This Day in Pop: Britney releases 'Gimme More' single in 2007 (August 31)

[PokemonSpears]

  

On August 31, 2007, Britney Spears released Gimme More as the lead single off her fifth studio album Blackout. It was co-written by Jim Beanz, Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica, Nate "Danja" Hills and Keri Hilson, while being produced by Danja. The dance-pop / EDM track opens with the now iconic phrase uttered by Britney "It's Britney, *****!" and closes with a spoken outro by Danja.

The song was recorded a year prior, one part when she was still pregnant with her second child Jayden James, and then she finished the rest three weeks after her son was born (just a few days before filing for divorce). It was released in the middle of a very chaotic year in the personal life of Britney (which was very exacerbated by the media and paparazzi) and it marked a shift in the music style she had been delivering with her first records.

The song peaked at #3 on the US BBH100 and it was top 5 in several countries.

 

The song received a music video that was premiered in October of that year.

She performed Gimme More live for the first time at the VMA's 2007 which took place in September (we'll commemorate that anniversary next week).

Since then, she included it as an interlude on her Circus Tour (2009), and she also performed it at the Femme Fatale Tour (2011) and Piece of Me residency (first as a part of a medley with Piece of Me and Break the Ice, and later as an independent number).

 

 

 

On January 2008, Lil Kim remixed the song as part of her mixtape Ms. G.O.A.T. The song was renamed as "Kimmy More".

 

 

[Henry.]

The best song of all time 

[MoodRing3]

MASTERPIECE!! 

Gimme More is legendary!! 

[Addicted_Heart]

[Ashwin]

Honestly, that opening line will and can never be topped by anyone! Its perfection. 

[Alexio]

Didn't it leak a few days / weeks before ? I have late summer memories of the song, sitting in front of my parents' desktop...

[s&m]

Notice how the first 2 seconds ended any pop girl back then and now 

[Prince Ali]

The ultimate BOP!!!

[theholyspearit22]

My favourite Britney song of all time.

I remember being so eager for new Britney.
It leaked ahead of schedule, I remember that much. A few days or so?
Downloading it on the family desktop computer from limewire and going to school to tell friends Britney has a new song, it IS SO SO SO GOOD. 😂

At the time they were saying the album was called black dice or wolf eyes when gimme more dropped. 

[danielgeismas]

brings out my inner heaux everytime 

[Urbanney]

The greatest song of all time.

[Who Can I Trust]

 

There’s a reason why this is my #1 favourite Britney song!❤️

It’s a timeless masterpiece, just listen to the stems.🎶

[agustinmalandra]

Britney was like:

Do you want an iconic song? well

 

[Cqleb]

Timeless song and iconic intro 👑 

 

[MissSpearsSaysSo]

Wow, what a time, I remember being so excited and obsessed. I would go to my local library and listen to the leaks on YouTube before my parents got internet.. 🤣

[DontNeedAReasonWhy]

5 hours ago, PokemonSpears said:

  

On August 31, 2007, Britney Spears released Gimme More as the lead single off her fifth studio album Blackout. It was co-written by Jim Beanz, Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica, Nate "Danja" Hills and Keri Hilson, while being produced by Danja. The dance-pop / EDM track opens with the now iconic phrase uttered by Britney "It's Britney, *****!" and closes with a spoken outro by Danja.

The song was recorded a year prior, one part when she was still pregnant with her second child Jayden James, and then she finished the rest three weeks after her son was born (just a few days before filing for divorce). It was released in the middle of a very chaotic year in the personal life of Britney (which was very exacerbated by the media and paparazzi) and it marked a shift in the music style she had been delivering with her first records.

The song peaked at #3 on the US BBH100 and it was top 5 in several countries.

 

The song received a music video that was premiered in October of that year.

She performed Gimme More live for the first time at the VMA's 2007 which took place in September (we'll commemorate that anniversary next week).

Since then, she included it as an interlude on her Circus Tour (2009), and she also performed it at the Femme Fatale Tour (2011) and Piece of Me residency (first as a part of a medley with Piece of Me and Break the Ice, and later as an independent number).

 

 

 

On January 2008, Lil Kim remixed the song as part of her mixtape Ms. G.O.A.T. The song was renamed as "Kimmy More".

 

 

Give you what? Give you what ? MORE

[DontNeedAReasonWhy]

I just remember how much that Beat echoed my home and I had huge stage speakers in my tiny room it was and still is a super banger forever my 3rd favorite Britney single 

[Scream Kween]

 

[One More Time]

[Toxic.Latin]

the song that made me realize i have an inner h**o**e and a nasty s*l*u*t

 

a true    h   o   e     anthem that stood the test of time