Where were you exactly 25 years ago? Odds are, you don’t remember, but if you’re here, odds also are you were probably obsessively watching TRL to catch a glimpse of Britney Spears’ debut single “…Baby One More Time.”
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That’s right, the Pop princess’ breakout track turned 25 on Monday, October 23. Celebrating the milestone, Max Martin, who produced the song, took to Instagram to share how it changed the trajectory of both his and Britney’s career. Not to mention Pop music in general.
“On October 23, 1998, @britneyspears released her debut single ‘…Baby One More Time’ in the U.S.A, the pop classic that became No 1 in every country where it was released, and that launched Britney’s career as an international pop icon,” Martin captioned a series of images from way back when.
He continued, “After exactly 25 years to the day, so much has been said about this masterpiece of a song — the artists who could have recorded it, its controversial lyrics, its iconic music video, the record-breaking sales figures, how much it has changed the landscape of pop music and defined a new era, and so on. So this time, I wanted to celebrate ‘…Baby One More Time’ for what it is, that is a pure piece of art and 3:30 minutes of sonic bliss.”
Listen to “…Baby One More Time” for probably the 100 millionth time above and check out Martin’s post about it below.
While were here, in other Britney news, her memoir The Woman in Me is officially out today. Since being announced and especially since scandalous early excerpts were shared, Brit Brit’s book has been beyond highly anticipated. So now that the entire book is officially out there are surely more shocking revelations to come.