Britney Spears – Baby One More Time

“…Baby One More Time” – Single by Britney Spears from the album ...Baby One More Time
Released September 29, 1998
Songwriter: Max Martin

“…Baby One More Time” is the debut single of American singer Britney Spears from her debut studio album of the same title (1999). It was written by Max Martin and produced by Martin and Rami. Released on September 29, 1998, by Jive Records, the song became a worldwide hit, topping the charts in at least 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it earned triple-platinum certification from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and was the country’s best-selling single of 1999.

An accompanying music video, directed by Nigel Dick, features Spears as a high-school student who starts to sing and dance around the school, while watching her love interest from afar. In 2010, the music video for “…Baby One More Time” was voted the third most influential video in the history of pop music, in a poll held by Jam!. In 2011, “…Baby One More Time” was voted by Billboard to be the best music video of the 1990s. It has been featured on all of her greatest hits and other compilation albums. In 2020, Rolling Stone named “…Baby One More Time” as the greatest debut single of all time. In 2021, the song was ranked at number 205 on the list of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Over the next 10 years, Spears led the world in celebrity news, with one incident after another documented by eager paparazzi. But it all started with “…Baby One More Time,” a very slick pop song about a girl who wants another chance with the guy she broke up with.

When Spears went on her first world tour, this was a centerpiece of the show, with two cannons at the front of the stage blasting confetti all over fans in the first few rows. The tour was a showcase for Spears’ dancing, which critics appreciated a lot more than her singing.
This came at the right time: MTV still played videos, the Internet was emerging, and most profitably of all, album sales were stronger than ever. It was that sweet spot when there were lots of places to promote music, but you still had to pay for it. The single went Platinum, with sales of over a million in America, and the album went a staggering 14x Platinum for sales of over 14 million in the United States. Worldwide, that number is closer to 25 million. It is the biggest-selling album ever recorded by a teenage girl – a milestone that is unlikely to ever be broken.

The video was shot at Venice High School in Los Angeles, which was the setting for Rydell High in the movie Grease.

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Britney Spears - Baby One More Time

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