... Baby One More Time (song)

... Baby One More Time
Britney Spears
publication	September 30, 1998
length	3:30 min.
Genre (s)	Dance pop , teen pop
Author (s)	Max Martin
Publisher (s)	Music sales
album	... Baby One More Time

... Baby One More Time ( English for: ... Baby One More Time ") is a song by American pop - singer Britney Spears from her eponymous debut album . The piece was written by Max Martin .

The track was released on October 13, 1998 by Jive Records as a single in the United States and in the spring of 1999 worldwide. The song, the lyrics and Spears itself attracted attention and discussed in the mass media . The play was a worldwide success and the breakthrough for Spears. The singer was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category "Best Female Vocal Performance" with her most successful single to date .

Background and content

After Spears signed a record deal with Jive Records, she flew to Sweden in the spring of 1998 to work with Martin, Denniz PoP , Rami and other producers. Martin originally wrote the track Hit Me Baby One More Time for TLC, but the song was not recorded with the American pop trio because TLC had already finished work on their third studio album, FanMail . Martin then offered the song to Spears and her management. Spears later stated that she knew this song was going to be a hit. After the recording, Spears said, “I didn't feel comfortable in the studio on the first day, I was just too nervous. So I went outside and had fun. The next day everything was much better and I felt good and thought, now I'll take on ... Baby One More Time . ”The original opening words“ Hit Me ”were deleted before the release and replaced by the ellipse . Thus the song title "... Baby One More Time" was created.

In terms of content, the song is about a fading love. Spears said, “It's a song any girl can relate to. She wants her boyfriend back. ”The song has a high recognition value due to the beginning“ Oh baby baby ” . Spears also used this stylistic device for other of her recordings, for example Oops! … I Did It Again and If U Seek Amy . The text was controversial in the United States , mainly because of the words "hit me baby one more time," whose sadomasochistic connotation has been speculated.

reception

criticism

Amanda Murray of Sputnikmusic called the track “undoubtedly the highlight of this album. It's well composed, tightly arranged, and even with Spears' vocal limitations, it's right for the proverbial pop throat. For Murray the song was a highlight for pop music. She underlined, "There is no doubt that ... Baby One More Time will be seen as a milestone in pop music in general for a long time, and that it is a strong contender for the prototype of the pop resurrection in the late 90s." Beth Entertainment Weekly's Johnson called it "Candy Pop with a Funk Style." Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic thought the song was "awesome", Barry Walters compared the song on Rolling Stone with previous hits by Samantha Fox and wrote that the song effectively transformed "this ex-mouse keteer from a small town in Louisiana into a lolita-like purring dynamo" have. Blender's Brian Raftery called ... Baby One More Time a “perfect, cleverly crafted pop tune. […] At the time, Teenpop was still a boys' event, but while the boys were still buzzing over swarms , Spears was already planning the overnight break ”.

… Baby One More Time earned Spears her first Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Vocal Performance. The song also won a number of other music awards, including the Teen Choice Award for "Single of the Year" and an MTV Europe Music Award for "Best Song".

Commercial win

The song was officially broadcast to US radio stations on October 23, 1998. On November 21, 1998 … Baby One More Time debuted at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at number one around two and a half months later, solving Have You Ever ? from the singer Brandy . Meanwhile, the song became a number one hit in Canada as well . The song stayed at the top of the Hot 100 Singles Sales for four weeks , earning it a platinum award from the Recording Industry Association of America . The radio stations ... Baby One More Time was also played very often, so Spears also landed a top ten hit at number 8 on the Hot 100 Airplay Charts . The hit also reached number one in the Top 40 Radio Charts and made it into the Top Ten of the Top 40 Tracks and in the Rhythmic Top 40 Charts . Finally, the title was number one in the mainstream Top 40 charts for five weeks . ... Baby One More Time stayed on the Billboard Hot 100 for a total of 42 weeks and reached number 5 in the annual hit parade of Billboard magazine.

