Keeps Gettin' Better

Infobox Single


Name = Keeps Gettin' Better
Artist = Christina Aguilera
Album = Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits
Released = September 9, 2008
(see below)
Format = CD single, digital download
Recorded = 2008
Genre = Electropop, dance-pop
Length = 3:04 (Album/Single Version)
Label = RCA
Writer = Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry
Producer = Linda Perry
Last single = "Oh Mother"
(2007)
This single = "Keeps Gettin' Better"
(2008)
Next single = "TBA"

"Keeps Gettin' Better" is the first single by American singer Christina Aguilera released from her upcoming greatest hits album "Keeps Gettin' Better - A Decade of Hits".

Release and song information

"Keeps Gettin' Better" was produced by Linda Perry and written by Linda Perry and Christina Aguilera.

On September 5, 2008 the song leaked to the Internet and was premiered two days later at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. [Cite news |last=Montgomery |first=James |title=T.I., Christina Aguilera, Kid Rock Announce VMA Plans |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1594143/20080904/katy_perry.jhtml |publisher="MTV News" |date=(September 04,2008) |accessdate=2008-09-08] Few weeks later, on September 22, 2008 the song was officially sent to radio stations. [Cite news |last=Hasty |first=Katy |title=Target Scores Aguilera Hits Album Exclusive |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003845591 |publisher="Billboard" |date=(September 03,2008) |accessdate=2008-09-08]

On September 9, 2008 the song was available for purchase on some countries, including the Australian and Canadian iTunes stores where it has currently charted at #2. [http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/]

Critical response

Billboard Magazine wrote following about the song: "While it wouldn't make for an interesting album's worth of material, Aguilera's exciting performance of the song at MTV's Video Music Awards shows an artist that knows when it's time to change it up. Teamed again with the incomparable Linda Perry, "Better" should have no problem keeping company with Tina's rich catalog of hits." [Cite news |last=Williams |first=Chris |title=Billboard's Keeps Gettin' Better Review |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/singles/e3i29d155e77cad05e80ba0a19b977eeca9 |publisher="Billboard" |accessdate=2008-09-08]

Music editor Nick Levine from British entertainment and media website Digital Spy welcomed the single writing: " [...] it isn't one of Christina's boldest singles, but it's a welcome change from what she was up to on Back To Basics and will more than hold its own on her greatest hits album [...] " [Cite news |last=Levine |first=Nick |title= Christina Aguilera: Keeps Gettin' Better? |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a129853/christina-aguilera-keeps-gettin-better.html |publisher="Digital Spy" |date=(September 08,2008) |accessdate=2008-10-03]

Music video

According to RCA France the video for the single was shot the last week of September. The director for the music video was Peter Berg, the same director of the movie Hancock which starred Will Smith. There are currently no details on the video, neither its release date, although in an RCA UK Email newsletter it mentioned that the video will be 'hitting screens shortly'.

Live performances

Its first television performance was at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards on September 7th, 2008. MTV.com wrote, following her performance the next day:

"Christina Aguilera, who was poured into a second-skin leather catsuit accessorized with silver armbands, a black-leather cat mask, black gauzy cape and platinum-blond hair. Standing in a tower of neon-lit boxes, Christina gave a taste of the future-shock version of her first hit, "Genie in a Bottle," before slinking over to a glowing set to perform her new Goldfrapp-like techno dance tune "Keep Getting' Better." [Cite news |last=Kaufman|first=Gil |title=It's Britney Spears' Night At The VMAs |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1594283/20080908/spears_britney.jhtml |publisher="MTV" |date=(September 08,2008) |accessdate=2008-10-02]

Tracklisting

Promotional Single
#"Keeps Gettin' Better" (Main Version) – 3:03
#"Call Hook Out" – 0:18

Personnel

#Producer: Linda Perry
#Writers: Christina Aguilera, Linda Perry
#All Instruments and Programming: Linda Perry
#Drums Programming: Mark Ronson
#Engineering: Linda Perry
#Published by: Xtina Music / Universal Music Careers

Chart performance

The song debuted on September 21 on Australian ARIA Charts at #26 (it is currently charting there).

The song has performed well on the Canadian Hot 100 chart: It first debuted at #16, and a week later the song became the "Greatest Airplay, Sales Gainer" moving up and peaking #4, after reaching #2 on the Canadian iTunes Store. [http://www.apple.com/ca/itunes/]

On September 30, the song was released on the American iTunes Store where it reached #7 in a matter of hours [http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/] and peaked at #2 on iTunes Top 100 songs. [http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/] "Keeps Gettin' Better" is currently at number 16 of the most played songs in American Pop radios. [Cite news |title=Mediabase 24/7 - 7 Day Charts (Sep 18 - Sep 24) |url=http://www.mediabase.com/mmrweb/insideradio/charts.asp?format=1&showyear=y&dpt=n |publisher="Mediabase" |date=(September 25,2008) |accessdate=2008-09-25] In the U.S the song debuted at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue date October 18, 2008 as the "Hot Shot" of the week. This has become Aguilera's highest debut on the Hot 100 [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=Bubbling+Under+Hot+100+Singles] and her highest peak since "Ain't No Other Man" in 2006. After being digitally released on September 30, 2008, "Keeps Gettin' Better" sold 143,895 legal downloads in its first week, enough for a #3 debut on the Hot Digital Tracks and #5 on Hot Digital Songs. The song debuted on the United World Chart at #14 with 147,000 points becoming the second highest debut of the week.

Charts

Release history

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