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"'''Radar'''" is a song performed by American [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Britney Spears]] and was recorded for her fifth studio album ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]''. It is also included as a bonus track on her sixth studio album ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]''. On [[May 7]], [[2009]] it was announced on Spears' official website that "Radar" will be released as the fourth single from ''Circus'', the fifth being a promo single "Kill The Lights" which will have an animated video,as a continuation of [[Break The Ice]].*[http://www.britneyspears.com/2009/05/new-kill-the-lights-animated-still.php]
"'''Radar'''" is a song performed by American [[pop music|pop]] singer [[Britney Spears]] and was recorded for her fifth studio album ''[[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|Blackout]]''. It is also included as a bonus track on her sixth studio album ''[[Circus (Britney Spears album)|Circus]]''. On [[May 7]], [[2009]] it was announced on Spears' official website that "Radar" will be released as the fourth single from ''Circus''.

==Single release==
==Single release==
"Radar" was confirmed as the fourth and final single from [[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|''Blackout'']] on May 3, 2008 by the production team [[The Clutch]]. On June 11, 2008 Jive Records announced that the release of "Radar" had been cancelled since Spears had begun recording new material for her sixth studio album [[Circus (Britney Spears album)|''Circus'']].
"Radar" was confirmed as the fourth and final single from [[Blackout (Britney Spears album)|''Blackout'']] on May 3, 2008 by the production team [[The Clutch]]. On June 11, 2008 Jive Records announced that the release of "Radar" had been cancelled since Spears had begun recording new material for her sixth studio album [[Circus (Britney Spears album)|''Circus'']].

Revision as of 08:43, 18 July 2009

This article is about the Britney Spears song "Radar". For other uses of "Radar", see Radar (disambiguation).
"Radar"
Song

"Radar" is a song performed by American pop singer Britney Spears and was recorded for her fifth studio album Blackout. It is also included as a bonus track on her sixth studio album Circus. On May 7, 2009 it was announced on Spears' official website that "Radar" will be released as the fourth single from Circus.

Single release

"Radar" was confirmed as the fourth and final single from Blackout on May 3, 2008 by the production team The Clutch. On June 11, 2008 Jive Records announced that the release of "Radar" had been cancelled since Spears had begun recording new material for her sixth studio album Circus.

2008

In 2008, a promotional CD was sent off for international airplay and "Radar" was then included in playlists for Australian, New Zealand, Finnish, Swedish, Polish, Irish, and British radio stations. The song began to prove popular in their request shows and led to heavy rotation. Although not officially released as a CD single at the time, it charted in several countries due to airplay and strong digital sales.[3] Its highest chart position was number eight on the Swedish Top 60 Singles Chart.[4] The song also appeared on different U.S. Billboard component charts around the same time Blackout charted on the Billboard 200.[5] Now that "Radar" is officially going to be released, the actual 2008 radio promo has become an extremely rare collectors item for fans and almost impossible to obtain.

2009

"Radar" was officially released to U.S. radio stations on June 23, 2009[1], but it has received airplay prior to that date. The song is already listed on the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay since June 13, 2009 [6], currently peaking at number forty-two in its seventh week on the chart.[7]

In the UK, "Radar" has already started receiving airplay, being added to the B List of the Radio 1 Playlist.[8] The song will be officially released as a CD single on July 27, 2009.[9] Although it has been receiving airplay on radio stations again, the track will not be officially released in Australia due to the success in 2008 [citation needed].

Structure and lyrics

Written by Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis and Patrick "J. Que" Smith and produced by Bloodshy & Avant and The Clutch, "Radar" is similar to Spears' Grammy Award-winning single, "Toxic", both of which incorporate influences of electropop, synthpop, and dance. In MTV's review of Blackout, "Radar" was described as:

... an electro/Eurodisco approach, but keeps Spears' vocals more in the foreground. Instead of emulating a video game, she's accompanied sparingly by sonar pulses and distorted synths to keep the sound dangerous, because she's on the prowl. 'I got my eye on you.' she speaks at one point. 'And I can't let you get away.' [10]

Critical reception

The track received mostly positive reviews. Blender magazine gave the track a positive review, stating it has a hook "most pop stars would kill for."[11] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic, an online music database, considered it "relentless," and was chosen as one of the album's highlights.[12] Allmusic chose it as a track pick from Blackout.[13] The Hartford Courant called it a "killer track" and considered it "club-ready" and "crackling."[14]

Music video

File:RadarVideoBritney.png
Spears in the music video for Radar.

