BRITNEY SPEARS - ...BABY ONE MORE TIME
Oh Baby, Baby
Oh Baby, Baby
Oh Baby, Baby
How Was I Supposed To Know
That Something Wasn't Right Here
Oh Baby, Baby
I Shouldn't Have Let You Go
And Now You're Out Of Sight, Yeah
Show Me, How You Want It To Be
Tell Me Baby
'Cause I Need To Know Now, Oh Because
My Loneliness Is Killing Me (And I)
I Must Confess, I Still Believe (Still Believe)
When I'm Not With You I Lose My Mind
Give Me A Sign
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Oh Baby, Baby
The Reason I Breathe Is You
Boy You Got Me Blinded
Oh Pretty, Baby
There's Nothing That I Wouldn't Do
It's Not The Way I Planned It
Show Me, How You Want It To Be
Tell Me Baby
'Cause I Need To Know Now, Oh Because
My Loneliness Is Killing Me (And I)
I Must Confess, I Still Believe (Still Believe)
When I'm Not With You I Lose My Mind
Give Me A Sign
Hit Me Baby One More Time
Oh Baby, Baby
Oh Baby, Baby
Ah, Yeah, Yeah
Oh Baby, Baby
How Was I Supposed To Know
Oh Pretty Baby
I Shouldn't Have Let You Go
I Must Confess, That My Loneliness
Is Killing Me Now
Don't You Know I Still Believe
That You Will Be Here
And Give Me A Sign
Hit Me Baby One More Time
My Loneliness Is Killing Me (And I)
I Must Confess, I Still Believe (Still Believe)
When I'm Not With You I Lose My Mind
Give Me A Sign
Hit Me Baby One More Time
I Must Confess
(My Loneliness Is Killing Me)
That My Loneliness
Is Killing Me Now
(I Must Confess, I Still Believe)
Don't You Know I Still Believe
That You Will Be Here
(When I'm Not With You I Lose My Mind)
And Give Me A Sign
Hit Me Baby One More Time
SONG FACTS
Writer(s): Max Martin
Producer(s): Max Martin, Rami
This Was Britney's First Hit, And It Propelled Her To Stardom. The Slick Sound Earned Plenty Of Radio Play, But It Was The Image Of The Schoolgirl Spears, Just 16 When The Song Was Released On November 3, 1998, That Made Her A Sensation. Mtv Played The Video, But It Was The Internet That Gave Her The Most Traction, As Teenage Girls And Guys Of All Ages Logged Into Their Aol Accounts And Typed Some Variation Of "Britney Spears" Into Alta Vista To See More Of The Starlet.
The Song Is Written From The Perspective Of A Young Girl Whose Boyfriend Has Left Her. She Is Lonely And Desperate To Win Him Back, So She Implores Him To Give Her Another Chance. When She Pleads, "Hit Me Baby One More Time," She's Asking Him To Call Her Back - To Hit Her Up With A Phone Call.
Many Interpreted "Hit" In A More Literal Sense, But John Seabrook's Pop History Book The Song Machine Explains That Swedish Songwriter Max Martin Thought "Hit" Was American Slang For "Call," Thus Squelching The Domestic Violence Angle.
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.
This Was First Offered To The Group Tlc, Who Turned It Down. It Was Later Accepted By Britney.
Spears Performed This Alongside 'N Sync At The 1999 Mtv Video Music Awards In A Skintight Outfit.
Some People Hear A Backwards Message In This: If You Play The Part Where It Says "With You I Lose My Mind Give Me A Sign" Backwards, It Supposedly Says, "Sleep With Me I'm Not Too Young."
Spears Performed This At The 2000 Grammy Awards Along With The Ballad "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart." She Was Nominated For Best New Artist And Best Female Pop Vocal (For This Song), But Lost Both. Christina Aguilera Won Best New Artist And Sarah Mclachlan's "I Will Remember You" Was Awarded Best Female Pop Vocal.
The Scottish Group Travis Covered This In 2000. Bowling For Soup Also Recorded It In 2003 For The Disney Film Freaky Friday Staring Lindsay Lohan And Jamie Lee Curtis.