This Day in Pop: Britney Spears releases " I Love Rock 'N' Roll " (May 27, 2002)

[PokemonSpears]

 

I Love Rock 'N' Roll, the single, was released on the 27th and the video came out on the 28th, but I decided to do one thread to celebrate both.

I Love Rock 'n' Roll was the fourth single from the album Britney, released on 27 May 2002. The song was used in her 2002 movie Crossroads, in which Spears' character Lucy performs it in a karaoke bar. Britney has publicly stated that the original song is one of her favorites. She listened to the original Arrows Mickie Most-produced version just before she recorded the song, according to Jive A&R representative Steve Lunt. The scratches performed on this version were performed by Corey Chase at Hit Factory Miami. When promoting the single's release, Spears mistakenly attributed the hit version of the song to Pat Benatar instead of Joan Jett.

Spears' cover was met with mostly favorable reviews. NME's Ted Kessler wrote that Britney "still works best when making a good pop cheese and dance sandwich: there's the ace Rodney Jerkins-produced version of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll', which does exactly what is says on the tin."  Rolling Stone's Barry Walters wrote that "producer Rodney Jerkins' hip-hop blaspheming of Joan Jett's "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" doesn't go as far as it should (is a Limp Bizkit remix in its future?), but it certainly beats what her earlier studio architects did to those Sonny and Cher ("The Beat Goes On" on ...Baby One More Time) and Stones ("(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" on Oops!... I Did It Again) songs." Another positive reception came from PopMatters's editor Nikki Tranter, who enjoyed that the song is "different from the average run-of-the-mill pop offering," and praised that "she does strange justice to the tune, vamping up her vocals and turning out something, that while silly and camp, is actually a fun listen."

The song was performed live during Spears' Dream Within a Dream Tour (2001–02). In 2016, it was added to the revamped set list of her Las Vegas residency show, Britney: Piece of Me (2016–17), marking the first time Spears performed the song in 14 years. During the performance, Britney Spears rode a mechanical electric guitar, which simulated a mechanical bull, as it rotated on stage. The same prop electric guitar had been used during her Femme Fatale Tour (2011) for a segment in which she covered the song "Burning Up" by Madonna. At the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, the song was performed as part of a medley.

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On May 28, 2002, the music video for "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" was released. Directed by Chris Applebaum, it shows Spears with her own band, a stack of speakers and flashing lights. The video begins in black and white and switches to and from color throughout. It was shot at The Inn, a bar in Long Beach, New York. The video was ranked at #2 on the 100 Best Videos of 2002 list during MTV Latin America's countdown. 

 

[PokemonSpears]

 

 

[PokemonSpears]

Couldn't find any link from the DWADT, but if someone finds it please share it

 

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I don't think I've ever liked this cover. For sure don't like it now. It's dreadfully boring, imo.  Yay, though... Any Britney anniversary is an anniversary worth celebrating.

[JP9101]

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[JP9101]

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[PokemonSpears]

1 minute ago, iAlwaysSingLive said:

I don't think I've ever liked this cover. For sure don't like it now. It's dreadfully boring, imo.  Yay, though... Any Britney anniversary is an anniversary worth celebrating.

 it's not particularly one of my favorite Britney songs, but I think it's way better than the previous versions of the song, no matter what my friends say 

[Britneyarmy8]

2 minutes ago, iAlwaysSingLive said:

I don't think I've ever liked this cover. For sure don't like it now. It's dreadfully boring, imo.  Yay, though... Any Britney anniversary is an anniversary worth celebrating.

This performance brings justice to the song tho 

although idk why it looks like it was filmed on a potato 

[Born2Die]

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[PokemonSpears]

all this time I've been thinking "happy 16th anniversary" but it's been 18 years 

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11 minutes ago, Britneyarmy8 said:

This performance brings justice to the song tho 

although idk why it looks like it was filmed on a potato 

ok, true - it's a whole-azz vibe 

[DignifiedLove]

the video is everything

se.x attitude looks outfit etc etc 

[Isla]

It’s a decent cover. Britney always looked so fierce in the video!

[Jordan Miller]

Love everything about this! Just promoted on social media @PokemonSpears 

 

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

Britney’s most performed cover song, ever.  

She’s done it live literally hundreds of times. But I wish she would do My Prerogative!   

[Spicechinodiva]

Released everywhere except the USA.

 

I swear Some of her singles were released in a few territories.

 

Heck Anticipating was only released in France instead of I love Rock N Roll. 

[PokemonSpears]

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[Jordan Miller]

3 minutes ago, PokemonSpears said:

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Love that we can relive this! 

[Lil-Jay]

My favorite version of this song❤️🎉

[DuranDuran]

I really love Britney's version of this song!