Sometimes (Britney Spears song)
Sometimes (. English for " Sometimes ") is the second song of the American pop - singer Britney Spears from her debut album ... Baby One More Time , which was released as a single. The song was released in the spring of 1999 and reached number 21 on the US charts.
background
Jörgen Elofsson stated that he wrote the song; he wanted to win a BMI Award for the best songwriter . Per Magnusson and David Kreuger produced the piece. The song is a pop ballad in B minor and spans almost two octaves (G3 to D5).
In summer 1999, Joel Whine took over the rights for Sometimes , using the sponsor A Walk for AIDS for the music video, with the aim of the revenues of the single for AIDS - charity purposes to donate.
In the spring of 2005, Spears and her management had to cede the rights of Sometimes to the American musician Steve Wallace. Wallace explained that he Sometimes wrote.
Music video
As with the predecessor ... Baby One More Time , Nigel Dick also directed Sometimes . The music video was shot at Paradise Cove in Malibu , California . Spears searches for her love, Chad Cole. She sees him on the beach and wishes she were there with him. The video also includes dance scenes with Spears and other dancers. The video shows Spears as "the girl next door," as in her video for ... Baby One More Time . The video was filmed on April 9-10, 1999. There is a second version of the video that only contains dance scenes on the beach.
Commercial win
Sometimes was released in the spring of 1999, reached number 21 in the US charts and number 75 in the US annual charts in late 1999.
The song reached the top 5 in many European countries; No. 3 in Great Britain and No. 6 in the German charts. The song reached number one in the Netherlands , Belgium , Spain and New Zealand .
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
6th (14 weeks) | 14th |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
6th (11 weeks) | 11 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
7th (17 weeks) | 17th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
3 (16 weeks) | 16 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
21st (20 weeks) | 20th |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 platinum
|
70,000 |
 Belgium (BEA)
|
platinum
|
50,000 |
 France (SNEP)
|
 gold
|
250,000 |
 New Zealand (RMNZ)
|
gold
|
7,500 |
 Netherlands (NVPI)
|
gold
|
50,000 |
 Sweden (IFPI)
|
gold
|
20,000 |
|
United Kingdom (BPI)
|
gold
|
449,000 |
| All in all |
5 × gold, 2 × platinum |
906.500 |
Main article: Britney Spears / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0026598
- ↑ Stephen M. Silverman: Judge: Britney Didn't Steal Song , People . November 9, 2005. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
- ↑ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434419/19990218/spears_britney.jhtml
- ↑ The Billboard Hot 100: "Sometimes" . billboard.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2008.
- ↑ UKBritney.tv Britney Spears - Sometimes (UK) ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved May 26, 2007
- ↑ Charts.org.nz: 'Sometimes' Profile , Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- ↑ Britney Spears - Sometimes chart placement Germany. GfK Entertainment , accessed on June 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Britney Spears - Sometimes chart placement Austria. In: Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien, accessed June 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Britney Spears - Sometimes chart placement Switzerland. In: Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien, accessed June 22, 2018 .
- ^ Britney Spears - Sometimes Charthistory United Kingdom. Official Charts Company , accessed June 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Britney Spears - Sometimes chart placement in the United States. Billboard , accessed June 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Justin Myers: Britney Spears: her biggest selling singles and albums revealed. In: Official Charts Company. June 13, 2015, accessed August 13, 2015 .
