It was further promoted with the Number Ones, Up Close and Personal tour in 2011, which visited North America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa.

Following this, "Make Me" was released on Jackson's official website as an audio stream for those who joined the site's e-mail newsletter.

[4] In October 2009, Universal Music Enterprises issued a press release stating "Make Me" would be included on Jackson's second greatest hits album, comprising 33 of her global number-one singles.

To celebrate the release of Number Ones, Universal Music Group and Flash Mob America organized three fan gatherings in Los Angeles on November 14.

The tour took an organic and intimate approach, excluding the elaborate theatrics and pyrotechnics her concerts have become infamous for, focusing on her musicality and choreography.

[14] In April, Jackson extended the tour's North American and European legs into the fall due to massive sellouts.

The song was presented as an audio stream to those who joined her official mailing list in September, and was later released for digital download.

Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine gave the album four-and-a-half stars, commenting "that the songs on Janet Jackson's first-ever comprehensive hits collection, Number Ones, have been sequenced in chronological order only magnifies the impact she had on late-'80s and early-'90s pop, when she helped define the sound of Top 40 radio along with the likes of Madonna, Prince, and her brother Michael.

"[27] Andy Kellman of AllMusic remarked: "Say what you want about Janet peaking with Jam & Lewis during the latter half of the '80s—to be fair, the argument is valid—but she did rack up a career's worth of solid hits during the years that followed.

Even if they were not as sonically innovative and lacked the same amount of pop appeal of the Control/Rhythm Nation-era singles, they clearly made a significant impact and have aged well.

"[25] Val Christopher of Rockstar Weekly commented, "A look back at Jackson's storied career provides more than ample reason for her being one of the world's most recognizable people.