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Don't Let Me Get Me

{{Short description|2002 single by Pink}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Don't Let Me Get Me

| cover = Rsz_1dlgmsingle.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Pink

| album = Missundaztood

| released = {{start date|2002|02|18}}

| recorded =

| studio =

  • Pinetree (Miami Beach, Florida)
  • DARP (Atlanta, Georgia)

| genre = Rock

| length = 3:30

| label =

| writer =

| producer = Dallas Austin

| prev_title = Get the Party Started

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Just Like a Pill

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|asaCQOZpqUQ|"Don't Let Me Get Me"}}}}

}}

"Don't Let Me Get Me" is a song by American singer Pink. It was written by Pink and Dallas Austin and produced by the latter for her second studio album, Missundaztood (2001). The song was released as the second single from the album on February 18, 2002. It received positive reviews from music critics, who praised the tone of the song.

Commercially, the song became Pink's fifth single to enter the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100, rising to number eight, and was her first number one on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart. Outside the US, the song became Pink's third consecutive number-one single in New Zealand and reached the top 10 in 14 other countries, including Australia, Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. A music video promoting the single was filmed and released in January 2002.

Composition

"Don't Let Me Get Me" is set in the key of E{{Flat}} major{{cite web|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0087285|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|website=Musicnotes.com|date=October 18, 2010|access-date=April 9, 2021|id=MN0087285}} in common time with a tempo of 98 beats per minute. The song moves at a chord progression of E{{Flat}}–Cm–B{{Flat}}–A{{Flat}}, and Pink's vocals span from E{{Flat}}3 to B{{Flat}}4.{{Cite web|url=http://www.spotontrack.com/track/don-t-let-me-get-me-radio-edit/92412|title=Don't Let Me Get Me - Radio Edit - P!nk - Spot On Track|website=www.spotontrack.com|language=en|access-date=September 4, 2017}}

Critical reception

The song earned positive reports from music critics, but most gave sensitively mixed reviews upon her self-hating lyrical content. Robert Christgau in his consumer guide for MSN wrote that "Despite Pink's audacious claim that she's not as pretty as 'damn Britney Spears,' celebrity anxiety takes a backseat to a credible personal pain rooted in credible family travails, a pain held at bay by expression."{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|title=Robert Christgau: CG: pink|url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=pink|work=MSN|access-date=January 7, 2012}} Jim Farber of Entertainment Weekly wrote that "In Don't Let Me Get Me, she turns self-loathing into a perverse kind of anthem."{{cite magazine|last=Farber|first=Jim|title=M!ssundaztood (2001) - Review - Music Reviews and News - EW.com|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,184893,00.html|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=January 7, 2012|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022054427/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,184893,00.html|url-status=dead}}

Jason Thompson of PopMatters wrote, "on the power rock of 'Don’t Let Me Get Me,' Pink herself tells it like it is and attempts to break free from the image making machine. 'Tired of being compared / To damn Britney Spears / She’s so pretty / That just ain’t me.' Well, that’s debatable in itself, but the fact that Pink takes it upon herself to call Spears out should be nothing short of revelatory. Spears certainly has nothing on Pink in the vocal department. Pink can actually sing. And damn well, mind you."{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Jason|title=Pink: M!ssundaztood PopMatters|date=November 19, 2001 |access-date=January 7, 2012}}

Jim Alexander wrote a negative review, saying that the rest of Missundaztood is full of bad songs and that "'Don't Let Me Get Me' and 'Dear Diary' see all pop joy expunged for acoustic seriousness, dreary unobtrusive beats and lyrics about relationship woes and record company badness."{{cite web|last=Alexander|first=Jim|title=NME Album Reviews - Pink - Missundaztood - NME.com|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/name/6038|work=NME|date=September 12, 2005|access-date=January 7, 2012}}

Music video

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A music video for "Don't Let Me Get Me" was shot on January 4–6, 2002 in Los Angeles and Malibu, California.{{cite web|title=P!nk: Making Of "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Part 1)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxyeU6ltt8|work=Making the Video| date=September 8, 2008 |via=YouTube|access-date=May 8, 2024}} Pink reteamed with frequent collaborator Dave Meyers to film the visuals. Most of the scenes were shot at Susan Miller Dorsey High School, a high school located in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles, while additional sequences, set at an office and during a photo shoot, were filmed at a private Malibu residence.{{cite web|title=P!nk: Making Of "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Part 2)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR85eXTadt8|work=Making the Video| date=September 8, 2008 |via=YouTube|access-date=May 8, 2024}} Ted Lyde portrays music executive L.A. Reid in the video.

The video depicts Pink as a high school student, in various scenes in which her nonconformity causes conflict with other students and school officials. A similarly-themed scene depicts her meeting with Reid, who tells her that in order to obtain stardom, she will have to change everything about her persona, in order to exhibit a greater resemblance to Britney Spears, despite Pink's insistence that that is not how she sees herself. Yet another scene shows her modeling for the cover of a magazine, irritated at how she is being made up by the lighting technicians, makeup artists and other personnel involved in the shoot. The video then shifts to a scene in which Pink, now in control over her career, is welcomed back to her high school for a concert there.

