medley|date=November 22, 2009|access-date=June 15, 2014|publisher=MTV News. Viacom}}</ref> She also included the song on the [[Number Ones: Up Close and Personal]] tour (2011), the [[Unbreakable World Tour (Janet Jackson tour)|Unbreakable World Tour]] (2015–2016), and the [[State of the World Tour]] (2017–2019). Jackson included the song at her 2019 Las Vegas residence [[Janet Jackson: Metamorphosis]]. It was also included on her special concert series [[Janet Jackson: A Special 30th Anniversary Celebration of Rhythm Nation]] in 2019. In 2023 Jackson performed the song on her [[Janet Jackson: Together Again]] tour.