Britney Spears' cult hit "Oops!...I Did It Again."
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It's hard to believe, but Britney Spears' legendary song "Oops!...I Did It Again" was released...20 years ago! By the way: the track was a sequel to the early hit "Baby One More Time" (1999).
Today we offer to recall the history of the creation of the favourite dance hit from the noughties, as well as facts about it that you may not have known...
The history of the creation and significance of the...
By the time Britney was ready to release her second album, she had already found herself as a recording artist and an in-demand young dancer! And when "...Baby One More Time" debuted at number one, the music video for the track became the most requested music video on MTV!
Spears, who is now 38, has explained the premise behind the iconic single from her second album. It's worth noting that when the record was released, the singer was just 18 ...
"The song is basically about a girl. And all these guys fall in love with her and she just can't feel it, believe it... When you meet a guy that you're seriously attracted to, there's butterflies in your stomach, a complete flip in your head! I just don't know what to say. And that's what I love about this song: it's really very sincere and fun!"
Music video
The Princess of Pop made her radio debut with the title track for her second album on 27 March 2000! Intriguingly, at first the singer refused the legendary "video component" that catapulted her into the new realm of pop music performers and sealed her name in the pop culture history books....
The music video was soon filmed. Filming took place in Universal City, California under the direction of renowned Grammy nominated director Nigel Dick! As the story goes, Britney in her red patent suit and her team of dancers jump on stage and the dancing begins in Galactic...
Britney Spears: "The whole idea was my idea! I thought, "I want to be on Mars, dancing on Mars..." And that's how it turned out!"
Interesting facts about the song...
Spears has always been adamant that her wardrobe should not only exude sex appeal, but also be as comfortable as possible for dancing! For example, her famous red suit was designed by Michael Bush, who at Spears' behest spent all night getting it ready in time for the next day's call time!
The record brought Britney two Grammy nominations! However, the awards never came... Spears won her first and only victory in 2004 in the category of Best Dance Recording (the song "Toxic").
The singer also performed her hit at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) in 2000. And by the way - the performance was a landmark for Spears: it completely changed her image on stage and literally opened a wave of new fans!
While filming the music video, a young Spears joked that she wouldn't mind watching her carefree dancers. "I don't know their names, but they're so handsome!" - she said.