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Oops!...I Did It Again is the second studio album by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was released on May 3, 2000, by Jive Records. The album became a commercial success after debuting at top position on the U.S. Billboard 200 selling over 1,319,193 units during its first week. The album also reached number one in thirteen other countries while peaking inside the top five 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 Industry Association of America (RIAA). Additionally, The album has sold over 20 million copies to date making it one of the highest selling albums of all time and Spears' second best selling album after ...Baby One More Time.

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

Background[]

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

It featured contributions from Max Martin, Eric Foster White, Diane Warren, Timmy Allen, and Rodney Jerkins. The songs "Oops!...I Did It 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 first week of November.

The songs "Stronger" and "Lucky" were also recorded, but were finalized (along with the title track) in January 2000. The song "Where Are You Now" was recorded at Cheiron in November and finished at Battery Studios in January.

According to Britney:

"When I did the first album, I had just turned 16. I mean, when I look at the album cover, I'm like, 'Oh, my lordy.' I know this next album's going to be totally different--especially the material. I just got finished recording the first six tracks in Sweden two months ago, and the material is so much more funkier and edgier. And, of course, it's more mature because I've grown as a person too."

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

Britney was heavily pressured after "...Baby One More Time's" huge commercial success to create another incredibly successful album: "It's kind of hard following ten million, I have to say, but after listening to the new material and recording it, I'm really confident with it."

The instrumental track and melody for "Can't Make You Love Me" were recorded in the fall of 1999 in Sweden with Britney recording the vocals in mid-January at Parc Studios in Orlando, Florida.

Diane Warren's song "When Your Eyes Say It" was recorded at Battery Studios New York on Friday, January 28, 2000, which preceded Britney's TRL appearance that day.

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

During the release of Oops!...I Did It Again, Britney said: "I mean, of course there's some pressure. But in my opinion, [Oops!] is a lot better than the first album. It's edgier - it has more of an attitude. It's more me, and I think teenagers will relate to it more."

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

Track listing[]

North American Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Oops!... I Did It Again"Max Martin・Rami Yacoub3:31
2."Stronger"Martin・Yacoub3:23
3."Don't Go Knockin' On My Door"Alexander Kronlund・Martin・Jake Schulze・Yacoub3:43
4."(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"Keith Richards・Mick Jagger4:28
5."Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"Robert John "Mutt" Lange・Keith Scott・Shania Twain3:50
6."What U See (Is What U Get)"Jörgen Elofsson・David Kreuger・Per Magnusson3:36
7."Lucky"Kronlund・Martin・Yacoub3:25
8."One Kiss From You"Steve Lunt3:23
9."Where Are You Now"Andreas Carlsson・Martin4:39
10."Can't Make You Love Me"Carlsson・Kristian Lundin・Martin3:16
11."When Your Eyes Say It"Diane Warren4:30
12."Dear Diary"Jason Blume・Britney Spears・Eugene Wilde2:46
Total length:44:37
International Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."When Your Eyes Say It"Warren4:30
12."Girl in the Mirror"Elofsson4:06
13."Dear Diary"Blume・Spears・Wilde2:46
Asian Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."When Your Eyes Say It"Warren4:06
12."Girl in the Mirror"Elofsson3:36
13."You Got It All"Rupert Holmes4:43
14."Dear Diary"Blume・Spears・Wilde2:46
Total length:52:33
Japanese, Australian, Mexican, Asian and UK Special Edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."When Your Eyes Say It"Warren 
12."Girl in the Mirror"Elofsson 
13."You Got It All"Holmes 
14."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" - was confirmed by a fan site.
  • "He Loves U Not" - Produced by David Frank and Steve Kipner. It was given to girl group Dream before it was recorded.
  • "I've Got The Urge (To Herbal)" - was recorded for an Herbal Essences campaign.

Trivia[]

  • Media often referred to the album as Oops! rather than its given title. In 2002, Spears clarified the alternate title to be a marketing tactic.[citation needed]
  • Oops!... I Did It Again held the record for the highest debut-week album sales by a female artist for fifteen years, before being broken by Adele's 25 in 2015.
  • Sunflower and Platinum 2000 were considered to be the title for the album. However, these names were scrapped, with the project having Oops!...I Did It Again as the title.
  • Spears wanted the album to be more hip-hop adjacent, saying that the album is "a little bit more mature sounding", with it having "a little more of a hip-hop flair".[1]
  • The dialogue in "Oops!... I Did It Again" is spoken by Spears and the song's writer and producer, Max Martin.
  • "When Your Eyes Say It" was rumored to be the fourth single, but "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" was chosen instead.
  • "Dear Diary" was the second song Spears co-wrote after "I'm So Curious".
  • Spears' cover of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" received a mixed response. The band initially refused her request to cover the song, but she recorded it anyway.
    • 22 years later, Mick Jagger, the lead singer of The Rolling Stones, which sung the song said that Spears's cover of the song was "good" in an interview with Rock And Roll Garage.[2]
  • There were six alternate endings written for "Dear Diary", but so far, none of them have leaked. It's unknown if these versions were recorded.
  • Spears called the album "better" than her debut effort, ...Baby One More Time.
  • Spears' mother considered the video for "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know" very racy, and wanted to censor some scenes.
  • "Dear Diary" originally had a less positive ending, with Spears finding out her love interest was holding hands with her best friend and learning about heartache. It was later removed from the song in fear of upsetting her younger fans.
    • The change of the ending is probably the reason why the song is so short. The song ended up being 2 minutes and 46 seconds long.
  • "He Loves U Not", a song by girl group Dream was originally written for Spears for the album, but the producers decided it to give to the group.
  • An alternate R&B version of "You Got It All" was originally recorded for ...Baby One More Time, and was included on a rare promotional tape in 1998. A new version was later released on Oops!...I Did It Again.
    • It is rumored that this was the first track Spears ever recorded when she started work on the album.
  • The artwork "Lucky", "Oops!... I Did It Again" and the album were all taken on the same day by the photographer Mark Seliger.
  • A song called "Asking For Trouble" was recorded to be on the album, but was scrapped later on. It is the only scrapped song from the album that isn't available to listen to in any form.
    • The song has been placed on an unofficial tracklist of a "new Britney album", Sunflower. However, various songs from the tracklist ended up being used on the album (or the B-sides of the album). [3]
  • "Where Are You Now" was supposed to be on the ...Baby One More Time album in place of "I Will Be There".
  • During a press interview in 2000, she said that "Dont Let Me Be the Last to Know" is her favorite song from the album.

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