Born to Make You Happy

Infobox Single
Name = Born to Make You Happy


Artist = Britney Spears
from Album = ...Baby One More Time
B-side =
Released = flagicon|Germany December 6, 1999
flagicon|Europe December 24, 1999
flagicon|UK January 17, 2000
Format = CD single
Cassette single
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Pop ballad, teen pop, bubblegum pop
Length = 3:35 (Radio Edit)
4:03 (Album Version)
Label = Jive Records
Writer = Andreas Carlsson
Kristian Lundin
Producer = Kristian Lundin
Video director = Billie Woodruff
Certification = Platinum (Sweden)
Gold (Germany)
Silver (France, UK)
Last single = "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
(1999)
This single = "Born to Make You Happy"
(1999)
Next single = "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
(1999)

"Born to Make You Happy" is the fourth European single from American pop singer Britney Spears' debut album, "...Baby One More Time". It was released during the fourth quarter of 1999 and first quarter of 2000 in Canada, Europe, and other regions. In the United States and Australia, however, the single was not released; instead, "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" was released as the fourth and last single from "...Baby One More Time".

ong information

Composed in the key of B minor, the song was written by Andreas Carlsson and Kristian Lundin, and was also produced by the latter. In this mid-tempo ballad, Spears recalls a relationship she desires to correct, not quite understanding what went wrong as she comes to the realization that she was "born to make you happy."

The CD single released a 'Demo' version of the track, calling it a "Bonus Remix." The track contains completely alternate vocals and more of an acoustic take of the track. This alternate recording shows off Spears' vocals.

Despite the song's innocence and purity as we now know, the song was originally sexual. The song was so sexual it made the then 16 year-old Britney Spears uncomfortable to record it saying "'This may be a little old for me.' Because of the image thing, I don't want to go over the top." The song was later rewritten into the innocent ballad we know of. [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/britneyspears/articles/story/5938512/cover_story_britney_spears 1999 Rolling Stones Interview] ]

Music video

The original concept was to portray Spears in a dream, lamenting over her ex-lover, by whom she was secretly pregnant with their child, but Jive immediately withdrew the idea once it was leaked to the public and received negative reception. Directed by Billie Woodruff in Los Angeles, the music video for "Born to Make You Happy" begins with a shot of Spears sleeping. In her dream she is sitting in a futuristic room with several different levels. Following this part of the video, Spears appears atop the apartment building where this room is found, performing a dance segment in a red top and black skirt. The last part of the dream has her love interest come to her room to see her. The video concludes with the pair having a pillow fight. The radio edit of the song was used for the video, it shortens two instrumental bridges, one in the middle of the song, and the other one towards the end.

Charts performance

"Born to Make You Happy" gave Britney her second UK number-one single and it has sold 305,000 copies in that country alone."UKBritney.tv" [http://www.ukbritney.tv/discography/1babyonemoretime_04btmyh.php Britney Spears — Born to Make You Happy (UK)] . Retrieved on May 26, 2007] . It managed to top some European nations, but it charted within the top five in every country it charted.It was also released in Canada where it reached the top 25.The Single sold over 3.673.000 copies worldwide in the year 2000 alone. This made it the 21st best-selling single of the entire year. [ [http://www.unitedworldchart.de/countdown2000.htm Index ] ] .

Remixes

*Album Version — 4:05
*Radio Edit — 3:35
*Bonus Remix — 3:42

References

External links

* [http://www.britneyspears.com/ Britney Spears — Official Web Site]
* [http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/bio/britney_spears.shtml/ Britney Spears fan]