14 years ago a Britney classic was released.

The video caused controversy with Britney wearing a catholic school uniform, its lyrics and sexy dance moves.

Although released by the end of September, the song was sent to radio stations not until one month later. On November 21, 1998, "...Baby One More Time" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped the chart two and a half months later for two consecutive weeks.

The song received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its composition.

"...Baby One More Time" attained global success, reaching number one in every country it charted. It also received numerous certifications around the world, and is one of the best-selling singles of all time, with over 9 million copies sold.

In 2010, the music video for "...Baby One More Time" was voted the third most influential video in the history of pop music, in a poll held by Jam!.

The song was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Other noteworthy facts:

- "...Baby One More Time" spent two consecutive weeks at number-one on the French Singles Chart and was certified platinum by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique after selling over 500,000 units in the country.

- The song topped the German Singles Chart for six consecutive weeks and sold over 750,000 copies, resulting in a three-times gold certification by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

- In the United Kingdom, according Jive Records, the single "…Baby One More Time" has sold more than 250,000 copies in a mere three days. Spears broke a first-week sales record for a female act at the time when "...Baby One More Time" sold a total of 460,000 copies in the United Kingdom. The single went on to sell over 1.5 million units, making it the highest-selling single of the year and the 25th best-selling of all-time in Britain.

- "…Baby One More Time" was listed at number twenty five in the greatest pop songs since 1963, in a list compiled by Rolling Stone and MTV in 2000.

- Blender listed it at number nine in "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born". The song was also listed as the 7th best song of 1990's by VH1 and in a listing compiled in 2003, ranked at number twenty eight in 100 Best Songs of the Past 25 Years.

I could go on and on but we all can agree - a superstar was born

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Britney almost single-handedly killed grunge rock!

THIS^ is a true story.

TonyVanDam said:

Britney almost single-handedly killed grunge rock!

THIS^ is a true story.

grunge rock and r&b/pop, or as some would say, shit-hop

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This song may have put Britney on the map but I still believe TLC would've done a better job if they didnt turn down the song.

Overall still a good tune.

Did I just see classic and Britney Spears in the same sentence???

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Paris9748430 said:

Did I just see classic and Britney Spears in the same sentence???

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Happyperson always making these dumbass threads calling buffons classic

It's up to the person to call it a classic. It is memorable that's for sure. A good pop song regardless.

If TLC did the song, it would have sounded like the material on their first album a little bit. No Scrubs was perfect for them

TonyVanDam said:

Britney almost single-handedly killed grunge rock!

THIS^ is a true story.

grunge died about half a decade before that song was recorded. you may as well say that song is the reason the beatles split

Thus the overcommercialization process of music had its landmark moment 14 years ago.

babybugz said:

It's up to the person to call it a classic. It is memorable that's for sure. A good pop song regardless.

How so?

When it NEVER plays on the radio?

If you like the song thats you that doesnt necessarily mean its a classic and EVERYONE of all demographics pop the song in or hears it on the radio... I have never heard this song play on the radio.

and that's exactly the point where pop music started its decline

JoeTyler said:

and that's exactly the point where pop music started its decline

Because bubblegum pop about teen love was a radical thing in 1998.

jpnyc said:

JoeTyler said:

and that's exactly the point where pop music started its decline

Because bubblegum pop about teen love was a radical thing in 1998.

no, not radical, more like a brainless step back,

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jpnyc said:

JoeTyler said:

and that's exactly the point where pop music started its decline

Because bubblegum pop about teen love was a radical thing in 1998.

You really just had to be there then. It really felt like popular music as we knew it was about to end when this became a massive hit.

People were very critical of how this song was marketed, how the performer didn't seem to have any real musical ability and how distasteful the whole thing was. Not to mention the lyrics were written by a Swede and were complete nonsense. After all the more artistically ambitious stuff that had been commercially successful in the 90s the way this song and the artist were presented seemed like a huge setback.

Hah, I meant "step back", of course. Like Joe.

novabrkr said:

jpnyc said:

Because bubblegum pop about teen love was a radical thing in 1998.

You really just had to be there then. It really felt like popular music as we knew it was about to end when this became a massive hit.

People were very critical of how this song was marketed, how the performer didn't seem to have any real musical ability and how distasteful the whole thing was. Not to mention the lyrics were written by a Swede and were complete nonsense. After all the more artistically ambitious stuff that had been commercially successful in the 90s the way this song and the artist were presented seemed like a huge setback.

Him being a swede doesn't have anything to do with it, I can agree that Max Martin (the songwriter/producer) has done a lot of extremly catchy pop tunes like this (even though I personally HATE IT) but he's done some good songs 2.

Oh, him being Swedish has a lot to do with it. Writing horrible lyrics in English has been acceptable there for a long time and those have been almost something of a standard in Swedish pop music since ABBA.

I live in Finland, so I'm pretty used to that stuff. Not that there wouldn't be all kinds of great bands in Sweden as well.

Max Martin was just the fourth generation of acts like ABBA, Roxette and Ace of Base

I dig swedish kitsch (I own the greatest hits CD of those acts), but swedish kitsch PLUS north-american kitsch was too much...

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novabrkr said:

Oh, him being Swedish has a lot to do with it. Writing horrible lyrics in English has been acceptable there for a long time and those have been almost something of a standard in Swedish pop music since ABBA.

I live in Finland, so I'm pretty used to that stuff. Not that there wouldn't be all kinds of great bands in Sweden as well.

Yes I would know since I'm a swede myself lol... I never claimed he was a great lyracist of any kind lol, he's a good producer tho (even tho it's not my kind of music). There are some swedish producers that are good, but most write horrible lyrics - very cheesy.

Finland mostly produces good rock, but as far as the rest -

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mjscarousal said:

babybugz said:

It's up to the person to call it a classic. It is memorable that's for sure. A good pop song regardless.

How so?

When it NEVER plays on the radio?

If you like the song thats you that doesnt necessarily mean its a classic and EVERYONE of all demographics pop the song in or hears it on the radio... I have never heard this song play on the radio.

I don't listen to the radio so I don't know. And people call various things classic who am I to tell them it isn't? People like the song others don't it's not a big deal.

novabrkr said:

jpnyc said:

Because bubblegum pop about teen love was a radical thing in 1998.

You really just had to be there then. It really felt like popular music as we knew it was about to end when this became a massive hit.

People were very critical of how this song was marketed, how the performer didn't seem to have any real musical ability and how distasteful the whole thing was. Not to mention the lyrics were written by a Swede and were complete nonsense. After all the more artistically ambitious stuff that had been commercially successful in the 90s the way this song and the artist were presented seemed like a huge setback.

In UK and Europe, there was still loads of cheesy shit in the mid 90's before Britney. Heck Max Martin and his crew had already been churning out hits for early Backstreet Boys and Nsync etc.. before Britney. They just didn't break in the US was all it was.

Personally that grunge, nu metal and industrial sounding stuff went overground and was getting tired anyway. You can only shoe gaze for so long before somethings gotta change again LOL.

I welcomed the song and I still think its a great pop song with a killer bridge. Sure it makes no sense but who cares its pop music LOL.