Along with a couple of other students, she performs a number of gymnastic moves before heading back inside. [90] The accompanying schoolgirl video caused a sensation, and, when the single hit No. This was Lennon's only solo number 1 single in the United States during his lifetime[6], and Lennon was the last member of the Beatles to achieve an American number one solo hit[7] [8][9]. [64] Wesley Yang in his essay "Inside the Box" in n+1, compared the music video to Britny Fox's "Girlschool" because it featured "a classroom full of Catholic schoolgirls gyrating to the beat in defiance of a stern teacher. Both singles were released in 2018. Some people who see the music video may not recognize this, but when the bell rings, the sleeves of exactly the same gray-and-white shirt she is wearing are rolled up, even when she gets into singing.[56]. ", "Against Me! [112] Swedish singer Tove Styrke released a cover of the song on July 24, 2015. She is then sitting on the bleachers in the gymnasium watching a basketball game, and she dances in the gymnasium. [21] The video's original setup was in high contrast to what eventually became the final product. Afterwards, the band performed their hit "Tearin' Up My Heart". As of 2018, it is the 32nd best-seller of all-time in the UK. [33] The song reached the top spot of the Hot 100 Singles Sales and stayed there for four consecutive weeks. So I went out that night and had some fun. "[12] The Guardian said this cover showed a new and more "dark" side of the band, commenting "slowed down to a mournful crawl, it was amazing how ominous the couplet "This loneliness is killing me / Hit me, baby, one more time" sounded". [59][60], The video begins with Spears appearing bored in class at a Catholic high school. [56] After this short segment, Spears begins her final dance routine and the video ends shortly afterwards, and the bell rings and Spears leaves the gymnasium, revealing that the whole thing had actually just been Spears's daydream. It was chosen by Capitol Records vice-president Al Coury, who had recently worked his singles 'magic' with Paul McCartney's Band on the Run album. [citation needed], Rolling Stone wrote that she "spearheaded the rise of post-millennial teen pop ... Spears early on cultivated a mixture of innocence and experience that generated lots of cash". During the very beginning, Spears is seen with her sleeves down. He always kept a pad and pen by the bed. [78] The song was also the encore of 2001's Dream Within a Dream Tour. [66] The video was ranked at number four on a list of the ten most controversial music videos in pop by AOL on September 29, 2011. [31], The song was officially sent to the American radio stations on October 23, 1998. 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[14] Spears has named "...Baby One More Time" as one of her favorite songs in her entire catalog,[15] naming "Toxic" and "He About to Lose Me" as the other two. [79][80] She began performing "...Baby One More Time" in a ballad version until reaching the end of the runway. George McCrae didn't set out to be disco's John the Baptist. [53] "...Baby One More Time" is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 10 million copies sold worldwide. [..] And as we played it, the irony slipped from my smile. [11], *sales figures based on certification alone^shipments figures based on certification alone, "Hit Me Baby One More Time" redirects here. [16], "...Baby One More Time" is a teen pop and dance-pop song[17] that lasts for three minutes and thirty seconds. [56] Her assistant Felicia Culotta played the role of Spears's teacher. On that level, it's real. This week's new releases: Headie One, John Lennon, Ward Thomas, more. Bei der Suche nach einem geeigneten Ersatz fiel die W… It also peaked at number 36 on the British singles chart. In 2018, readers of German teen magazine Bravo voted "...Baby One More Time" to be the biggest hit since its first music compilation was released in 1992. [..] But that was a sexist video by a horrible hair metal band that exploited women. ", "Britney Spears Baby One More Time – Sheet Music", "...Baby One More Time (US CD Single) – Britney Spears", "Britney Spears ' ... Baby One More Time' Video Director Looks Back", "Britney Spears "…Baby One More Time" Album Review, "Spears Tops 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards", "Britney Spears – Billboard Chart History", "Ask Billboard: What Are Britney Spears' Best-Selling Singles? [84] The performance consisted on Spears and her dancers performing a remix of the song. Her videos got played on both MTV and the Disney Channel at the same time, showing just how well Spears (and her armies of PR handlers) managed to walk that fine line between family-friendly pop idol and unabashed sex object. "[21] The lyrics, however, caused controversy in the United States, because the line "Hit me baby one more time" supposedly has sadomasochistic connotations. Fender, while wearing a skirt, was busy fighting to the beat of the song. It was the product of careful research in the clubs of Miami, where the songwriters observed soul music evolving into something more supple and insistent and learned the tricks of dancefloor success. Spears performed the song in a medley with "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" at the 42nd Grammy Awards. "[21] The knotted shirt design was Spears's idea, she recollects saying, "The outfits looked kind of dorky, so I was like, 'Let's tie up our shirts and be cute'". "[24] Amanda Murray of Sputnikmusic commented, "[" ... Baby One More Time" is] well-composed, tightly arranged, and even with Spears's vocal limitations it goes straight for the proverbial pop jugular. [73][74][75] She sported shoulder-length blond hair and was dressed in black football pants, a black-and-white referee halter top and boots from Reebok. "[114] "…Baby One More Time" was listed at number twenty five in the greatest pop songs since 1963, in a list compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000. The song is composed in the key of C minor and is set in the time signature of 4/4 common time with a moderate tempo of 93 beats per minute. "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" is a song written by John Lennon, released as a single in 1974 on Apple Records, catalogue Apple 1874 in the United States and Apple R5998 in the United Kingdom. [11] Thomas Lindberg played the guitar, while Johan Carlberg played the bass guitar. [95] Swedish humorist heavy metal band Black Ingvars covered the song for their 2000 album Kids Superhits. [18][19] The song begins with a three-note motif in the bass range of the piano, an opening that has been compared to many other songs, such as "We Will Rock You" (1977), "Start Me Up" (1981), "These Words" (2004) and the theme song of the 1975 film Jaws due to the fact the track "makes its presence known in exactly one second". —Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield commenting on the song's impact. [51] The single went on to sell over 1,445,000 units by the end of 1999,[52] making it the highest-selling single of that year and the 8th biggest song of the 1990s. He responded saying, "It's a great song. 1 single, inadvertently started the late '90s teen pop boom, and created a public persona for herself that was simultaneously kid-friendly and pure male fantasy. [89] The song was featured in a scene in Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom. It was the product of careful research in the clubs of Miami, where the songwriters observed soul music evolving into something more supple and insistent and learned the tricks of dancefloor success. But what it really was the Swedes using English incorrectly. Songwriting and production is largely based on previous Cheiron productions, most notably Robyn Carlsson's "Show Me Love" which shows similar song scheme, drum patterns, wah guitars and piano hits. [93] On October 15, that year, Kris Allen covered the song for the first time at a concert in Seton High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. In June 1997, Spears was in talks with manager Lou Pearlman to join female pop group Innosense. [81] She followed her and the woman asked Spears to enter the "Mystic Lounge". The recording featured Elton John on harmony vocals and piano. Yoko Ono later created an alternate video for the song, featuring animation of Lennon's drawings. 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It was also the final song to be played on the BBC's music programme Top of the Pops in the 1990s. It has been featured on all of her greatest hits and other compilation albums. The best No 1 records: George McCrae – Rock Your Baby 1974: A pioneering piece of disco that pointed the way forward for the boom that was to come a few years later Dorian Lynskey. [70] The song was also performed at the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, along with "(You Drive Me) Crazy", the 1999 Billboard Music Awards, the 1999 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party, the Christmas Day edition of Top of the Pops and the Greenwich Millennium concert on 31 December 1999, she also performed it with broadcasters David Dimbleby and Michael Buerk on 2000 Today.