The first major break in the established Britney Spears formula saw her perform an epic ballad co-written by Shania Twain.
Category: Britney Spears
Britney Spears – I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll
Released: 4th November 2002 Writers: Jake Hooker / Alan Merrill Peak position: #13 Chart run: 13-21-31-40-44-52-68-X-75 The existence of I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll as an album track – let alone a single – goes straight to the heart of a struggle that was increasingly apparent to see during the Britney campaign. This was intended […]
Britney Spears – Do Somethin’
It might have been included on a greatest hits album, but ‘Do Somethin’ was a decisive statement of what was to come from Britney Spears.
Britney Spears – I’m A Slave 4 U
From the opening beats of ‘I’m A Slave 4 U’, it became evident that Britney Spears’ career was about to change forever.
Britney Spears – (You Drive Me) Crazy
‘(You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!)’ saw Britney Spears release a re-imagined track from her debut album with spectacular results.
Britney Spears – Oops!…I Did It Again
‘Oops!…I Did It Again’ launched Britney Spears’ second album. And it turned out to be one of the most meta-pop moments of all-time.
Britney Spears – Overprotected
‘Overprotected’ marked Britney Spears’ first true emancipation from her girl-next-door persona as she rejected many of the values she’d previously embodied.
Britney Spears – Lucky
In one of the most ominous tales of foreboding in pop music, Britney Spears released ‘Lucky’ as the second single from her sophomore album in 2000.
Britney Spears – Boys (Feat. Pharrell Williams)
Following one successful collaboration with The Neptunes on her third album, Britney Spears invited Pharrell Williams to join the party on ‘Boys’
Britney Spears – Sometimes
Britney Spears’ second single ‘Sometimes’ marked an unexpectedly rapid reinvention, transforming our suggestive pop vixen into the virginal girl-next-door
Britney Spears – I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
Art often mimics life for Britney Spears and ‘I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman’ was an early moment where her real-life and pop personas overlapped
Britney Spears – Born To Make You Happy
On Born To Make You Happy, she isn’t trying to be “Britney Spears” with her accentuated and exaggerated oral tics. Here she is simply the girl-next-door selling a pop song for all it’s worth
