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"Everytime"
Song
B-side"Don't Hang Up"
"Breathe on Me" (Live)

"Everytime" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Britney Spears and her Dream Within a Dream Tour background vocalist Annette Stamatelatos in 2001 for Spears' fourth album In the Zone (2003). Produced by Guy Sigsworth, the song, a tragic ballad, was released as the album's third single during the second quarter of 2004. Everytime appears as #12 on Now That's What I Call Music! 16.

Covers

This song has been covered by Glen Hansard and Colm Mac Con Iomaire, members of the band "The Frames." It was recorded for the "Today FM" CD titled Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2 (out of Ireland) which also included a cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic." The melody of Pachebels' "Canon in D" is played at the end of the cover. Taiwanese Mandopop trio S.H.E. covered the song in Mandarin for their album Encore, retitled as Bie Shuo Dui Bu Qi (別說對不起; Don't Say Sorry). However, their version is sometimes considered to be a rendition as opposed to a cover version, since its lyics are completely different and it only takes on the melody of Everytime.

Music video

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Spears losing consciousness in the music video.

The controversial music video for Everytime was directed by David LaChapelle. The video begins with Spears and her boyfriend (Stephen Dorff) in a limo. They arrive at a building where the paparazzi are awaiting. Spears is hit in the head with a camera, but keeps walking. When in the lobby, Spears' boyfriend begins throwing some magazines around and pushing photographers. Spears and her beau are escorted out of the room and are taken into hallways which lead them to her room. They have a fight in which her boyfriend throws a vase at the wall. He leaves and Spears begins filling her bathtub and removing her clothes. When she's in the tub, she realizes she's bleeding from the head, suffering a concussion from when she was hit in the head with a paparazzo's cameras. She loses conciousness in the tub. Later, her beau finds her unconscious in her tub and calls rescue. Unconscious, Spears follows her body to the hospital, not before being shown running towards the camera away from a bright light—a scene often associated with the transition into afterlife. Near the end of the video, Spears is seen running away from the camera and towards the bright light--symbolizing a fear of staying on Earth and an embracement of death. Following these scenes, Spears is shown rising from underwater in the bathtub and resting her head and smiling. This implies that she was imagining the entire scenario and never became unconscious to begin with. This was added to perhaps lessen the severity and controversy of the explicit content of the video.

The video was at number one on MTV's Total Request Live countdown for six days, and it also reached number three on both VH1's Top 20 Countdown and MuchMusic's Countdown.

The video was #2 on MuchMusic's 50 Most Controversial Videos for the blood, partial nudity, and graphic scenes.

It was premiered in the U.K. on the MTV show TRL.

In the bath scene, Spears is seen wearing the red string worn by members of the Kabbalah Centre. This comes months after Spears was introduced to Kabbalah by Madonna. The red string was often mistaken for bloody wrists in a suicide attempt.

Lyrical meaning

In her 2003 interview with Diane Sawyer, "Who is the song for?" Britney stated, "I'll let the song speak for itself." Most fans think its a song to Justin Timberlake. She said she wrote this song during a tragic time in her life. In the song she says "I may have made it rain.." fans believe that she's referring to the raining in the Cry Me a River video, although Spears has denied this rumor.

Chart performance

"Everytime" peaked at number fifteen for four consecutive weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 thanks to its top twenty placement on the Hot 100 Airplay. It also reached the top ten on the Hot Digital Tracks chart and Top 40 Mainstream chart. It remained on the Hot 100 for eighteen weeks, was certified gold by the RIAA for shipments of over 500,000 copies and ranked at number eighty-three on the Billboard Hot 100 year-end chart for 2004.

Following the major worldwide successes of both "Me Against the Music" and "Toxic", "Everytime" followed the trend of making top five placement in nearly every country it charted in. In Australia "Everytime" became Spears' third consecutive number-one single, and also received an ARIA gold certification for shipments of over 35,000 units, but only stayed in the charts for 4 weeks (1, 2, 18, 29) due to the limited number of pressings for the single. It also reached number one in the UK, where it stayed in the top forty for eleven weeks, sold 196,000 copies and ranked eighteenth on the 2004 year-end charts.

In Canada, "Everytime" became Spears' longest-charting single with forty-six weeks in the top fifty and peaked at number one a week following its debut. The CRIA awarded the track a platinum single certification for shipments of over 10,000 units. It was placed at number sixteen on 2004's year-end list of the best-selling singles.

In Latin America, the song charted inside the top five in most countries, not achieving the same amount of success as its predecessor, "Toxic", but still, the song reached number nine on the Latin American Top 40 Singles Chart spending four non-consecutive weeks inside the top ten and sixteen weeks overall.

In Italy, "Everytime" was released as the second single from her "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative" album due to the long chart-running of "Toxic" in the country. The single was only released as a video one: no CD single or radio airplay was available, so the song could only chart on video charts.

