Baby One More Time Oops I Did It Again Album

Oops!...I Did It Again is the second studio album past American recording artist Britney Spears. Information technology was released on May 3, 2000, by Jive Records. The album became a commercial success later on debuting at pinnacle position on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling over 1,319,193 units during its get-go calendar week. The anthology also reached number one in thirteen other countries while peaking within the pinnacle 5 positions in Australia, Finland, Japan, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It was also her second album to receive a diamond certification from the Recording Manufacture Clan of America (RIAA). Additionally, The anthology has sold over 20 one thousand thousand copies to date making it one of the highest selling albums of all time and Spears' 2nd best selling anthology afterwards ...Baby One More Time.

The anthology produced three worldwide hits. Its lead single "Oops!...I Did It Again"; became an international hitting reaching number one in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom and nine other countries while peaking in the top five positions in six other countries. Its second single "Lucky" reached number one in five countries while "Stronger" (Its third unmarried) became the highest selling single of the album in the United states. "Stronger" received a Gold certification in the United States and 3 other countries. Spears' writing skills are as well praised in the album for "Dear Diary".

Background

Subsequently vacationing for six days after the completion of the ...Baby One More Time Tour in September of 1999, Britney returned to New York City to begin recording songs for her follow-up anthology. The majority of the recording took place in November of 1999.

It featured contributions from Max Martin, Eric Foster White, Diane Warren and Babyface. The songs "Oops!...I Did It Once again", "Walk on By", "What U See (Is What U Get)" and "Don't Go Knockin' On My Door" were recorded at Martin's Cheiron Studios in the start week of November.

The songs "Stronger" and "Lucky" were recorded, but were finalized (along with the championship track) in January of 2000. The song "Where Are Yous Now" was recorded at Cheiron in November and finished at Bombardment Studios in January.

According to Britney:

"When I did the first album, I had only turned 16. I hateful, when I look at the album cover, I'm like, 'Oh, my lordy.' I know this adjacent album'southward going to exist totally unlike--specially the material. I just got finished recording the first six tracks in Sweden two months ago, and the material is then much more than funkier and edgier. And, of course, it's more mature because I've grown as a person besides."

By January 2000, the then-untitled album was halfway to completion. Britney had worked on information technology primarily in the U.S. and Sweden. She finalized the fabric in New York City.

Britney was heavily pressured afterwards "...Babe One More Time'southward" huge commercial success: "Information technology's kind of hard following ten million, I have to say, but afterward listening to the new fabric and recording information technology, I'one thousand really confident with it."

The instrumental track & melody for "Tin't Brand Yous Dearest Me" were recorded in the fall of 1999 in Sweden with Britney recording the vocals in mid-Jan at Parc Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Diane Warren'southward song "When Your Eyes Say Information technology" was recorded at Battery Studios New York on Friday, January 28, 2000 which preceded Britney's TRL appearance that twenty-four hour period.

Her comprehend of "(I Can't Become No) Satisfaction" was recorded with Rodney Jerkins at Pacifique Recording Studios in Hollywood, California from Feb 24–26, 2000 after attending the 42nd Grammy Awards.

During the release of Oops!...I Did It Again, Britney told that "I hateful, of course there'due south some force per unit area," she says. "Just in my stance, [Oops!] is a lot improve than the first album. Information technology'southward edgier - it has more of an mental attitude. It's more than me, and I think teenagers will chronicle to it more."

Geoff Mayfield, managing director of charts at Billboard, adds that the determination to release "Oops!" less than a year and a half after Spears' debut amounts to "very smart timing. My philosophy is, when you take a young fan base of operations, get 'em while they're hot."

Track Listing

North American Edition
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
one.	"Oops!... I Did It Once more"	Max Martin・Rami Yacoub	3:31
2.	"Stronger"	Martin・Yacoub	iii:23
3.	"Don't Get Knockin' On My Door"	Alexander Kronlund・Martin・Jake Schulze・Yacoub	3:43
4.	"(I Can't Become No) Satisfaction"	Keith Richards・Mick Jagger	4:28
5.	"Don't Let Me Be the Concluding to Know"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange・Keith Scott・Shania Twain	3:50
vi.	"What U See (Is What U Get)"	Jörgen Elofsson・David Kreuger・Per Magnusson	3:36
7.	"Lucky"	Kronlund・Martin・Yacoub	3:25
8.	"I Buss From You"	Steve Lunt	3:23
9.	"Where Are You Now"	Andreas Carlsson・Martin	4:39
10.	"Can't Make You Love Me"	Carlsson・Kristian Lundin・Martin	3:16
xi.	"When Your Eyes Say It"	Diane Warren	4:30
12.	"Beloved Diary"	Jason Blume・Britney Spears・Eugene Wilde	ii:46
Total length:			44:37

