Britney Spears – Baby One More Time
27th Feb 1999
This has to be one of the best loved and most memorable pop songs of the last decade, so it’s quite surprising that I didn’t really care that much for it at the time of release. Of course I soon realised its greatness, but to begin with it sounded much harsher and tougher than the pop music like B*Witched and Bille that I was into at the time. In fact, when it came out it was quite unusual sounding, and it shows what an effect this song has had on pop music that it now sounds anything but unusual – it began a whole new mini-era of pop music with countless acts trying to follow in Britney’s footsteps ever since.
Of course now if you mention Britney Spears’ baby, people will presume you are referring to the actual human baby which popped out of her at the end of last year. I certainly didn’t think when this single was released that 7 years down the line (can you believe it’s been that long?) Britney would still be a massive star, although she is certainly “not that innocent” anymore!