Hold It Against Me

Hold It Against Me
Britney Spears
publication	February 18, 2011 (CD)
length	3:49 min.
Genre (s)	Dance pop
Author (s)	Max Martin, Lukasz Gottwald, Bonnie McKee, Mathieu Jomphe
album	Femme Fatale

Hold It Against Me (English for "There I resent.") Is a song by American pop - singer Britney Spears and the first single from her seventh studio album Femme Fatale . It was created by Max Martin and Dr. Luke wrote and produced. After a demo version of the song appeared on the Internet, the finished version was released on January 10, 2011. Hold It Against Me consists of a dubstep- influenced breakdown and a final chorus with elements of rave . The lyrics describe how the singer seduces someone on the dance floor. The accompanying music video was shot on January 22nd and 23rd, 2011 and released on February 17th, 2011. Before that, the song had already sold over a million times worldwide within three weeks without a promotion or video.

background

Hold It Against Me was created by Dr. Luke and Max Martin wrote and produced. After rumors of the lyrics to a song called Don't Hold It Against Me surfaced, Dr. Luke on December 9, 2010 in his Twitter account: “I / we have never written a song called 'Don't Hold It Against Me', […]. We wrote 'Hold It Against Me', but the song text that came up is not from this song. ”The first release date was mentioned by several news agencies as January 7th, 2011, but this was confirmed as incorrect by Spears' manager Adam Leber. On January 6th, an early demo of the track sung by Bonnie McKee was posted on the Internet. On the same day, Spears released the single cover and commented on Twitter, “I heard that an early version of my new single was leaked. If you think it's good, better wait until you hear the right one on Tuesday (January 11, 2011). ” Ryan Seacrest , presenter at KIIS-FM Los Angeles, played the song on January 10, 2011 for the first time his live broadcast. Due to the radio premiere, several Internet sites crashed due to the great demand for information about the song. Hold It Against Me was officially released as a download on iTunes on January 11, 2011 at 12:00 am in the US . For the markets in Germany and Great Britain, Hold It Against Me was not initially made available for download; instead, publication was scheduled for mid / late February 2011. After the sensational iTunes success in many countries, at least in Great Britain, the release as a download was brought forward to January 17th, 2011. In Germany, Hold It Against Me was available for download from February 11, 2011, and the CD single was released on February 18, 2011.

composition

Hold It Against Me is three minutes and forty-nine seconds long. It is a dance-pop -Titel, the Trance - beats with elements of Grime mixed. Spears singing was described as "slightly edited" but not with auto-tune effects. The song also has strong dubstep influences.

Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield commented on the song: "This song repeats the Synth-Gloom broadcast of Britney's 2007 work Blackout ." He compared the riff to AC / DC's 1976 title Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap . The hook line is a direct copy of (I Just) Died in Your Arms (1986) by the Cutting Crew , according to Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times . Nick Levine of Digital Spy compared the Club -Ausstrahlung the title with Rihanna's worldwide hit Only Girl (In the World) from the year 2010. According to Musicnotes.com has Hold It Against Me 132 beats per minute . Spears' vocal range extends from the low G ₃ to the high octave G ₅ . In terms of content, Hold It Against Me is about getting people onto the dance floor. In the chorus , Spears sings: "If I said I want your body now, would you hold it against me?" And "'Cause you feel like paradise, and I need a vacation tonight." James Montgomery from MTV compared the content of the song with If U Seek Amy (2009).

After the release of Hold It Against Me , The Bellamy Brothers criticized the title for its resemblance to their 1979 song If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me. David Bellamy said in a statement: “Professionalism? We all feel betrayed. Where is the originality? "

Music video

The official music video for Hold It Against Me was filmed over the weekend of January 22-23, 2011. Brian Friedman directed the choreography. On December 22nd, the dancers were selected for the music video. The dancers had to perform a dance to Robyn's Criminal Intent and were then selected.

The Swedish film and music video director Jonas Åkerlund was brought onto the team for the first time for the video shoot . Åkerlund has already worked with greats like Madonna (Ray of Light, Music) and Roxette (Run to You, Wish I Could Fly). Filming of the video ended on January 24th, and shortly afterwards Spears posted a picture of the music video and comments on it on her Twitter account.

On February 4th, Spears released the first of a total of 14 teasers for their new music video. The teasers mainly show Spears in various areas, including floating in a tower of screens on which her old music videos are played, or dancing on a stage with her male dancers. The sixth teaser shows, among other things, a secret scene in which she dances almost topless, only covered with ammunition. In addition to the 14 teasers, there is another video that shows the scenes from the last chorus for 30 seconds.

On February 17, 2011, the clip for Hold It Against Me finally celebrated its world premiere in the US on MTV. The music broadcaster showed it in full length at 9:56 p.m. shortly before the hit reality show Jersey Shore.

The video starts with an intro in which the earth is shown and a meteor hits. This means Britney's career start. Meanwhile, the lights in the dance studio go on and Britney is dancing with her male dancers. Then Britney, dressed in a white dress, is in a tower of televisions and climbs up. The televisions show her old music videos, including clips from … Baby One More Time, Sometimes, Lucky and Overprotected. On one of the televisions you can see the man she fell in love with. In the breakdown, Spears shoots paint from her hands through the tower and fights spectacularly against herself. At the end there is a final dance scene and the video ends with a question mark.

The video is extremely symbolic. It explores Spears' career from her debut to her quick rise, deep fall, to her comeback.

