Gimme More#Live performances
{{Short description|2007 single by Britney Spears}}
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| name = Gimme More
| cover = Gimme More.png
| alt = Black-and-white image of the upper body of a brunette woman standing in a dressing room. She is wearing a dress and white fedora. The image has a purple border. On the left, the word "Britney" is written in purple cursive small letters. On the center right, the words "Gimme more" are written in purple small letters.
| border = yes
| type = single
| artist = Britney Spears
| album = Blackout
| released = {{start date|2007|08|31}}
| recorded = August–October 2006
| studio = Conway (Los Angeles){{cite AV media|last=Spears|first=Britney|year=2007|title=Blackout|type=CD|publisher=Jive Records}}
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| length = {{duration|m=4|s=11}}
| label = Jive
| writer =
| producer = Danja
| prev_title = Someday (I Will Understand)
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = Piece of Me
| next_year = 2007
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|elueA2rofoo|"Gimme More"}}}}
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"Gimme More" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her fifth studio album, Blackout (2007). It was released on August 31, 2007, by Jive Records, as the lead single from the album. "Gimme More" was recorded in 2006 during Spears' second pregnancy and was one of the first solo productions by Danja. The song opens with an intro in which Spears utters the phrase, "It's Britney, bitch." Musically, "Gimme More" is a song with elements from dance-pop, electropop and EDM using breathy vocals. The track closes with a speak-sing outro by Danja.
The song received critical acclaim and peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Spears' second highest-peaking single at the time. It also peaked at the top of the charts in Canada, also charting with top-five positions in 14 countries. The accompanying music video, which premiered on October 5, 2007, portrays Spears as a stripper and features a break from Spears's highly choreographed music videos. The video received mixed to negative reviews from critics, who panned Spears's pole dancing as well as the lack of storyline. An alternative cut was leaked on July 18, 2011.
Spears first performed "Gimme More" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards on September 9, 2007, wearing a black, jewel-encrusted bikini. The performance was panned by many critics, who commented extensively on her singing, dancing and wardrobe, with one deeming it as "one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards". On September 10, 2007, Cara Cunningham (then known as Chris Crocker) uploaded a video on YouTube in response to the criticism titled "Leave Britney Alone!", which made her an Internet celebrity and attracted attention from the media. Spears has also performed "Gimme More" at the Femme Fatale Tour (2011) and Britney: Piece of Me (2013–2017). "Gimme More" has been covered and sampled by many artists, including Miley Cyrus, Sia, will.i.am, and Marié Digby.
Background
"Gimme More" was co-written by Jim Beanz, Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica, Nate "Danja" Hills and Keri Hilson, and was also produced by Danja.Blackout liner notes. Jive Records (2007) Spears started working with Danja in July 2006. He explained that the creative process was not difficult at first since he was "left to do pretty much whatever I wanted to", and "if she felt it, she was gonna ride with it. If she didn't, you'd see it in her face."{{cite web|title=Q&A: Danja|publisher=Rhapsody|last=Kondo|first=Toshitaka|date=February 13, 2008|access-date=August 4, 2011|url=http://blog.rhapsody.com/2008/02/exclusive-danja.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104030219/http://blog.rhapsody.com/2008/02/exclusive-danja.html|archive-date=November 4, 2008}} Hilson said that she wrote the song with Spears in mind after Danja played her the instrumental, adding, "I just started singing, 'Give me, Give me,' and added a little more in and just having fun and messing around really." Spears began recording the track in Las Vegas in August 2006, while she was seven months pregnant with her second child, Jayden James. Recording continued at Spears' house in Los Angeles, California, three weeks after she gave birth. Hilson commented that "She gave 150 percent...I don't know any other mother that would do that."{{cite news|url=https://okmagazine.com/britney-spears/keri-hilson-gimme-more-my-song/|title= Keri Hilson: 'Gimme More' is My Song! |date=October 2, 2007|access-date=April 25, 2022|last=Reporter|first=OK!|work=OK!|publisher=Northern & Shell}} In an interview with Rhapsody, Danja commented that he added a speak-sing outro to "stake [his] claim", since "Gimme More" was one of his first solo productions. "There's a lot riding on my future, because people think I'm around because of Tim and they don't really know what I'm capable of", he said. The song was mixed by Ms. Lago at Chalice Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Background vocals were provided by Hilson and Beanz. "Gimme More" was released as the album's lead single and premiered on New York City-based radio station Z100's web site.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/29/arts/music/29spea.html|title= 'Miss Bad Media Karma' Sings, Too |date=November 29, 2007|access-date=February 22, 2010|last=Sanneh|first=Kelefe|work=The New York Times}} A remix featuring rapper Lil' Kim (titled the "Kimme More" remix) was also made available for digital download.
