...Baby One More Time

Yes yes yes - life's a bitch, eh... -

Baby One More Time was originally written for either TLC or the Backstreet Boys, but they rejected it because the were 'taking time out'

- hindsight is a good thing... -

the record has since sold well over 25 million times worldwide!!!

Martin Karl Sandberg, known professionally as Max Martin, Swedish music producer and songwriter from Stenhamra, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, had his breakthrough as a producer and songwriter in the mid 90s after crafting a string of hits for pop artists like the Backstreet Boys, 'NSYNC, Robyn, Kelly Clarkson, Katy Perry, Taio Cruz, Usher, Avril Lavigne and Pink, among many others. His trademark is a danceable, keyboard-laden pop sound that blends music styles such as funk, heavy metal and Europop. 'I Want It That Way', 'Larger Than Life', 'California Gurls' and 'Dynamite' are only a handful of many.

But it was his 1998 composition 'Baby One More Time' that propelled him stratosherically: Max was the first non-American citizen ever to win ASCAP's prestigious award 'Songwriter of the Year' in 1999.

Musically, '…Baby One More Time' is a Pop song set in common time and has a tempo of 93 beats per minute. The song begins with three piano notes, an opening that has been compared to many other songs, such as 'We Will Rock You' and the theme song of the film Jaws due to the fact the track makes its presence known in exactly one second.

Lyrically, the song speaks about lost love. It’s a song everyone can relate to: regret, wanting him or her back. The track is also easily recognizable for its opening line 'Oh baby baby', a phrase coined by Britney that is also used in her future recordings such as 'Oops!... I Did It Again', also written by Max. The song’s lyrics caused controversy in the United States because the line 'Hit me baby one more time' seems to have S&M or Domestic violence connotations.

'…Baby One More Time' has been covered extensively: one of the earliest live covers of the song was by Scottish band Travis, recorded during one of their concerts at The Bay Tavern in Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, England. The song was later included in the release of their 1999 single, 'Turn'. 'We did it for a laugh the first time... and as we played it, the irony slipped from my smile. It’s a very well-crafted song. It has that magic thing, lead singer Fracis Healey said. Briney heard their version and said: 'It was so weird. I liked it though. It was a very different vibe from what I did'.
In July 2005, The Dresden Dolls performed a cover during their summer concerts while opening for Panic! at the Disco. Frontman Brendon Urie joined the band to perform the song in 'a strange twist to this pop ditty'. It’s obviously darker and actually tortured as opposed to Britney’s school girl despair.
Tori Amos covered the song live during her Sinful Attraction Tour at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California.
Swedish humorist heavy metal band Black Ingvars covered the song for their 2000 album Kids Superhits. The same year, British death metal cover band Ten Masked Men included a rendition of the song on their Return of the Ten Masked Men album.
A cover by Ahmet and Dweezil Zappa was featured in the soundtrack of the 2000 film Ready to Rumble. In 2003, the song was covered by American pop punk band Bowling for Soup for the soundtrack of the remake film Freaky Friday and commented that their version was 'really, really, dark and really rock... not the kind of poppy stuff that we usually do.
Japanese pop singer Shiori Takei covered the song of her 2005 album The Note of My Nineteen Years.
A cover of the song by metalcore band August Burns Red was included along with a cover of 'Toxic' by A Static Lullaby. Both versions were probably the best exponent of how a cover should be done.
Music duo Doll Factory included a cover of the song as a bonus track on later printings of their album Weightless.
Singer-songwriter Christopher Dallman released an EP titled Sad Britney that includes a cover of the song along with covers of 'Toxic', 'Gimme More' and 'Radar'.

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Singles Charts: AUS#1, AT#1, BE#1, CAN#1,DK#1, European Hot 100 #1, FIN#1, FR#1, DE#1, IRL#1, NL#1, NZ#1, NOR#1, SWE#1,CH#1, UK#1, US#1
Year End Charts: UK#1, BE#1, AUS#2, AT#3, DE#3, CH#3, Europe Hot100 #3, US#5, CAN#19
End of Decade Charts: ISR#24, US#78
Certifications:
Platinum: AUS: 3x (270k), NOR: 2x (25k), UK: 2x (1.58m), AT (500k), FR (575k), NL (110k), NZ (20k), SWE (30k), CH (70k), US (1.75m)
Gold: DE 3x (950k)


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