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"Gimme More"
Song

"Gimme More" is a song written by James Washington, Keri Hilson, Marcella Araica and Nate Hills for Britney Spears's fifth studio album, Blackout. (See 2007 in music). Produced by Danja,[3][4] it is the first single from the album and Spears' highest peaking single in the United States since her 1999 number one debut "...Baby One More Time", having reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100.[5]

Single release

On August 30 2007, "Gimme More" premiered on New York City radio station Z100's web site,[6][7] followed by premieres in other major markets such as KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, 97.1 ZHT in Salt Lake City and Hot 99.5 in Washington, D.C.[8] Later on September 28 2007, the song was officially released for radio airplay in the United Kingdom.

On September 25 2007, the song was digitally released in Australia and North America.

The song was released as a CD single in Australia on October 6, 2007. It was released in Ireland on the October 19 2007, and on the same format in the UK on October 22 2007, and on the rest of the European countries on October 29, 2007.

Critical reception

"Gimme More" was generally well-received by music critics. Blender Magazine complimented the song for being an "unsettling disco dazzler," rating it four out of five stars.[9]

Chuck Taylor, Billboard writer and editor, also positively approved the song:

The uptempo dance track is a cutesy if redundant jam in which the title is repeated no fewer than three dozen times in four minutes. Instantly most added at top 40, Spears is destined for a lofty chart debut.[10]

When Spears performed the song at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards many critics were very judgmental of her performance, or lack of. Her poor lip-synching and inability to remember her choreography were the main reasons the performance was panned.

Despite criticisms, the song proved to be a hit, entering the Top 10 in most countries. "Gimme More" became Spears' tenth top 3 single in the United World Charts.[citation needed]

DJ Shelly Wade of Z100 told TIME that, "the listeners love it." Within three days, Spears went as the most requested artist hitting the songs with 1.5 million points on Z100.com.[11]

Music video

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Spears singing and pole dancing in the music video.

Directed by first time director Jake Sarfaty,[12] the video was shot in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles on July 19 and August 7 2007.[13]

The music video had its world premiere in the U.S. iTunes Store on Friday, October 5, 2007.

The video premiered on television on MuchMusic on October 7, 2007, it was rotating on VH1 on October 8, 2007 and was posted on MTV's official blog[14] several hours before the previously announced Total Request Live's exclusive world premiere. The video has since risen to #4 on the countdown.[15] "Gimme More" also managed to reach #10 on VH1's Vspot Top 20 Countdown.

The video is basically about Spears pole-dancing in a strip club, with a few shots of her, blonde-haired, staring at a man at a bar. In approximately the middle of the video, she takes off her top and uses it to cover her breasts, then continues to pole-dance with the blond friends also featured in the bar.

Formats and track listings

Official track listings and formats for "Gimme More."[16]

Official versions and remixes

"Gimme More" was one of Spears' most remixed single songs.


Chart performance

"Gimme More" debuted at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart on September 6 2007,[17] subsequently debuting at number sixty-five on the Billboard Pop 100 in the same week.[18] In the issue dated September 22 2007, the song debuted at number eighty-five on the Billboard Hot 100 and moved up to number thirty-eight on the Billboard Pop 100.[19][20][21] On September 25 2007, the first day of limited digital release, the single debuted at number three in Canada, number two in New Zealand, and number six in Australia on the iTunes Store Chart.[22] In less than 24 hours, the song debuted at number sixteen in the United States, peaked at the number one position on the iTunes Chart. It has since reached number one in Australia, Canada, U.S., Ireland, UK and New Zealand's iTunes Stores.[23] "Gimme More" opened at number one on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs with 179,000 downloads and soared 68-3 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving Britney her fifth top ten hit and making the single her highest showing in 8 years. The song held its number three position for a second week. "Gimme More" is currently her second highest charting single in the U.S. since her debut "...Baby One More Time".[5]

The song has also been successful in Australia. It debuted at number three in the ARIA singles chart, number two in ARIA physical singles chart and number one in ARIA Top 20 Dance Chart. It is almost at Platinum status having sold 65,000 copies and is currently enjoying its sixth consecutive week at #1 on the Australian Dance Chart.[2]

In the Asia Hitlist, the song became Spears' 19th chart-topper, the most for an artist.

In Iberoamerica the song debuted on 1 October 2007 at number seventy-nine, it has since peaked at twenty-three, and it's currently on its fifth week.[24] In Latin America the song debuted on 9 October 2007 at number thirty-nine, it has since peaked at number six, and it's currently on its seventh week.[25] The single is Spears' fifth entry in the Latinamerican Top 40, and her first since Do Somethin', which peaked at number twelve in May 2005.[26]

In Sweden, the song debuted at number three on the Swedish Top 60 Singles chart on September 6, 2007 and has since peaked at number two. [27] In Ireland the song debuted at number nine on the official single charts on downloads alone, and it peaked at number two the following week. Also, "Gimme More" jumped from number seventy-seven to number ten in the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles and debuted at number one in the Euro Digital Tracks.[28]