Composition
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"Gimme More" is a song incorporating elements from dance-pop, electropop, EDM, and pop.{{cite journal |last=Lim |first=Dennis |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4852 |title=Britney Spears : Blackout |journal=Blender |date=November 2007 |issn=1534-0554 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112165702/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=4852 |archive-date=November 12, 2007 |access-date=December 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Megarry |first1=Daniel |title=We ranked every single Britney Spears album from worst to best |url=https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/118767/we-ranked-every-single-britney-spears-album-from-worst-to-best/ |website=GAYTIMES |access-date=April 26, 2020 |date=February 28, 2019 |quote=...heralding the introduction of EDM pop bangers (Gimme More, Piece Of Me)...}} It is set in a moderate dance groove at a tempo of 113 beats per minute, with Spears vocal range spanning from F♯3 to C6. The song was composed in the key of F♯ minor, though the key of the final recording is sharp by a quarter tone.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0109608|title=Digital Sheet Music – Britney Spears Gimme More|date=September 14, 2012|website=MusicNotes}} The melody incorporates "low electronic lines" whereas the beat has been described by Bill Lamb of About.com as "disco-ish".{{cite news|url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/gimmemore.htm|title=Britney Spears – Gimme More|year=2007|access-date=February 22, 2010|last=Lamb|first=Bill|publisher=About.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419195615/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/gimmemore.htm|archive-date=April 19, 2009}} Nick Levine of Digital Spy compared Spears's vocals to those of her single "I'm a Slave 4 U" (2001).{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a77865/britney-spears-gimme-more.html|title= Britney Spears: 'Gimme More'|date=October 22, 2007|access-date=February 15, 2010|last=Levine|first=Nick|publisher=Digital Spy}} Lamb described them as "teasing...backed by moaning and heavy breathing" reminiscent of Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby" (1975). Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine felt the song was reminiscent of Sabrina's "Boys (Summertime Love)" (1987).{{cite web |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/britney-spears-blackout/| title=Review: Britney Spears, Blackout|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|date=October 23, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|work=Slant Magazine}}
"Gimme More" is constructed in the common verse-chorus form. The song opens with a spoken intro in which Spears says the line "It's Britney, bitch".{{cite news|url=http://blogs.courant.com/eric_danton_sound_check/2007/10/cd-review-blackout-by-britney.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707213536/http://blogs.courant.com/eric_danton_sound_check/2007/10/cd-review-blackout-by-britney.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 7, 2012 |title=CD Review: 'Blackout' by Britney Spears |date=October 30, 2007 |access-date=February 15, 2010 |last=Danton |first=Eric R. |work=The Hartford Courant }} The chorus consists of the repetition of the hookline "Gimme gimme", that ends with a constantly pitch-shifted "More". The song closes with a speak-sing outro by Danja in which he says the lines "Bet you didn't see this one coming / The Incredible Lago, the legendary Ms. Britney Spears / and the unstoppable Danja".