The music video was shot on May 27 and 28, 2009 in conjunction with a Candie's photo shoot at the Bacara Resort & Spa just north of Santa Barbara, California.[15] It was directed by Dave Meyers[16], who previously worked with Spears on her music videos "Lucky", "Boys", and "Outrageous". On June 29, 2009, the video was leaked onto the internet[17] and was officially released on July 2 on Spears' official Vimeo account and website.[18][19]

Director, Dave Meyer, told MTV that the music video was inspired by Madonna's Take a Bow. He also wanted to experiment with the video and show a different side to Spears, "I thought, 'It's not the first single [from Circus]. Let's be a little experimental and push to not have her around dancers,' " Meyers said. "I feel, I guess, that the videos are a chance for her to vocalize a sense of herself. The media tends to attack her, so I thought, 'Let's show the classy side of Britney and focus on a classy experience, very European-inspired.' And she's at the point in her career where I think this would be a nice step."[20]

Critical reception

While the song gained mostly positive reviews, the music video received mixed reviews.

Rolling Stone writer Daniel Kreps gave a negative review of the video saying:

For a song that’s been around so long, you’d expect that better ideas would have percolated during its video’s pre-production stages — especially after the great clips for "Womanizer", "Circus" and "If U Seek Amy" — but instead we’re treated to Spears’ weakest video since the disastrous "Gimme More" spot.

The plot is eerily similar too, with the Dave Meyers-directed video essentially copycatting Madonna’s "Take A Bow" video. Instead of falling in love with a matador like the Material Girl, Spears has her eye on a polo player. While Madonna dressed the role of a distressed aristocratic senorita in the stands, Spears’ wardrobe and giant hat mirror the elite at the Kentucky Derby. Instead of montage shots of bulls, we see horses. The major difference here is that there’s a love triangle, even though none of the people involved actually seem to like each other as they stare vacantly off camera half the time. It feels like they took a 30-second commercial for one of Spears’ perfumes and turned it into a four-minute music video.

So where does Britney’s "Radar" rank in the pantheon of all her music videos? Is it better than "Lucky", another video Meyers helmed for Spears?[21]

OK! gave the video a positive review:

Britney Spears goes posh in the video for "Radar," the latest clip from her smash-hit album Circus.

In the video, which hit the Internet Tuesday, the comeback kid of the year heads to a super-splendid country estate where she catches the eye of not just one but two implausibly handsome polo-playing hunks.

Compared to the skintight, revealing costumes of her more recent videos, Brit is downright demure in a white dress and wide-brimmed sunhat here.

And is it just us, or do the two horse-riding hunks in the "Radar" video kinda look like what Kevin Federline would look like if someone showed him how to dress like a man, and not a 12-year-old wannabe rapper?[22]

Chart performance

2007

Mostly due to its digital download sales on the occasion of the official Blackout album release, "Radar" had a brief appearance on several U.S. Billboard component charts on November 17, 2007. While its host album debuted on the Billboard 200, the song charted at number sixty-eight on the Billboard Pop 100,[23] and at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs.[24] The track was also listed on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number seven.[25]

2008

Although the physical release of the song was scrapped in 2008, "Radar" charted in several countries based on strong digital sales and airplay alone, surprisingly reaching high chart positions.

