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[edit] Title

This article reads as if the writer was making a big show of pausing to think in the middle of sentences. Regardless of the album cover's typographic treatment, the title of the song is "Baby One More Time", without the punctuation. —Michael Z. 2005-08-11 21:58 Z

Um, no. It's not. It's supposed to be punctuated like that, as stupid as it sounds. Runa27 23:21, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infamy

The song and Britney's costume are described as "infamous", without explaining why they are infamous. Just because the video is sexy, or is there more to it? —Michael Z. 2005-08-11 22:03 Z

The two main objections (from moralists such as U.S. conservatives) would be the pre-adolescent extramarital sexuality along with the tarting up of the parochial school uniform. Both are seen as abuses, as conservatives often feel that girls and boys should avoid sex before marriage.
I can probably dig up a quote or two branding the video as "soft porn" or calling Spears a "pop tart". --Uncle Ed 17:03, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The subliminal message

I hear this song has a subliminal message that says "sleep with me, i'm not too young" when played backwards. someone should add that. 64.251.182.80 00:28, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

I assume you are talking about This? It seems pretty real, but i can't verify it. --ThrashedParanoid 02:26, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
Download Audacity and then you can check yourself. Yes, it is true.

The section on the backmasking seems to have been removed without reason given, so I'm putting it back until someone can give reason for it being taken out. Prophaniti 11:06, 18 September 2006 (UTC)


It's real, here's a link

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/britney.php (by who?)

Someone should cite a source for this in the article, at least, as its a bit of a controversial claim. Nanomed Dreams

Done; but rather than that link, I linked to a YouTube video, which is more verifiable.
Michael2 10:12, 29 September 2007 (UTC).
My edit was removed [1] on the basis that it was original research. I would like to know why this is considered original research—according to the No Original Research page, a video is a primary source, rather than an original piece of research (and I did not make the video). The policy page says "...make no analytic, synthetic, interpretive, explanatory, or evaluative claims, unless such claims are verifiable either from the primary source itself". I believe the video verifies my claim. Would anyone agree or disagree?
Michael2 05:13, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


Common sense is not original research and wikipedia does allow common sense. Whats next? Perhaps we should also cite that a light bulb emits light? Or the sky is blue, we need to cite that too. This citation business is getting out of control. Anyway, the back masking is real, you can youtube "Britney Subliminal" as well as google as many reputable sources have catched on to it. Also, if your unsure about how effective subliminal messaging is youtube "derren brown subliminal" and watch him influence people using subliminal messaging. Backmasking is deliberate in many cases and it is v. effective, if you have time log on to blackwell synergy and read the studies made on back masking and subliminal persuasion, the results are overwhelming. The school uniform and school based (which has nothing to do with the lyrics btw) video it self backs up the subliminal message. In other words, all the school girl fans of Britney listening to the track are subliminally encouraged to break their age limited moral for not having sex. Someone down the chain from Martin Max must have been a Babylonian purvert. Anyway, back to the backmasking part of the article... I tried to change the "hidden message" to "subliminal message" with subliminal in brackets to link to the subliminal article, as it is a more accurate description of the type of message the backmasking portrays. It is thought your sub conscious understands the reverse, but your conscious doesn't, which is why subliminal is used to describe subconscious messages, not hidden. Anyway, as I tried to change "hidden" to "subliminal" as well as to add the lines that need to be reversed for the message to be heard, (with you I lose my mind, give me a sign), some Smackbot (robot) reverted the changes. Perhaps one of you could change "hidden" to "subliminal" as well as to add the lyric part (with you I lose my mind, give me a sign) responsible for the backmasking.--78.86.159.199 (talk) 06:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Its been my understanding that while rapidly flashed words or images, or hidden images are understood by the brain and have been used, reversed spoken words have not been proven to have anywhere near such a powerful effect, and that the primary effect that backmasking a message into any given audio track has is to get it labeled "subliminal", which generates controversy, rumors, basically a bunch of free press and publicity. Honestly, I think its a whole lot more believable that the people producing this audio track would pull such a stunt for the purpose of getting people to listen to it then talk about it, eventually perhaps triggering purchases somewhere down the road, rather than to suggest that people working in a profit-driven industry are behind any sort of plot to use subliminal brainwashing to create an army of horny and disinhibited schoolgirls, no matter how absolutely awesome that might be...149.169.207.30 (talk) 20:21, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Remakes

What of the now infamous remakes. This song has been reworkled by the likes of Fountain of Wayne and others...and has been drastically remixed by various club DJ's

Are you sure that Marilyn manson has performed this song live? I am a loser who has no friends 11:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Um...

No idea what to make of this BBC article from 2001 that claims that the song was "ode, not to "slap and tickle", but to the pager". :S 86.132.137.252 01:42, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

I came to this article wondering what the song was about. In what sense does she want to be "Hit"? Can anyone say with any authority? In which case please put it in the article. I doubt if it is anything to do with pagers. Billlion 19:17, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Maybe this is a partial answer [2]. I remember watching an interview with the teen queen herself on MTV during the controversy, and she explained that "hit me one more time" merely meant "give me your love again."'. Is there a better source for this quote? Billlion 19:24, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I've wondered that as well. I note that I've only heard this at the skate rink, but my first instinct is and has always been that she's saying "Look, if it gets you back, I'll put up with the physical abuse and pretend I like it"--which is not, I think, what she's actually saying. But the more likely "poke me one more time" reading (that is, have sex with me) seems not to suit the song so much either. Dunno. (How the HECK did I get to a Britney Spears page?? Oh, right, DDR.) Kilyle 19:28, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

It is quite obvious what to say about the controversy of the song. It is an intentional double entendre upon two meanings of the line "hit me one more time." The claimed meaning is like the artist stated, that it just means "i want your (romantic) love back" and the subliminal meaning is that she is pleading for a former love interest to have sex once again. Helio462

I'd also like to point out that in American English slang, "hit me" is commonly used to ask for say, a "hit" of a drug, or a shot or glass of a (usually alchoholic) drink (the most common use I've seen is to say "hit me" while slapping your hand or money down on the bar, followed by receipt of either your usual drink or the bartender asking you what you want to order, depending on how predictable you are and how much the bartender knows you)... which is probably what the actual usage was supposed to be in the song. It always astonishes me actually, how often people try to read "physically abusive boyfriend" into the picture, when it's probably so simple as an unusual (but not implausible) permutation of extant slang meant to emphasize how much she wants a second shot (if you'll excuse the pun) at his affections. The fact that asking for a second serving or hit is sometimes done by saying "hit me again" would seem to lend credence to this, especially given the existence of lyrics like "my loneliness is killin' me" and "when I'm not with you I lose my mind", and the fact that it's portrayed in the video as a young (and I'd argue, therefore particularly addictive) love. Haha! Mild pseudo-drug reference, anyone? Runa27 23:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
And I'd like to point out that in American English slang, the linking of the term "hit" with its meaning in "I'd hit/tap that" is so thoroughly widespread, it caused McDonald's to pull an ad. I don't know what Britney thought she was singing about, but I certainly bet I know what her songwriter was writing about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.90.194 (talk) 11:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Best song of 99?

"Best" is subjective. It was a number 1 hit in most countries, was her most successful single, and is arguably her most famous song and video, which means it was popular and a subject of popular discussion, but whether it was the "best" (or "worst", or neither of those) is completely a matter of opinion. However, you do realize the song was released in late 1998, right? :P Which means it can't possibly be the "best song of 1999", much more than that Prince song that made a comeback that year could be. Runa27 23:38, 31 March 2007 (UTC)