Critical reception
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"Gimme More" garnered universal acclaim from music critics. Dennis Lim of Blender named the song one of the highlights of the album, calling it "hypnotic pole-dance pop". Alexis Petridis of The Guardian called the song "futuristic and thrilling".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/oct/26/popandrock.shopping|title=Britney Spears, Blackout|date=October 26, 2007|access-date=February 22, 2010|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|work=The Guardian}} Nick Levine of Digital Spy said that "somehow, out of personal chaos, pop greatness has emerged. [Danja] melds tack-sharp beats and a deliciously scuzzy bassline to create a dancefloor throb that feels devilishly sexy". While reviewing The Singles Collection, Evan Sawdey of PopMatters called "Gimme More" "the best dance track she has done since 'Toxic'".{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/117186-britney-spears-the-singles-collection-2496136641.html|title= Britney Spears – The Singles Collection|last=Sawdey|first=Evan|date=December 4, 2009|access-date=April 26, 2022|publisher=PopMatters}} Kelefa Sanneh of The New York Times said the track set the mood for Blackout, adding that "the electronic beats and bass lines are as thick as Ms. Spears's voice is thin...she delivers almost nothing but slithery come-ons and defiant invitations to nightclub decadence". New Musical Express compared Spears's vocals to "a sex addict's cry for help".{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-britney-spears-9226-337561|title=Britney Spears: Blackout|date=November 9, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|work=New Musical Express|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080217071530/http://www.nme.com/reviews/9226 |archive-date = February 17, 2008}} Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said some of the songs of Blackout, "really show off the skills of the producers", exemplifying "Gimme More", "Radar", "Break the Ice", "Heaven on Earth" and "Hot as Ice".{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/blackout-r1241649/review| title=Blackout – Britney Spears|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|date=November 2007|access-date=August 8, 2011|publisher=AllMusic}}
Bill Lamb of About.com gave the song three and a half stars and commented, "It does seem that Britney's bump-and-grind singing style that we first heard 8 years ago on '...Baby One More Time' is still intact, and the 'It's Britney, bitch' announcement that opens the song implies a significant amount of fire remains. The opening alone bumps the song's rating up by half a star". Blogger Roger Friedman of Fox News dubbed the line as "cocky and fun".{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/britney-spears-scandal-kills-radio-play|title=Britney Spears Scandal Kills Radio Play|date=October 4, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Friedman|first=Roger|publisher=Fox News Channel. News Corporation}} Eric R. Danton of The Hartford Courant wrote, "The comedy starts right away, when she plays the role of your drunk friend calling at 3 a.m., slurring, 'It's Britney, bitch'". Mike Schiller of PopMatters called the opening line "real value...kind of hilarious" and added that the "inserted "more" syllables in the chorus only add to the feel that this is a genetically engineered sort of dancefloor banger".{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/britney-spears-blackout|title=Britney Spears : Blackout|date=October 30, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|last=Schiller|first=Mike|publisher=PopMatters}} Popjustice named "Gimme More" the tenth best song of 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2024&Itemid=9|title=The Greatest Singles of 2007 |year=2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|publisher=Popjustice}} The StarPhoenix listed it as the second most infectious song of the year.{{cite news|url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/windsor-star/20071217/282097747369564|title=Top 10 infectious song of 2007|date=December 26, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|work=Windsor Star|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108074021/http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/national/story.html?id=dd07fd91-ab51-447a-8d7a-330e43afbe33|archive-date=November 8, 2012}}
Chart performance
{{quote box|width=30%|align=right|quote=It didn't bother me until nine months down the line. I was like, 'I wish she could've really nailed that [VMA] performance 'cause that really would have set it off.' It was still top five [on the Billboard] Hot 100...It definitely weighed on me. At one particular point last year, I felt like, 'Man, I did all this work, and it ain't pop like it's supposed to pop.' I was down for a little bit...You could put your all into the music, and it's some executive decision that ruined it...Every producer, songwriter or arranger on that record did their thing. The record label did their thing. That was just something uncontrollable on her part.|source= —Danja talking about the commercial performance of "Gimme More" not meeting his expectations.}}
