Stronger (Britney Spears song)

Infobox Single
Name = Stronger


Artist = Britney Spears
from Album = Oops!... I Did It Again
B-side = "Walk on By"
Released = flagicon|Europe November 13, 2000
flagicon|UK December 4, 2000
flagicon|US November 30, 2000
Format = CD Maxi Single
12" Single Hit Clips
Recorded = 1999/2000
Genre = Dance pop, teen pop
Length = 3:23
Label = Jive
Writer = Max Martin
Rami
Producer = Max Martin
Rami
Video director = Joseph Kahn
Certification = Gold (Australia, Germany, Sweden, United States)
Silver (France)
Last single = "Lucky"
(2000)
This single = "Stronger"
(2000)
Next single = "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
(2001)Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate cover 1
Background = khaki

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Lower caption = Remix CD Single

"Stronger" is the third single from Pop singer Britney Spears released from the album "Oops!... I Did It Again" during the fourth quarter of 2000.

The song was written and produced by frequent collaborators Max Martin and Rami. In this anthem, Spears sings about overcoming the difficulties of love as she proclaims she is "stronger than yesterday". The single is recognised by many as the unofficial sequel to "...Baby One More Time" 's song lyric "...my loneliness is killing me..." because Spears declares: "...my loneliness ain't killing me no more...".

Music video

The music video for "Stronger" was directed by Joseph Kahn and shot in Los Angeles, and Spears came up with the entire concept by herself.

Spears arrives at a party, only to find that her boyfriend has cheated on her with another woman. Between scenes of the man chasing after her at the gathering to try to get her back, are cuts of Spears dancing with an Emeco 1006 chair, similar to Janet Jackson's "The Pleasure Principle" and "Miss You Much" dance sequences.

The second half of the video finds Spears driving away from the party in a thunderstorm; however, before long, her car goes into a spin out, then stops and she's forced to continue walking on in the rain. Cuts of her dancing with now a cane transformed from the chair are also included. The video ends with Britney walking across a bridge.

However, one portion of the video was replaced with another scene: In original showings of the video, during the beginning of the bridge, when Spears sings "stronger than yesterday...", she is seen standing on the edge of the back of the silver prop chair as it spins. However, in later showings, this scene is cut and replaced with a close-up of Spears singing the lyric. The original does not even appear on the Greatest Hits DVD.

Joseph Kahn showed the 'famous' chair in his home during an episode of "MTV's Cribs".

"Stronger" became yet another music video to retire on MTV's "TRL" and has been one of her strongest selling on iTunes, with a 4/5 rating based on over 60 reviews.

Performances

Perhaps a fan favorite, "Stronger" is one of the most performed songs by Spears. The song boasts a signature hand clap after the lyrics, "stronger then yesterday" but when performed, Spears slaps her hands back and forth, almost in a "wiping her hands clean" motion.This song was performed at the 2001 American Music Awards with an edgier rock feel to it. Spears also rapped in the middle of it while performing on a rotating platform with a female guitarist player next to her. The dancers were in identical costumes with identical blonde wigs.

Certifications

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Stronger".

Remix/Official versions

*Album Version — 3:23
*Instrumental — 3:23
*Video Edit — 3:36
*Jack D. Elliot Club Mix — 6:341
*Jack D. Elliot Radio Mix — 3:31
*Mac Quayle Club Mix — 7:50
*Mac Quayle Mixshow Edit — 5:21
*Mac Quayle Mixshow Edit — 4:51 [In UK and Japanese edition only]
*Mac Quayle Radio Mix — 3:50
*Pablo La Rosa's Tranceformation — 7:21
*Pablo La Rosa's Tranceformation (Radio Edit) — 3:32
*Pimp Juice's "Ain't No Shame in This Vocal Mix Game" Mix — 5:50
*Pimp Juice's Extra Strength Dub — 7:05
*Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix/Club Vocal — 6:31
*Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Dub — 6:54
*Miguel 'Migs' Vocal (Edit/Club Edit) — 3:41
*WIP Remix — 5:50
*"Stronger" is the first track on the U.S. version of Now That's What I Call Music! 6

References

External links

* [http://www.britneyspears.com/ Britney Spears — Official Web Site]