The song reached the top of the charts in every European country. It reached the top of the European charts for ten weeks, stayed at number 1 on the French charts for two weeks , where the title was awarded platinum with 500,000 copies sold. In Germany led ... Baby One More Time for six weeks the German single charts at. For over 750,000 singles sold in Germany, the title was awarded gold three times by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry . In the UK , according to Spears' record label Jive Records, the single sold over 250,000 copies in just three days. With more than 460,000 singles sold, Spears broke the record for the most sales in a week of singles by a female artist. In total, 1.45 million copies of the single were sold in the UK, making it the best-selling single of the year and one of the 25 best-selling singles in the UK. On March 26, 1999, the song went platinum twice in the UK. Spears became one of the few artists who succeeded in selling more than a million singles with a single title in Great Britain; the others are Kylie Minogue , Whitney Houston , Cher , Celine Dion , Whigfield , Jennifer Rush and, after her, Alexandra Burke .

... Baby One More Time entered the Australian charts at number 20 and one month later reached number 1, where the title stayed for nine weeks. The song was released in Australia behind Lou Bega's Mambo No. 5 was the second best-selling single of 1999 and was awarded three platinum awards for over 210,000 records sold. In New Zealand , the song spent four weeks at # 1 and went platinum for over 15,000 singles sold.

Music video

The music video was shot on August 7th and 8th, 1998 in Los Angeles ; the Director led Nigel Dick. He was criticized by colleagues for his collaboration with Spears after the video was finished. He said: “It's a great song. I don't know about Britney. I never went to the Mickey Mouse Club . She looks like a nice kid and she is very enthusiastic, but I just love the song. It's just a great song ”.

The video turned out completely different than it was originally planned. It was supposed to be filmed in a cartoon style to appeal to more younger viewers. However, Spears was unhappy about it. She said she wanted a video that reflected the lives of the fans and that the content of the video should be set in a school . Spears explained her idea to Dick and that she wanted a video with a dance routine.

Dick's original idea for Spears' outfit was based on jeans and a t-shirt , but Spears opted for a school uniform . Dick said that “All of the clothes in the video are from Kmart , and I said I didn't want any clothes in the video that are more than $ 17 . It's much more real like that. ”Spears said,“ The outfits looked too childish so I thought, 'Take off your shirt and be cool' ”. Speaking of the first music video experience, Spears said, “It was a wonderful experience. All these people there who work with you and only want the best for you. I had my own trailer. It was a wonderful experience ”. The music video was recorded at Venice High School , the same school that was used for the film Grease .

The video begins with a bored Spears in a class at a Catholic school. Her assistant Felicia Culotta played the role of Spears' teacher . As the bell rings, Spears walks out of the classroom into the school hall and begins her dance choreography. After that, Spears is outside in sportswear . Spears does gymnastics with other students before she goes back to school. Then she sits in the gymnasium grandstand and watches a basketball game . Their crush sits in the stands next to Spears, played by Spears' cousin Chad. After this short segment, Spears begins her final dance scene and the video ends with a daydream  - Spears is back in her class.

influence

The music video for … Baby One More Time helped Spears become a superstar.

In 1999, Spears received her first MTV Video Music Award nominations for Best Pop Video, Best New Artist, and Best Female Video for her music video for ... Baby One More Time . In a list compiled by VH1 in 2001 , the music video was ranked number 9 of the best music videos of all time. The video was the first of 14 others on MTV's TRL series . The final episode aired a three-hour documentary about the music video on November 16, 2009, ... Baby One More Time was # 1 for Best Music Video of All Time and the last to air on that show. On MTV Latin America, the video was ranked # 7 of the Most Viewed MTV Videos and # 3 in the Top 100 Pop Videos behind Madonna's Like a Virgin and Michael Jackson's Billie Jean .

Wesley Yang compared the music video to Britny Fox 's Girlschool music video because it “is also in a Catholic school. [...] But that was the hottest video by a terrible hair metal band. Britney Spears was an important point in today's culture. "

The music video was recreated in Spears' 2009 single If U Seek Amy . After she comes outside, however, she wears a dress and her daughter wears a school uniform.