On September 22, 2007, "Gimme More" debuted at number 85 on the US Billboard Hot 100.{{cite magazine|url=http://acharts.us/us_singles_top_100/2007/38|title=US Singles Top 100|date=September 22, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=acharts.us}} On October 13, 2007, the song peaked at number three on the chart. The same week, it also peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs, due to digital sales of 179,000 downloads. It became her fifth top ten hit in the Hot 100, as well as her highest peaking since "...Baby One More Time".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/more-scores-for-britney-on-digital-hot-100-charts-1048629/|title='More' Scores For Britney On Digital, Hot 100 Charts|date=October 13, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|magazine=Billboard}} On February 13, 2008, the single was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) selling 1,000,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&title=Gimme&artist=Britney&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2008&sort=Artist&perPage=25|title=RIAA — Gold & Platinum – February 09, 2010|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|access-date=February 23, 2010}} On December 15, 2007, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/song/britney-spears/piece-of-me/10668319|title=Gimme More charts|access-date=February 10, 2010|magazine=Billboard}} As of July 2016, "Gimme More" has sold 1,840,000 digital downloads in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ask-billboard-britney-spears-career-sales-how-big-a-hit-will/|title=Ask Billboard: Britney Spears' Career Sales & How Big a Hit Will 'Make Me' Be?|last=Trust |first=Gary |magazine=Billboard|date=July 17, 2016 |access-date=April 26, 2022}} It is her seventh best-selling digital single in the country. In Canada, the song debuted at number 53 on September 22, 2007.{{cite magazine|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2007/38|title=Canada Singles Top 100|date=September 22, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=acharts.us}} On October 13, 2007, it peaked at number one and climbed from number 42, becoming the chart's "Greatest Gainer".{{cite magazine|url=http://acharts.us/canada_singles_top_100/2007/41|title=Canada Singles Top 100|date=October 13, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|magazine=Billboard|publisher=acharts.us}} It was certified two times platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for sales of 160,000 copies.{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0408_g.php |title=Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Gold & Platinum – January 2005 |publisher=Canadian Recording Industry Association |access-date=August 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208025823/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0408_g.php |archive-date=February 8, 2012 }}
In Australia, the single debuted at number three on the Australian Singles Chart on October 15, 2007.{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/australia_singles_top_50/2007/42|title=Australian Singles Top 50|date=October 15, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association}} It received a gold certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments over 35,000 units.{{cite web
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}} In New Zealand, it debuted at number 24 on October 1, 2007.{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2007/40|title=New Zealand Top 40|date=October 1, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand}} The following week, it peaked at number 15.{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/nz_singles_top_40/2007/41|title=New Zealand Top 40|date=October 8, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|publisher=Recording Industry Association of New Zealand}} "Gimme More" was also successful in Europe, peaking at number two in the European Hot 100 Singles. In the United Kingdom, "Gimme More" debuted and peaked at number three on October 21, 2007 (for the week ending date October 27, 2007).{{cite news|url=http://acharts.us/uk_singles_top_75/2007/43|title=UK Singles Top 75|date=October 21, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|publisher=British Phonographic Industry}} According to the Official Charts Company, "Gimme More" has sold 596,000 copies there, as of August 2022.{{Cite web|title=Britney Spears' Official biggest singles and albums in the UK revealed|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/britney-spears-official-biggest-singles-and-albums-in-the-uk-revealed__9774/|date=August 24, 2022|access-date=August 24, 2022|publisher=Official Charts Company|archive-date=January 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121061429/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/britney-spears-official-biggest-singles-and-albums-in-the-uk-revealed__9774/|url-status=live}} It also reached the top five in Belgium, Czech Republic, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Norway and Sweden and peaking inside the top ten in Austria and Finland.{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/5789f/Britney-Spears-Gimme-More|title=Britney Spears – Gimme More (song)|year=2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|publisher=Ultratop 50}}
Music video
= Background =
