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Originally posted by frantic
I don't understand why Outrageous was chosen as 4th single
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I got that boom boom is hot...again a song that could only fit that college girl experimental phase that britney was in during the itz era.
Outrageous was a contractual obligation as R.Kelly was her labelmate and he was promised the first single.
How her label wanted to go was
1) outrageous
2) everytime (a la cry me a river)
3) I got that boom boom
4) ...doesn't matter since they were willing to look past the flawless toxic song
Britney wanted
1) Me against the music (i hated it at the time but I appreciate the risk of going dance during a time when hip hop was dominant. She was really unhappy that they wanted to force her to do Outrageous as the first single and after the Madonna kiss she thought it would be great to capitalize on the publicity by featuring Madonna also giving her another reason to ditch Outrageous...they agreed and got a #1 ww hit. Tanked in the us barely top 40 although the dance single was #1 for 13 weeks on the singles chart.
2) Toxic...once MATM tanked in the US. they began pushing both I got that boom boom and outrageous. I remember they both received like 100 spins are so. This was during a time where she pretty much had no hit on the US radio (October/early November)...luckily back then she didn't need it. SHe demanded that Toxic be released or she wasn't doing any more press. They caved. She got another #1 WW hit, #1 pop hit a game changing, grammy winning single that is classic, timeless and ahead of its time.
3) Everytime...britney agreed to have this released because she wanted it released but wanted I got that boom boom (even the Ying yang twins confirmed that on one of those Bet countdown shows)...she was okay with it as long as she got to give it a little spin with the video...#1 WW hit and her biggest ballad on radio to date
4) Outrageous...ONLY BECAUSE R.Kelly whined and complained about her being disrespectful for not following through with outflopeous as the first single. Ying yang was pissed because they were ok with IGTBB being released later as it would have still worked in the summer June 2004 release but R.kelly had more power.
5) She wanted Breathe on me and I believe (not sure her label wanted it to) at the beginning of the era but her life changed...
I won't say anymore so then she went into pre-rebellion phase and made My prerogative/Do something etc.
