ATRL - Discussion: 5 Britney Spears hits written for others

the floacist · , 2:20 AM

I'm A Slave 4 U was a hit?

It peaked at #27.

I could definitely hear TLC doing Baby One More Time. T-Boz doing the verses with Chilli doing the bridge.

madonnas · , 2:21 AM

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Originally posted by the floacist

I'm A Slave 4 U was a hit?

It peaked at #27.

She was blacklisted from US radio, it was a huge worldwide hit.

Dream · 2:36 AM

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Originally posted by the floacist

I'm A Slave 4 U was a hit?

It peaked at #27.

In the US it didn't do as well, but the rest of the world it was mostly a top 10 hit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_a...certifications

Reza · , 2:26 AM

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Originally posted by madonnas

She was blacklisted from US radio, it was a huge worldwide hit.

Ignore that troll please.

KevinKDC · , 2:29 AM

Loving the OP

misguidedghost · , 2:30 AM

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Originally posted by madonnas

She was blacklisted from US radio, it was a huge worldwide hit.

Troll ahoy.

chris1991 · , 2:32 AM

Slave 4 U was a hit. Despite peaking at 27 it is way more Iconic than many other song that peaked at #1.

Loghen · , 2:33 AM

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Some great performers aren't especially remarkable songwriters: Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Christina Aguilera, Justin Bieber... most of the major pop divas.

But this whole part..

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The one who has always been admirably honest about the whole thing is Britney Spears, who rarely writes songs (though when she does they're usually surprising) and never takes credit where it isn't due, and doesn't rise up to the bait of those who suggest that this makes her somehow less of a true artist because she knows that she's BRITNEY ****ING SPEARS. Every songwriter alive would eat his left big toe to write a song recorded by Britney Spears, even Stefani "Sour Grapes" Germanotta herself, and many of them have tried, most of them unsuccessfully and sometimes with premium material that occasionally finds its way to another artist's successful recording. One of the many reasons for this is that just about any song is elevated by earning a spot in Britney Spears's discography ('70s cover songs arguably excepted) because Britney Spears is Britney Spears, and there's something about Britney Spears that's magic but fascinatingly impossible to pinpoint.

NOW · , 2:37 AM

I'm really intrigued by the whole Telephone story. I don't think it was Britney's idea for the duet to end up on The Singles Collection though, she would've been content to have it on TFM, it was probably her team or whoever else was the one that rejected it in the first place. Also, Gaga and Britney are on excellent terms, I couldn't see them liking each other if Gaga replaced Britney with Beyonce.

gagakyle · , 2:37 AM

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Originally posted by ashuduff

3. Has always come off as somehow offended by the effortlessness with which Britney Spears retains her place atop the pop pantheon

So glad Gaga and Bey ended up doing Telephone, though!

madonnas · , 2:39 AM

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Originally posted by misguidedghost

Troll ahoy.

What? It was a top 10 in most places...

adrianbeane · , 2:47 AM

This is quite interesting. The only one I didn't know about was ''Milkshake'', but thank god the Neptunes gave that one to Kelis.
Kylie probably rejected ''Toxic'' because it didn't really was the direction she wanted to take at that time. It would never fit on ''Body Language'' so I completely understand.