Track listings

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US and European DVD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=US DVD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822151339}}{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=European DVD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=74321 94697 9}}

  1. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (video)
  2. "Get the Party Started" (video)
  3. "Get the Party Started" (behind the scenes footage)
  4. Photo gallery

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=74321 93921 2}}

  1. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (John Shanks remix) – 3:16
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (radio mix) – 3:31
  3. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix) – 6:03
  4. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (video) – 3:30

UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=UK cassette single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=74321 93921 4}}

  1. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (John Shanks remix) – 3:16
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (radio mix) – 3:31

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European CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=European CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=74321 92755 2}}

  1. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (radio mix) – 3:31
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (John Shanks remix) – 3:16

European maxi-CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=743219275622}}

  1. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (radio mix) – 3:31
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (John Shanks remix) – 3:16
  3. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Maurice's Nu Soul Mix) – 6:03
  4. "Get the Party Started/Sweet Dreams" (featuring Redman) – 4:05
  5. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (video) – 3:30

Australian CD single{{cite AV media notes|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|others=Pink|year=2002|type=Australian CD single liner notes|publisher=Arista Records, BMG|id=74321932512}}

  1. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (radio mix) – 3:31
  2. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (John Shanks remix) – 3:16
  3. "There You Go" (live from Sydney) – 3:35
  4. "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Juicy Horn Mix) – 9:32

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Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Missundaztood album booklet.{{cite AV media notes|title=Missundaztood|title-link=Missundaztood|others=Pink|year=2001|type=US CD album booklet|publisher=Arista Records|id=07822-14718-2}}

Studios

Personnel

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  • Pink – writing, vocals, background vocals
  • Dallas Austin – writing, production, arrangement
  • Carlton Lynn – recording
  • Doug Harms – recording assistant
  • Dave Way – mixing
  • Tim LeBlanc – mixing assistant
  • Rick Sheppard – MIDI and sound design
  • Herb Powers Jr. – mastering

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+Weekly chart performance for "Don't Let Me Get Me"

!scope="col"|Chart (2002)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|8|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Austria|10|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|6|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|30|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS){{cite book|last=Lwin|first=Nanda|author-link=Nanda Lwin|date=2003|title=The Essential 2002 Chart Yearbook|publisher=Music Data Canada|pages=17, 49, 60|isbn=1-896594-15-8}}

|2

scope="row"|Canada AC (Nielsen BDS)

|23

scope="row"|Canada CHR/Top 40 (Nielsen BDS)

|1

scope="row"|Croatia (HRT){{cite web|url=http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/lista.html|title=HR Top 20 Lista|publisher=Croatian Radiotelevision|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020616085545/http://www.hrt.hr/hr/top20/maineng.html|archive-date=June 16, 2002|access-date=March 7, 2021}}

|1

scope="row"|Czech Republic (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Oficiální Česká Hitparáda – Pro týden|publisher=IFPI ČR|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811055110/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=August 11, 2002|access-date=March 17, 2020}}

|8

{{single chart|Denmark|4|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2002/MM-2002-06-22.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=20|issue=26|page=12|date=June 22, 2002|access-date=February 11, 2020}}

|9

{{single chart|Finland|13|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|France|42|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Germany|10|songid=5171|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Hungary|5|year=2002|week=31|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Hungarysingle|9|year=2002|week=33|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|5|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true|access-date=January 16, 2020}}
{{single chart|Italy|6|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch40|6|year=2002|week=21|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|11|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Norway|7|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Romania (Romanian Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10022.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 21, saptamina 27.05-2.06, 2002|publisher=Romanian Top 100|language=ro|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041012124203/http://www.rt100.ro/ed.php?tn=x10022|archive-date=October 12, 2004|access-date=September 2, 2019}}

|6

{{single chart|Scotland|4|date=20020525|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Sweden|5|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|10|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|6|artist=P!nk|song=Don't Let Me Get Me|artistid=7334|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|8|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|16|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboarddanceclubplay|31|artist=Pink|rowheader=true|note=Remixes}}
{{single chart|Billboarddancesales|5|artist=Pink|rowheader=true|access-date=February 10, 2022|note=Remixes}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Billboardrhythmic|30|artist=Pink|rowheader=true}}

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=Year-end charts=

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|+Year-end chart performance for "Don't Let Me Get Me"