On July 15, 2008, it debuted on the Irish Singles Chart on number forty-seven and peaked at number thirty-two on August 5, 2008.[26]

On the Swedish Singles Chart, "Radar" charted at number forty-six on July 21, 2008 and peaked at number eight on the following week, surpassing the achievements of its predecessors "Piece of Me" (number nine) and "Break the Ice" (number eleven). On August 4, 2008 "Radar" remained at number eight, spending a second week in the top ten.[4]

On August 25, 2008, the song debuted on the Top 100 of the Australian ARIA Singles Chart. It spent eleven weeks on the chart, eventually peaking at number fifty-nine. "Radar" is Spears' lowest charting single in Australia, and the first not to get into the official published ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart.[27]

On the New Zealand Singles Chart, the track debuted at number thirty-seven on August 18, 2008 where it stayed for two weeks before moving up to its peak position at number thirty-two. [28]

With the release of Circus and strong digital sales, "Radar" re-charted on the Billboard Pop 100 at number ninety-one on December 20, 2008, being listed for one week.[29]

2009

It was stated by Billboard on June 10, 2009 that the Pop 100 was discontinued.[30] On its last official issue on June 27, 2009, "Radar" re-charted on the Pop 100 at number ninety.[31]

The track returned to the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles on June 25, 2009 at number seventeen.[32] "Radar" also debuted at number thirty-five on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40, making Spears the artist with the most Mainstream Top 40 chart hits since 2000 (21 tracks) breaking out of a tie she was in with Nelly (20 tracks).[33]

Track listing

Promo CD [34]
  1. "Radar" (Main Version) — 3:49
  2. "Radar" (Instrumental) — 3:48
Promo CD (Poland) [35]
  1. "Radar" (Main Version) — 3:49
6 Tracks Promo CD (Brazil) [36]
  1. "Radar" (Main Version) — 3:49
  2. "Radar" (Bloodshy & Avant Remix) — 5:44
  3. "Radar" (Manhattan Clique Remix) — 5:58
  4. "Radar" (Tonal Radio Edit) — 4:00
  5. "Radar" (Tonal Club Mix) — 4:56
  6. "Radar" (Instrumental) — 3:48

Official versions and Remixes

  1. Album Version - 3:50
  2. Video Edit - 3:43
  3. Instrumental - 3:49
  4. Manhattan Clique Mix - 5:58
  5. Manhattan Clique Radio Edit - 3:31
  6. Tonal Club Mix - 4:56
  7. Tonal Radio Edit - 4:00
  8. Tonal Club Instrumental - 4:56
  9. Bloodshy & Avant Remix - 5:44
  10. Soul Seekerz Club Mix
  11. Friscia & Lamboy Remix
  12. Razor N' Guido Remix
  13. Crookers Remix
  14. Junior Vasquez Remix

Charts

Chart (2007-2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[37] 59
Irish Singles Chart[38] 32
New Zealand Singles Chart[39] 32
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 8
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] 107
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Top 40[40] 35

Personnel and credits

  • Vocals: Britney Spears
  • Background vocals: Candice Nelson
  • Producers: Bloodshy & Avant
  • Co-Producers: The Clutch
  • Recording: Bloodshy & Avant, The Clutch
  • Engineer: Jim Carauna
  • Mixing: Niklas Flyckt
  • Bass and Guitar: Henrik Jonback
  • Keyboards, Programming, Additional Bass and Guitar: Bloodshy & Avant
  • Recorded at: Bloodshy & Avant Studios (Stockholm, Sweden), Sony Music Studios (New York City), & Palms Resort Peal Theatre Recording Studios (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Release history

From Blackout
Date Label Format
July, 2008 Jive Records/Zomba Promo single
From Circus
Region Date Label Format
United States June 23, 2009 Jive Records/Zomba Airplay
United Kingdom July 27, 2009[41] Sony Music Digital download
Germany August, 28, 2009 Jive Records/Zomba CD single

References

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  2. ^ a b http://www.discogs.com/release/1546104
  3. ^ http://www.nova100.com.au/site/new_music/playlistnovarated.aspx
  4. ^ a b c http://acharts.us/sweden_singles_top_60/2008/31
  5. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=290150&model.vnuAlbumId=1196626
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External links

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