The single has sold 707,054 copies in the U.S. achieving a Gold certification.[29] In Australia, the single was certified Gold after selling 35,000 copies in three weeks.[2] The single has accumulated a total of 1,601,000 points globally as of November 15, 2007.[30]


Charts

References

  1. ^ "Britney Spears Gimme More Gets Golden Status" (HTML). BritneyFans.org. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
  2. ^ a b c d Australian ARIA Chart ARIA Charts Retrieved on October 28, 2007
  3. ^ "Is Britney's New Single Ready To Debut?". Access Hollywood. Retrieved on September 8 2007.
  4. ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon. "Back for 'More'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on September 8 2007.
  5. ^ a b Pietroluongo, Silvio."'More' Scores For Britney On Digital, Hot 100 Charts". Billboard. Retrieved on October 3 2007.
  6. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Jive: New Britney Album Due Nov. 13". Billboard. Retrieved on September 6 2007.
  7. ^ Z100 World Premiere of Britney Spears' "Gimme More". Z100.com. Retrieved on September 8 2007.
  8. ^ Daily Spins of "Gimme More". MMR247.com. Retrieved on August 31 2007.
  9. ^ "Britney's Shocking Comeback Single". Blender Magazine. Retrieved on August 31 2007.
  10. ^ Taylor, Chuck. Single Reviews: "Gimme More". Billboard. Retrieved on September 14 2007.
  11. ^ Barovick, Harriet; et al. (2007). "Britney's Back". TIME Asia: pp. 13. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |pages= has extra text (help); Check date values in: |year= (help); Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  12. ^ Jake Sarfaty — Director MVDBase.com Retrieved on October 6, 2007
  13. ^ "Britney Reportedly Shooting New Video". MSNBC. Retrieved on July 19 2007
  14. ^ "Britney's 'Gimme More' Video". Retrieved on October 8 2007.
  15. ^ "New Britney Video Set to Air". People Magazine. Retrieved on October 5 2007.
  16. ^ UKBritney.tv Britney Spears — Gimme More. Retrieved on October 11, 2007
  17. ^ Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles: "Gimme More" Chart Listing on 09/06/07. Billboard. Retrieved on September 6 2007.
  18. ^ Billboard Pop 100: "Gimme More" Chart Listing on 09/06/07. Billboard. Retrieved on September 6 2007.
  19. ^ The Billboard Hot 100: "Gimme More" Chart Listing on 09/13/07. Billboard. Retrieved on September 13 2007.
  20. ^ Billboard Hot 100: "Gimme More" Chart Listing on 09/13/07. Billboard. Retrieved on September 13 2007.
  21. ^ Silvio Pietroluongo. "'More' Scores for Britney On Digital, Hot 100 Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-10-03.
  22. ^ iTunes Chart
  23. ^ iTunes Chart
  24. ^ Iberoamérica Top 100 AmericaTop100.com Retrieved on November 7, 2007
  25. ^ Top Latino — Gimme More TopLatino.net Retrieved on 4 November, 2007
  26. ^ Top Latino — Do Somethin' TopLatino.net Retrieved on May, 2007
  27. ^ a b c d e f "Gimme More" Global Chart Positions and Trajectories". αCharts.us. Retrieved September 8 2007.
  28. ^ a b Euro Digital Tracks. Billboard. Retrieved on October 31 2007.
  29. ^ "Britney Spears Gimme More Gets Golden Status" (HTML). BritneyFans.org. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
  30. ^ [1]Mediatraffic.de Retrieved on November 15, 2007
  31. ^ Australian ARIA Chart ARIA Charts Retrieved on November 18, 2007
  32. ^ Brazilian Hot 100 Songs & Tracks. Hot100Brasil. Retrieved on September 15 2007.
  33. ^ "Brazilian Hot 30 Dance Club Play". Hot100Brasil. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
  34. ^ "Bulgaria Singles Top 40". Bulgarian National Top 40. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
  35. ^ Chilean Singles Chart
  36. ^ Eurochart Top 100 Singles
  37. ^ French Singles Chart. Ifop Europe. Retrieved on November 6 2007.
  38. ^ [2]
  39. ^ http://www.americatop100.com/iberoamerica/index.htm
  40. ^ Top Latino - top 40 Singles in Latin America
  41. ^ "Dutch Top 40". MegaCharts (in Dutch). Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  42. ^ Mexico Top 100 Singles - November 20th 2007
  43. ^ New Zealand Top 40
  44. ^ [http://www.5fm.co.za/
  45. ^ UK Official Singles CHart BBC.com.uk Retrieved on October 22, 2007
  46. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Singles&f=European+Hot+100+Singles
  47. ^ a b c Britney Spears — Artist Chart History. Billboard. Retrieved on October 31 2007. Cite error: The named reference "BB" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  48. ^ United World Chart MediaTraffic.de Week 46.


Preceded by Canadian Hot 100 number-one single
October 13, 2007 - October 26, 2007 		Succeeded by
"Stronger" by Kanye West
Preceded by Billboard Hot Dance Airplay number-one single
October 27, 2007 - November 16, 2007 		Succeeded by
TBA
Preceded by Euro 200 number-one single
November 12, 2007 - November 18, 2007 		Succeeded by
TBA


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