!scope="col"|Chart (2002)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002|publisher=ARIA|access-date=December 14, 2020}}

|72

scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2002|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2002|language=de|access-date=February 11, 2020}}

|58

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2002|title=Jaaroverzichten 2002|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=June 18, 2018}}

|54

scope="row"|Canada Radio (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|url=http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_2002.html|title=Top 100 top played radio tracks in Canada in 2002|publisher=Jam!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040812022009/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/100_2002.html|archive-date=August 12, 2004|access-date=March 21, 2022}}

|22

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2003/MM-2003-01-11.pdf|title=Year in Review – Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 2002|magazine=Music & Media|volume=21|issue=2–3|page=14|date=January 11, 2003|access-date=February 10, 2020}}

|75

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2002|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 2002|publisher=GfK Entertainment|language=de|access-date=June 18, 2018}}

|65

scope="row"|Ireland (IRMA){{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2002.html|title=Top 100 Songs of 2002|publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann|year=2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040602113021/http://www.rte.ie/2fm/charts/top100_2002.html|archive-date=June 2, 2004|access-date=March 16, 2022}}

|45

scope="row"|Italy (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2002.pdf|title=Top of the Music – Mix e Singoli|publisher=FIMI|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060510011600/http://www.fimi.it/documenti/artisti2002.pdf|archive-date=May 10, 2006|access-date=December 14, 2020}}

|30

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2002|title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2002|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=January 27, 2020}}

|46

scope="row"|Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2002&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2002|publisher=MegaCharts|language=nl|access-date=August 3, 2016}}

|80

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/2002-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 2002|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|access-date=April 14, 2020}}

|16

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2002&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar, 2002|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=April 14, 2020}}

|25

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2002|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2002|language=de|access-date=August 3, 2016}}

|46

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2002.pdf|title=The Official UK Singles Chart 2002|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=June 18, 2018}}

|83

scope="row"|UK Airplay (Music Week){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2003/Music-Week-2003-01-18.pdf|title=Most Broadcast of 2002 — Airplay Top 50|magazine=Music Week|page=31|date=January 18, 2003|access-date=August 4, 2023}}

|22

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/2002.php|title=Longbored Surfer - 2002|access-date=November 15, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107063725/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts/2002.php|archive-date=January 7, 2014}}

|36

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Adult Top 40 Songs of 2002|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=10|issue=51|page=16|date=December 20, 2002}}

|35

scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=Most-Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 2002|magazine=Airplay Monitor|volume=10|issue=51|page=12|date=December 20, 2002}}

|7

scope="row"|US Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard){{cite magazine|title=The Year in Music 2002: Hot Dance Maxi-Singles Sales|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=52|page=YE-53|date=December 28, 2002}}

|17

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Certifications

{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for "Don't Let Me Get Me"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2002|certyear=2023|access-date=April 7, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|relyear=2012|certyear=2021|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|artist=Pink|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=September 19, 2021|refname="MC"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|relyear=2002|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|artist=Pink|type=single|award=Gold|source=radioscope|certyear=2023|access-date=2024-12-19}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2001|certyear=2002|certref={{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2002&dspp=42|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 42, 2002

|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=January 6, 2021}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Pink|title=Don't Let Me Get Me|award=Gold|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|id=14097-550-1|access-date=June 14, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=videosingle|artist=P!nk|title=Family Portrait / Don't Let Me Get Me|award=Gold|relyear=2003|certyear=2006|access-date=January 6, 2021|note=Video single with {{noitalic|"Family Portrait"}}}}

{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

Release history

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scope="col"| Region

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Format(s)

! scope="col"| Label

! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| United States

| February 18, 2002

| Contemporary hit radio

| Arista

| {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-02-15.pdf|title=Radio & Records|website=Worldradiohistory.com|date=February 15, 2002|access-date=October 21, 2021}}

scope="row"| Australia

| April 1, 2002

| rowspan="3"| CD single

| rowspan="5"| {{hlist|Arista|BMG}}

| {{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue631.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 1st April 2002|publisher=ARIA|page=26|date=April 1, 2002|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020423140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020424-0000/www.aria.com.au/Issue631.pdf|archive-date=April 23, 2002|access-date=May 3, 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"| Germany

| rowspan="3"| May 13, 2002

| [https://web.archive.org/web/20220704002658/https://www.amazon.de/-/en/P-Nk/dp/B0000631CX]

scope="row"| Sweden

| {{cite web|url=http://www.click2music.se/product.asp?prd=1438&art=192|title=Pink: Don't Let Me Get Me|website=click2music.se|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040821012437/http://www.click2music.se/product.asp?prd=1438&art=192|archive-date=August 21, 2004|access-date=November 29, 2023}}

scope="row"| United Kingdom

| {{hlist|CD single|cassette single}}

| {{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-05-11.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 13 May 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=27|date=May 11, 2002|access-date=August 26, 2021}}

scope="row"| Germany

| June 17, 2002

| DVD single

| {{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Pink/dp/B000069HNI|title=Pink - Don't Let Me Get Me|date=June 17, 2002|access-date=October 21, 2021|website=Amazon.de}}

References

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Category:2001 songs

Category:2002 singles

Category:Arista Records singles

Category:Bertelsmann Music Group singles

Category:Cultural depictions of Britney Spears

Category:Music videos directed by Dave Meyers (director)

Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand

Category:Pink (singer) songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Dallas Austin

Category:Songs written by Dallas Austin

Category:Songs written by Pink (singer)