The song's slow tempo fused R&B, pop, funk and soul music with flourishes of down-tempo and hip hop music.
"That's the Way Love Goes" is one of Jackson's biggest hits in the United States.
It was one of the longest-reigning hits of 1993, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for eight weeks.
It is the longest running number-one single of any member of the Jackson family on the Hot 100.
It topped the Hot 100 Airplay for ten weeks, as well as spending multiple weeks at number one on several of Billboard's other component charts.