Oops Sis I Did It Again
Has red pleather ever looked then highly-seasoned?
Despite that iconic catsuit dominating the video for Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Once again, the 2000 release is nevertheless regarded not only as ane of the US star's standout releases – but also 1 of the best pop singles of the new millennium.
Serving as the bridge between cute Baby-One-More-Time-Britney and sexy Slave-4-U-Britney, that chorus of "I'chiliad non that innocent" was a clue as to the management the then-18-year-former star was heading.
Two decades later, she's withal serving upward killer popular releases and packing 'em in at her recent Las Vegas residency, where Oops!... was one of the prove's highlights.
Equally part of HuffPost UK's Pop! Goes The Millennium series, we're celebrating one of Britney's finest with 16 facts you didn't know about the mega hit, as her anthology of the same name turns 20...
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one. It is the optimum length for a pop song
It is a scientific fact* that pop songs that last 3 minutes and 30 seconds are always destined for greatness.
*not actually scientific fact.
2. The song features an within joke
That weird spoken bit in the middle of the vocal about the diamond beingness dropped into the ocean? Writer and producer Max Martin idea it would be funny to reference the Titanic movie in the bridge of the vocal. Twenty years afterward and the residual of us are still asking "why?".
three. The whole concept of the video was Britney's idea
She later commented: "[I wanted] to exist on Mars , dancing on Mars" and "[I wanted] to be in a scarlet jumpsuit". Mission accomplished.
4. The iconic ruby-latex catsuit that Britney wears in the video was a last minute addition
Manager Nigel Dick, who also directed the …Baby 1 More Time clip, recalls: "In that location was another catsuit, actually, which was fantastic, which I loved, and the night earlier, I was told that Britney hired this guy that worked with Michael Jackson, and and then nosotros're going to use that catsuit. And so that's the catsuit."
5. Britney was injured on the prepare of the video
During filming she was struck on the caput by a falling camera and needed four stitches, simply was dorsum to work directly later on. Oops.
half-dozen. Britney nevertheless had a lot of fun filming the video
Despite that caput injury...
7. Jack and Grace paid homage to the video – and choreography – in an episode of Will And Grace…
Skills.
8. Fast-frontwards a few years and Miley Cyrus did also...
Miley gave a nod to the ruby latex jumpsuit Britney wears in the video in the clip for her 2019 single Female parent's Daughter.
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9. Oops!... was nominated for a Grammy and a Kids' Selection Award
But Britney lost out to Macy Gray's I Try in the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2001 Grammys, and was pipped to the post by Who Let The Dogs Out? by the Baha Men at the 2001 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Seriously, people.
10. The vocal has been covered many, many times
Including by James Corden (and Britney, patently) when she joined him for Carpool Karaoke
eleven. Equally well as Selena Gomez
Selena and her band The Scene performed the song every night during their Nosotros Own the Night Tour in 2011. Selena likewise treated fans to this, errrm, unique take, on Instagram…
12. Lea Michele'southward character Rachel Berry after had a stab at it on Glee likewise
It featured in the episode Britney 2.0 in 2012
13. Even Britney'due south sister Jamie Lynn got in on the Oops action...
Yeah, we'll stick to the original.
14. But the definitive cover version belongs to...
Rivalling the original, we remember you'll agree.
xv. Just even Jedward'southward version wasn't every bit bad as this monstrosity...
Skilful lord.
xvi. The song'southward cultural significance continues
British vocalist Anne-Marie referenced it in the chorus of her striking 2018 unmarried, 2002. She was two years out, but hey, who's counting?
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Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/britney-spears-oops-i-did-it-again-20th-anniversary_uk_5e7cd26ac5b6cb9dc19c045f
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