International Edition
No.	Title	Author(south)	Length
11.	"When Your Eyes Say It"	Warren	4:xxx
12.	"Girl in the Mirror"	Elofsson	iv:06
xiii.	"Dear Diary"	Blume・Spears・Wilde	2:46

Asian Edition
No.	Title	Writer(due south)	Length
11.	"When Your Optics Say It"	Warren	4:06
12.	"Girl in the Mirror"	Elofsson	three:36
thirteen.	"You Got Information technology All"	Rupert Holmes	four:43
xiv.	"Dear Diary"	Blume・Spears・Wilde	2:46
Total length:			52:33

Japanese, Australian, Mexican, Asian and UK Special Edition
No.	Title	Writer(south)	Length
eleven.	"When Your Optics Say It"	Warren
12.	"Girl in the Mirror"	Elofsson
xiii.	"Yous Got It All"	Holmes
fourteen.	"Heart"	George Teren Wilde
15.	"Dear Diary"	Blume・Spears・Wilde
Total length:			55:34

Unreleased & Unused Songs

Underlined can be found online

"Asking For Trouble" - It is rumored that it was supossed to be released as a single.
"Dorsum Dwelling" - Rumored to have a state vibe which Britney Thought that wouldn't fit on the album.
"He Loves U Not" - Written by Steve Kipner, David Frank and Pamela Sheyne, information technology was rejected and not recorded.
" I've Got The Urge (To Herbal) " - A snippet was incluided on a Herbal Essence's commercial.
"Likewise Much To Take" - Released on a pre-selections CD-R and latter given to Britney's Managger.
"What You See Is What Y'all Get" - The writers would afterward sue to Britney, cause a released track had the same title, but the example was dismissed.

Trivia

Opposite to popular conventionalities, Oops!... I Did information technology Again was commonly referred to equally Oops! by the pop media. Notwithstanding, in 2002, Britney clarified this was a marketing stunt on behalf of her managing director as it 'had a meliorate ring to it'. Since and then, the official tracklisting and song retains 'Oops' in its title.
Oops!... I Did It Again held the record for the highest debut-week anthology sales by a female artist for 15 years, earlier beingness broken by Adele's 25 in 2015.
The album was originally supposed to be titled Sunflower, then Platinum 2000, merely was named Oops!... I Did Information technology Once again.
The dialogue in "Oops!... I Did It Once more" is spoken by Spears and the song'southward writer and producer, Max Martin.
"When Your Eyes Say It" was supposed to be the fourth single, but "Don't Permit Me Exist The Last To Know" was chosen instead.
"Dearest Diary" was the first song Spears co-wrote.
Spears' encompass of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was critically panned. The band too refused Spears to cover the song, just she recorded it anyway.
There are half-dozen alternate endings for "Dear Diary", simply and then far, none of them has leaked.
Spears called the album "amend" than her debut effort, ...Baby I More Time.
The duo LMFAO recorded backing vocals on "Lucky".
Spears' mother considered the video for "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" very racy, and wanted to censore some scenes.
"Beloved Diary" was originally written to take a darker catastrophe, with Spears finding out that the guy she likes is holding hands with her all-time friend, and telling her listeners what she has learnt most getting her heart broken. She, however, changed information technology as she said it may upset her younger fans.
- This is probably why the song is so short, clocking at 2 minutes and 46 seconds.
"He Loves U Not", a song by girl group Dream was originally written for Spears and for the album. She passed on the song.
"You Got It All" was actually recorded for ...Babe One More Time, and was included on a rare promotional tape in 1998 previewing tracks from the album, but ended up unreleased until Oops!...I Did It Again'due south release.
- It is rumoured that this was the kickoff always track Spears recorded when she started work on the album.
The pictures used for the singles "Lucky", "Oops!... I Did Information technology Once more" and the anthology photoshoot were all taken on the aforementioned 24-hour interval.
A song called "Asking For Problem", was supposed to exist on the album, but was never released.
"(I Tin't Get No) Satisfaction" was supposed to be released as a promotional unmarried, but things inverse when it was considered to exist one of the worst covers in Pop History by critics.
"Where Are You Now", was supposed to be on the Baby album in identify of "I Will Be There".
During a printing interview in 2000, she said that "Dont Let Me Be the Concluding to Know" is her favorite vocal from the album.