Cover versions

… Baby One More Time has been covered by numerous artists since its release , including Brainshake , Intwine , Kevorkian , PT Grimm and the Dead Puppies , Jenny Owen Youngs , Neil Sahgal , Annie Bethancourt . Furthermore:

• One of the earliest covers was made by the Scottish band Travis and was recorded during one of their The Bay Tavern concerts in North Yorkshire . The song was later included on their 1999 single release Turn . Singer Francis Healey said: “We played it for fun the first time. And while we were playing it, the ironic grin disappeared from my face. It's a very well done song. It just has that certain something. ” The Guardian said this version shows a new and“ dark ”side of the band. PopWreckoning.com called it "perhaps the best cover of a Britney Spears song". Spears heard the song while shopping in the mall and said, “It was awesome. I liked it and thought it was cool. It was very different from my version ”.
• The Swedish heavy metal band Black Ingvars covered the title on their 2000 album Kids Superhits .
• The German a cappella group Wise Guys sang a (sometimes deliberately literally translated) German cover under the title Schlag mich Baby again .
• In the same year the British death metal cover band Ten Masked Men covered the song on their album Return of the Ten Masked Men .
• A cover version by Ahmet Zappa and Dweezil Zappa was the soundtrack to the film Ready to Rumble in 2000.
• In 2003 the American pop-punk band Bowling for Soup covered the song as the soundtrack for the remake of Freaky Friday and commented that their version was "really rocky, [...] not the kind of songs we normally do".
• In July 2005 the Dresden Dolls played a cover version during their summer concerts in the opening act for Panic! at the disco . On July 18, 2006, the group played the song in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . PopWreckoning.com said the cover version was "the complete opposite of Britney's version." On November 29, 2008, Spears sang Womanizer on Season 5 of The X Factor , and the band JLS then played a cover version of "... Baby One More Time".
• In 2005 the power pop band Fountains of Wayne covered the song for their album Out-of-State Plates . Robert Christgau of The Village Voice called the song a "kitschy cover version of the original".
• Also in 2005, the song was sung in the final on the Australian Idol show by runner-up Emily Williams.
• Japanese pop singer Shiori Takei covered the song for her 2005 album The Note of My Nineteen Years .
• The 2009 compilation Punk Goes Pop 2 by Fearless Records included a cover version of August Burns Red and one of Spears' hit Toxic by A Static Lullaby . Both cover versions received negative reviews.

reception

... Baby One More Time was listed at # 25 on the best pop songs since 1963, the list was published by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000. Blender lists the song at # 5 in the 500 best songs of all time. The song was listed at # 17 in the Best Songs of the 90s list, taken from VH1 and on a 2003 list where it was ranked 28th of the 100 Best Songs of the Last 25 Years.

In April 2005, British television aired a series called Hit Me Baby One More Time , hosted by Vernon Kay. In 2008, the South Korean girl group Jewelry had a hit called One More Time , which features the lyrics to ... Baby One More Time .

... Baby One More Time is featured on Spears' computer game Britney Dance Beats . A cover version is included on the game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 , as well as in Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore .

For the Bravo Hits 100 release , fans were asked to sort through the 100 greatest hits since the first compilation was released. The two-hour countdown ran on February 17, 2018 on RTL and produced ... Baby One More Time as the winner.

Charts

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (22 weeks)	22nd
Austria (Ö3)	1 (21 weeks)	21st
Switzerland (IFPI)	1 (26 weeks)	26th
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (23 weeks)	23
United States (Billboard)	1 (32 weeks)	32

Annual charts

country	placement
Austria	3
Germany	3
Switzerland	3
United Kingdom	1
United States	5

Best songs ever

country	placement
United Kingdom	25th

Sales figures

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Belgium (BEA)	3 × platinum	150,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
France (SNEP)	platinum	500,000
Italy (FIMI)	gold	25,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	75,000
Norway (IFPI)	2 × platinum	20,000
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	50,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	1,800,000
All in all	2 × gold 18 × platinum	4,645,000

Main article: Britney Spears / Music Sales Awards

Awards

year	show	Award	result
1999	Teen Choice Awards	"Single of the Year"	Won
1999	MTV Video Music Awards	"Best Female Video"	Nominated
1999	MTV Video Music Awards	"Best Pop Video"	Nominated
1999	MTV Video Music Awards	"Best Choreography in a Video"	Nominated
1999	France Mellier M6 Awards	"Premier Clip Award"	Won
1999	Music Week Awards	"Highest Selling Singles Artist in the UK"	Won
1999	MTV Europe Music Awards	"Best Song"	Won
2000	Grammy Awards	"Best Female Pop Vocal Performance"	Nominated

Web links

• … Baby One More Time at Discogs
• Official music video on YouTube

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