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"I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was initially a bonus track, and later served as a promotional single from her hits album, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. It was released on August 17, 2004 by Jive Records.

Background[]

"I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" was originally recorded for Spears's fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003).[1] It was written by Spears, Michelle Bell, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, and Henrik Jonback, and produced by Bloodshy & Avant.[2] It was included as a bonus track on the European version of the In the Zone DVD. In the United States, the track was a free download with the Walmart edition of In the Zone, due to an exclusive deal with Walmart and Sony Connect.[1] When the deal ended in mid-2004, Jive Records released it on the iTunes Store and Rhapsody on August 17, 2004.[3] It peaked at number seven on the iTunes chart. It was then included on the tracklist of Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.[1] It was also featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film Bridesmaids.[4]

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
Here's a little story that I made up
So let's make believe
Four years ago I had a party
That was too much fun for me
Boy, there's a sexy guy
He said he'd give me everything I need
Sometimes I let temptation go too far and get the best of me

[Pre-Chorus]
All I gotta say is
I just want to have some fun
And I'll do it until I'm done
I'm telling you

[Chorus]
I'm just a crazy kind of girl
I'll tell it to the world
I've just begun having my fun, yeah
Inside me there's something I found
I wanna shop around
I've just begun, don't wanna settle down

[Verse 2]
The conversation wasn't going nowhere till I turned my hair
He started touching me and kissing me like he didn't care
I thought at first I should go home, but then fell asleep in the chair

[Pre-Chorus]
All I gotta say is
I just want to have some fun
And I'll do it until I'm done
I'm telling you

[Chorus]
I'm just a crazy kind of girl
I'll tell it to the world
I've just begun having my fun, yeah
Inside me there's something I found
I want to shop around
I've just begun, don't wanna settle down
I'm just a crazy kind of girl
I'll tell it to the world
I've just begun having my fun, yeah
Inside me there's something I found
I want to shop around
I've just begun, don't wanna settle down

[Bridge]
I just wanna have a good time
I just wanna be myself
And don't let nobody tell you it's any differently
I wanna enjoy the sunshine
And do the things that I need
To see what feels good to me
I'm just so crazy

[Chorus]
I'm just a crazy kind of girl
I'll tell it to the world
I've just begun having my fun, yeah
Inside me there's something I found
I want to shop around
I've just begun, don't wanna settle down

[Outro]
I've just begun (Oh)
I've just begun having my fun, yeah
I've just begun (Oh)
I've just begun having my fun, yeah


Composition[]

"I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" is an electro-funk song, and according to the sheetmusic published at musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, is composed in the key of G minor with 108 beats per minute.[1][5] It has a dance-oriented beat that has been compared by Jennifer Vineyard of MTV and Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic to No Doubt's 2002 single "Hella Good".[1][6] Spears's vocal range spans from the high-tone of G3 to the low-tone of Eb5.[5] The track features mainly guitar and bass, along with string arrangements and 1970s synthesizers reminiscent of Zapp and The Gap Band.[7] Its lyrics refer to a make-believe situation in which Spears describes an encounter with a man at a party. During the song, she declares to prefer having a good time rather than settling down.[1].

Critical Reception[]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said "the In the Zone outtake [...] betters most of the songs that were featured on the album".[6] Annabel Leathes of BBC Online commented that along with "Do Somethin'", they are "[two] robust, unreleased tracks [that] suggest, however, that she may still be churning out a few more No.1s before taking time out to sing lullabies to her brood".[8] Ann Powers of Blender called the song "instantly forgettable and biographically inaccurate,"[9] while Mike McGuirk of Rhapsody said the song "is on a level with her best work, namely "I'm a Slave 4 U"."[3] Louis Pattison of the New Musical Express stated that the lyrics "chime rather oddly with Britney’s much-vaunted desire to start a family".[10] On the week of September 4, 2004, "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" debuted at number twenty-three on Billboard Hot Digital Tracks,[11] and falling at number forty-one in the following.[12]

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