Shortly after it was released on iTunes , the video reached number 1 on the iTunes download charts in more than 10 countries, among others. a. in the USA, Canada and Germany. On Britney Spears' Youtube VEVO account, the video was viewed over 10 million times within 4 days.

Reviews

Hold It Against Me received positive reviews from most of the critics. ArtistDirect's Rick Florino gave the song four and a half stars out of five and called it "one of Spears' catchiest club bangs" and says, "It's right next to Britney's classics like Womanizer , Gimme More and Toxic , but it has a subtle elegance with which Spears." entered a new area and expanded the boundaries of dance-pop again. "

The American magazine Rolling Stone gave it 4 out of 5 stars. Rob Sheffield writes that Spears is back at his best.

Chris White from Skiddle in Great Britain awarded 5 out of 5 stars. He describes the song as exactly what Britney needs to score with something new in times like today. He also says of Britney: “We are at the beginning of a completely new era ... new image, new sound and indeed a new life. I am of course referring to 'the legendary' Miss Britney Spears and the release of her brand new single Hold It Against Me. "

Appearances

Spears sings "Hold It Against Me" on her Femme Fatale tour .

Spears first sang Hold It Against Me at Rain Nightclub at Palms Casino Resort on March 25, 2011. After a montage of her music video was shown on screen, Britney appeared on stage in a catsuit and sang the song with her male dancers. According to MTV's Jocelyn Vena , the performance included "a wind machine that always made Britney's hair look sexy." Britney also sang Big Fat Bass and Till the World Ends on the same day . Spears also sang these three songs at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on March 27, 2011, which aired on Good Morning America on March 29, 2011 . On March 29, 2011, Britney sang a medley of Hold It Against Me, Big Fat Bass and Till the World Ends on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Spears also sang Hold It Against Me as the opening song of their Femme Fatale tour at every concert . She sang the song on a chair, surrounded and accompanied by her male dancers. The performance was similar to the performances at Good Morning America and the Palms Casino Resort in March 2011.

Chart successes

As the first single from their seventh studio album Femme Fatale , Hold It Against Me was released on January 11, 2011 worldwide exclusively in advance on iTunes .

In the US, Hold It Against Me broke the record for most radio appearances on a first day. With 705 appearances (619 in pop alone) on the first day, Spears surpasses Mariah Carey , who has held the record since 2009 with her song Touch My Body and 498 radio appearances . Hold It Against Me also set another record for the most radio appearances and the highest number of listeners for a song in its debut week, with 4618 radio appearances within a week and an audience of 33,237,000 . In the United States, the song sold 411,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number one on the Billboard download charts, making it their fifth number one hit. With that number of sales, it's Spears' best-selling download song and the best-selling download song by an artist in a week. It broke the record of Taylor Swift , who sold 325,000 units with her single Today Was a Fairytale in 2010 . On February 26, 2011, Spears lost this record to Lady Gaga , who sold 450,000 units with Born This Way in its debut week. Hold It Against Me achieved gold status in the US after two weeks of sales thanks to more than 597,000 copies sold. After five weeks, the song reached number five on the airplay in the USA, which is Spear's personal highest ranking. Of these five weeks, the song was the most played on the radio for two weeks.

The song made it into the official single charts of a country for the first time on January 12, 2011 in Finland. Hold It Against Me debuted at number eleven on the Finnish charts, although it has only been available for download for a day . Already on January 14, 2011 the song reached number six in the Irish charts (climbed to number five the following week) and number 20 in the Dutch charts. In the Belgian regions of Flanders and Wallonia , the song reached immediately on January 22, 2011 Second or first place. In Australia, the song debuted on January 17, 2011 after only two days of rated sales at number ten. In New Zealand the song immediately topped the charts on the same day. Also in the US, the song debuted at number one on January 29, 2011, making Spears one of the only artists who debuted at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 with more than one song . It's the fourth song to top the Hot-100, and after 3, it's second in a row. The song debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard Pop Songs chart and reached number 10 within two weeks. With Hold It Against Me that was only possible seven songs before. In Canada, the song also debuted at number one on the Canadian Hot 100 and the associated download singles charts. The song sold 37,000 copies and is one of the top-selling songs in a week. The song also debuted at number two in Norway and number one in Denmark. After a week, the single also reached number six in the UK on January 23, 2011. It is Spears' 21st top 10 hit in the charts. The song reached number seven in Switzerland on January 30, 2011, and number 16 in Austria on March 2, 2011. Hold It Against Me immediately climbed to number two in the Italian download charts . Furthermore, the title was able to place itself in the top 10 in Scotland , Slovakia , Spain and Japan.

In Germany, the song fell short of expectations in view of the world's top ten placements and reached number 23 in the first week of the chart.

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	23 (6 weeks)	6th
Austria (Ö3)	16 (5 weeks)	5
Switzerland (IFPI)	7th (13 weeks)	13
United Kingdom (OCC)	6th (13 weeks)	13
United States (Billboard)	1 (17 weeks)	17th

International sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
Mexico (AMPROFON)	gold	30,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	gold	7,500
Sweden (IFPI)	2 × platinum	80,000
United States (RIAA)	-	1,600,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 2 × gold 3 × platinum	1,987,500

Main article: Britney Spears / Music Sales Awards

Contributors

• Singing: Britney Spears
• Production: Max Martin, Dr. hatch
• Songwriters: Bonnie McKee, Lukasz Gottwald, Mathieu Jomphe, Max Martin

Web links

• Official music video on YouTube

Individual evidence

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