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Oops!...I Did It Again is the second studio album by American recording musical artist Britney Spears. It was released on May 3, 2000, past 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 start week. The album also reached number one in thirteen other countries while peaking inside the summit 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 anthology has sold over xx million copies to date making it 1 of the highest selling albums of all fourth dimension and Spears' second best selling album after ...Baby Ane More Time.

The album produced iii worldwide hits. Its pb single "Oops!...I Did It Over again"; became an international hit reaching number ane in Commonwealth of australia, Canada, the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and nine other countries while peaking in the height five positions in six other countries. Its 2d single "Lucky" reached number one in five countries while "Stronger" (Its 3rd single) became the highest selling unmarried of the album in the United states of america. "Stronger" received a Gold certification in the United States and three other countries. Spears' writing skills are likewise praised in the album for the song "Dearest Diary".

Background

Afterwards vacationing for half-dozen days afterwards the completion of the ...Baby One More Time Tour in September of 1999, Britney returned to New York City to brainstorm recording songs for her follow-upward anthology. The majority of the recording took identify in November of 1999.

It featured contributions from Max Martin, Eric Foster White, Diane Warren and Babyface. The songs "Oops!...I Did It Over again", "Walk on By", "What U See (Is What U Become)" and "Don't Go Knockin' On My Door" were recorded at Martin's Cheiron Studios in the start calendar week of November.

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

According to Britney:

"When I did the first album, I had just turned xvi. I hateful, when I look at the album cover, I'm like, 'Oh, my lordy.' I know this next anthology'southward 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 then much more funkier and edgier. And, of class, it'southward more mature because I've grown as a person as well."

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

Britney was heavily pressured later "...Infant 1 More Fourth dimension'south" huge commercial success to create another incredibly succesful anthology: "It'south kind of hard following ten million, I take to say, but after listening to the new material and recording information technology, I'm really confident with it."

The instrumental track & melody for "Can't Make You lot Dear 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 Fri, January 28, 2000 which preceded Britney's TRL advent that day.

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

During the release of Oops!...I Did It Again, Britney told that "I mean, of course there'due south some pressure," she says. "But in my stance, [Oops!] is a lot better than the first anthology. It's edgier - it has more of an attitude. Information technology's more than me, and I call up teenagers will relate to it more than."

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

Rail List

North American Edition
No.	Championship	Author(south)	Length
ane.	"Oops!... I Did It Over again"	Max Martin・Rami Yacoub	three:31
2.	"Stronger"	Martin・Yacoub	3:23
iii.	"Don't Go Knockin' On My Door"	Alexander Kronlund・Martin・Jake Schulze・Yacoub	3:43
4.	"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"	Keith Richards・Mick Jagger	4:28
five.	"Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"	Robert John "Mutt" Lange・Keith Scott・Shania Twain	3:50
six.	"What U See (Is What U Get)"	Jörgen Elofsson・David Kreuger・Per Magnusson	3:36
7.	"Lucky"	Kronlund・Martin・Yacoub	3:25
8.	"One Osculation From You"	Steve Lunt	3:23
9.	"Where Are Y'all Now"	Andreas Carlsson・Martin	four:39
10.	"Tin can't Make You Dear Me"	Carlsson・Kristian Lundin・Martin	iii:16
eleven.	"When Your Eyes Say Information technology"	Diane Warren	4:30
12.	"Honey Diary"	Jason Blume・Britney Spears・Eugene Wilde	2:46
Total length:			44:37

International Edition
No.	Championship	Author(south)	Length
11.	"When Your Optics Say It"	Warren	4:30
12.	"Girl in the Mirror"	Elofsson	four:06
thirteen.	"Beloved Diary"	Blume・Spears・Wilde	2:46

Asian Edition
No.	Title	Writer(south)	Length
xi.	"When Your Eyes Say Information technology"	Warren	4:06
12.	"Girl in the Mirror"	Elofsson	iii:36
13.	"Yous Got It All"	Rupert Holmes	4:43
fourteen.	"Dear Diary"	Blume・Spears・Wilde	2:46
Full length:			52:33

Japanese, Australian, Mexican, Asian and United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland Special Edition
No.	Title	Writer(south)	Length
11.	"When Your Eyes Say It"	Warren
12.	"Girl in the Mirror"	Elofsson
xiii.	"Yous Got It All"	Holmes
fourteen.	"Heart"	George Teren Wilde
15.	"Dear Diary"	Blume・Spears・Wilde
Total length:			55:34

Unreleased & Unused Songs

Underlined tin be found online

"Asking For Trouble" - It is rumored that it was supossed to be released as a single.
"Back Home" - Rumored to take a country vibe which Britney Thought that wouldn't fit on the album.
"He Loves U Not" - Written by Steve Kipner, David Frank and Pamela Sheyne, information technology was rejected and non recorded.
" I've Got The Urge (To Herbal) " - A snippet was incluided on a Herbal Essence's commercial.
"Too Much To Accept" - Released on a pre-selections CD-R and latter given to Britney'due south Managger.
"What Y'all See Is What You Get" - The writers would afterward sue to Britney, crusade a released rail had the same title, but the example was dismissed.

Trivia

Opposite to popular belief, Oops!... I Did it Again was ordinarily referred to as Oops! by the pop media. However, in 2002, Britney antiseptic this was a marketing stunt on behalf of her manager equally it 'had a meliorate ring to it'. Since and then, the official tracklisting and song retains 'Oops' in its title.
Oops!... I Did Information technology Again held the tape for the highest debut-week album sales by a female person artist for fifteen years, before being cleaved past Adele'south 25 in 2015.
The anthology was originally supposed to be titled Sunflower or Platinum 2000, but these names were scrapped.
The dialogue in "Oops!... I Did Information technology Again" is spoken by Spears and the song'due south writer and producer, Max Martin.
"When Your Eyes Say Information technology" was supposed to exist the fourth unmarried, only "Don't Let Me Be The Concluding To Know" was called instead.
"Honey Diary" was the first vocal Spears co-wrote.
Spears' embrace of The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Go No) Satisfaction" was critically panned. The band also refused Spears to cover the song, simply she recorded it anyway.
There are six alternating endings for "Dear Diary", but then far, none of them has leaked.
Spears called the album "better" than her debut effort, ...Infant Ane More Time.
The duo LMFAO recorded backing vocals on "Lucky".
Spears' mother considered the video for "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" very racy, and wanted to censore some scenes.
"Love Diary" was originally written to accept a darker ending, with Spears finding out that the guy she likes is holding easily with her all-time friend, and telling her listeners what she has learnt virtually getting her heart broken. She, even so, changed it as she said it may upset her younger fans.
- This is probably why the song is so short, clocking at 2 minutes and 46 seconds.
"He Loves U Not", a song by daughter grouping Dream was originally written for Spears and for the anthology. She passed on the song.
"You lot Got It All" was actually recorded for ...Baby One More Fourth dimension, and was included on a rare promotional tape in 1998 previewing tracks from the anthology, but ended up unreleased until Oops!...I Did Information technology Again's release.
- Information technology is rumoured that this was the beginning ever rails Spears recorded when she started work on the album.
The pictures used for the singles "Lucky", "Oops!... I Did Information technology Again" and the album photoshoot were all taken on the same solar day.
A song called "Asking For Trouble", was supposed to be on the anthology, but was never released.
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" was supposed to exist released as a promotional single, but things inverse when it was considered to be one of the worst covers in Pop History by critics.
"Where Are You lot Now", was supposed to be on the Baby album in place of "I Volition Be There".
During a press interview in 2000, she said that "Dont Let Me Exist the Last to Know" is her favorite song from the anthology.