Preceded by
"The Langer" by Tim O'Riordan and Natural Gas
 Irish Singles Chart number one single
June 17 2004 - July 22 2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by UK Singles Chart number one single
June 20 2004 - June 27 2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Australian ARIA Singles Chart number one single
June 27 2004 - July 4 2004 		Succeeded by

Official versions and remixes

  • Album Version — 3:50
  • Radio Edit — 3:40
  • Above & Beyond's Club Mix — 8:46
  • Above & Beyond's Radio Mix — 3:47
  • The Scumfrog Vocal Mix — 9:53
  • Scumfrog Haunted Dub — 8:22
  • Hi-Bias Radio Remix — 3:33
  • Valentin Remix — 3:25 (Featured on B in the Mix: The Remixes)
  • Valentin Mixshow Edit — 5:33
  • Dr. Octavo's Translucent Mixshow — 5:15
  • Dr. Octavo's Translucent Mixshow Edit — 5:15 (A vocal sample removed from this version).
  • Dr. Octavo's Lucid Mix — 3:24
  • Ambient Mix by Worldwide Groove Corp. — 4:25 - Private, uncommissioned remix done by the Worldwide Groove Corporation.
  • Bermudez & Harris Top 40 Remix — 3:40
  • Larry Legend Vocal Mix — 8:21
  • Larry Legend Dub — 7:51
  • Human Highlight Reel Vocal Mix — 8:04
  • Human Highlight Reel Dub — 8:04
  • Victor Calderone Remix — 9:47
  • "Everytime" is the twelfth track on the U.S. version of Now That's What I Call Music! 16

Formats and track listings

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

UK CD single (82876 626202)

  1. "Everytime" — 3:53
  2. "Everytime" [Hi-Bias Radio Remix] — 3:29
  3. "Everytime" [Above & Beyond Radio Mix] — 3:47
  4. "Everytime" [The Scumfrog Vocal Mix] — 9:53

UK DVD single (82876 626209)

  1. "Everytime" Video 04.04
  2. "Breathe on Me" Live From "Britney Spears: UK Special" Video

UK 12" vinyl (82876 626201)

  • Side A:
  1. "Everytime" [Hi-Bias Radio Remix] — 3:29
  2. "Everytime" [Above & Beyond Radio Mix] — 3:47
  • Side B:
  1. "Everytime" [The Scumfrog Vocal Mix] — 9:53

Europe CD 1 (82876 615572)

  1. "Everytime" — 3:53
  2. "Everytime" [Hi-Bias Radio Remix] — 3:29
  3. "Everytime" [Above & Beyond Radio Mix] — 3:47
  4. "Everytime" [The Scumfrog Vocal Mix] — 9:53

Europe limited edition CD 2 (82876 647342)

  1. "Everytime" — 3:53
  2. "Everytime" [Hi-Bias Radio Remix] — 3:29
  3. "Everytime" [Above & Beyond Radio Mix] — 3:47
  4. "Don't Hang Up" — 4:02

Japan CD single (BVCQ-29603)

  1. "Everytime" — 3:53
  2. "Everytime" [Hi-Bias Radio Remix] — 3:29
  3. "Everytime" [Above & Beyond Radio Mix] — 3:47
  4. "Everytime" [The Scumfrog Vocal Mix] — 9:53

U.S. promo CD (JDJ-605202)

  1. "Everytime" — 3:53

U.S. 12" vinyl (JDAB-624871)

  • Side A:
  1. "Everytime" [The Scumfrog Vocal Mix] — 9:53
  2. "Everytime" [Valentin Remix] — 3:25
  • Side B:
  1. "Everytime" [Above & Beyond's Club Mix] — 8:46
  2. "Everytime" [Dr. Octavo's Translucent Mixshow Edit] — 5:15

Release history

Country Record Label Release Format Catalog No. Release Date
Germany[22] Zomba Label Group CD Single 82876624762 May 17, 2004
Japan[23] BMG International CD Single 29603 May 31, 2004
United Kingdom[24] BMG International CD Single 62620 June 14, 2004
United States[25] Jive Records CD Single 62487 May 25, 2004

Footnotes

  1. ^ Hit Parade (2004). "European charts". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  2. ^ a b c d Allmusic (2004). "Billboard charts". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ Charts-Surfer (2004). "German Singles Chart (Search)". charts-surfer.de. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  4. ^ Irish Recording Music Association (June 17, 2004). "Irish Singles Chart (Search)". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2008-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  5. ^ Every Hit (2004). "UK Singles Chart (Search)". everyhit.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  6. ^ Austrian charts (2004). "Austrian annual chart". Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  7. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (2004). "ARIA charts — End of year charts". aria.com.au. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  8. ^ Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (2004). "Le Classement Singles". disqueenfrance.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  9. ^ Universität Würzburg (2004). "German annual chart". ki.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  10. ^ Galgalatz (2004). "Israel annual chart". Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  11. ^ Hit Listan (2004). "Årslista Singlar (Search)". hitlistan.se. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  12. ^ Hit Parade (2004). "Swiss annual chart". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  13. ^ British Phonographic Industry (2004). "U.K. annual chart" (PDF). bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  14. ^ Billboard magazine (December 31, 2004). "Billboard Hot 100 — year-end chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  15. ^ Recording Industry Association of Japan (2005). "Standard for Certifying Awards of Countries" (PDF). riaj.or.jp. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  16. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (2004). "Australian certification". aria.com.au. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  17. ^ Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (2005). "French certification". chartsinfrance.net. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  18. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Norway (2004). "Norwegian certification". ifpi.se. Retrieved 2008-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ International Federation of the Phonographic Industry — Sweden (2004). "Swedish certification" (PDF). ifpi.se. Retrieved 2008-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Music Week — Subscription Required (2004). ""Everytime" sales". Retrieved 2008-10-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Recording Industry Association of America (November 18, 2004). "U.S. certification". riaa.com. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  22. ^ Billboard magazine (May 17, 2004). "Australian Release". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  23. ^ Billboard magazine (May 31, 2004). "British Release". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  24. ^ Billboard magazine (June 8, 2004). "British Release". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  25. ^ Billboard magazine (May 25, 2004). "American Release". billboard.com. Retrieved 2008-10-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
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