The music video for "Gimme More" was filmed on July 19, 2007, at a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, California, with additional scenes later being filmed on August 7, 2007, in the same location.{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/britney-plays-dual-roles-in-steamy-gimme-more-video/|title=Britney Plays Dual Roles in Steamy 'Gimme More' Video|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Parsley|first=Aaron|work=People|archive-date=April 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420055601/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20147830,00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://people.com/celebrity/new-britney-video-set-to-air/|title=New Britney Video Set to Air|date=October 4, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Parsley|first=Aaron|work=People|archive-date=April 20, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420125354/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20143046,00.html|url-status=dead}} It was directed by Jake Sarfaty, who was handpicked by Spears. According to People, the production was Spears's "concept and vision". Despite this, according to Mikal Sky, who worked as the makeup artist for the video, Spears "sabotaged the director by refusing to perform and follow the script" for unknown reasons.{{cite web|url=http://moneymakingmakeupartist.com/how-to-be-a-makeup-artist/artist-interview-mikal-sky/|title=Artist Interview: Mikal Sky|date=April 7, 2014|publisher=Money Making Makeup Artist|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=September 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928003722/http://moneymakingmakeupartist.com/how-to-be-a-makeup-artist/artist-interview-mikal-sky/|url-status=dead}} During filming, Spears was spotted wearing a short black dress, black boots and a black hat. On September 13, 2007, it was reported by The New York Times that the music video was being "tweaked with input from her advisers" since "[the] gritty, stripper-themed clip...may jolt fans who are more accustomed to the slick, tightly choreographed videos that made her an MTV staple".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/arts/music/13brit.html/|title=Spears's Awards Fiasco Stirs Speculation About Her Future |date=September 13, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|last=Leeds|first=Jeff|work=The New York Times}} The music video premiered exclusively in the iTunes Store on October 5, 2007, and in all other outlets, including TRL on October 8, 2007, and on BET's 106 & Park on October 10, 2007.
= Synopsis and reception =
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The video begins with a blonde Spears sitting and laughing in a bar with two female friends, but stops to look at a brunette Spears calling out to her on a small stage in front of them, wearing a leather vest, a studded belt, panties and fishnet stockings while sporting a tattoo on her biceps. She dances erotically around a pole and up against a mirror. Throughout the video, she continues to dance and flip her hair while special effects lights flash around her as the camera moves slightly in and out of focus to the beat of the song. The video's light systems change from black and white with aura-like blue and pink hues to full-blown color. Around the middle of the video, she is joined by two alter egos of her female friends, who also dance around the pole. The blonde Spears and her friends, while watching the dancing, later draw their attention to an attractive man sitting with his friends at a table across the bar.
The music video received mixed to negative reviews from critics. Michael Slezak of Entertainment Weekly said "The moral of the story is, if you're going to build an entire video around a stripper pole, then you better work said pole like a nine-to-five. Drop it like it's hot...Alas, in the case of "Gimme More," I've seen sexier pole work during an afternoon of fly-fishing".{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2007/10/05/britney-video-g/|title=Snap judgment: Britney Spears' 'Gimme More' video|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Slezak|first=Michael|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}} Andrei Harmsworth of Metro commented "To her credit, the video is slightly less disappointing than her mimed performance of the track at the Video Music Awards last month but it is still smeared with the same smutty hallmarks".{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2007/10/05/britneys-new-lap-dancing-video-213205/|title=Britney's new lap dancing video!|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Harmsworth|first=Andrei|work=Metro}} Dose said the video "sucks less than you think" and added "Spears appears lucid, sometimes happy, and awards-worthy editing makes her appear to be standing upright competently throughout".{{cite news|url=http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=9d2baa9d-8ec0-47de-8ab3-3546be208c3a&k=66688|title=Video for Britney Spears 'Gimme More' Hits YouTube, Sucks Less Than You Think|date=October 5, 2007|access-date=February 23, 2010|last=Reporter|first=Dose|work=Dose|publisher=Canwest|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307122504/http://www.dose.ca/music/story.html?id=9d2baa9d-8ec0-47de-8ab3-3546be208c3a&k=66688|archive-date=March 7, 2012}} Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said the lighting effects and digital body enhancement of the video "indicate a predilection toward maintaining an image that no longer reflects reality. It doesn't point to an artist who refuses to evolve, but rather one who doesn't know how—or isn't being allowed to." IGN writer Sketch Longwood called it one of Spears' hottest videos, adding that she "proves to be quite skilled in the art of teasingly slinking around."{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/20/britneys-hottest-videos|title=Britney's Hottest Videos|date=November 20, 2009|last=Longwood|first=Sketch|access-date=April 26, 2022|publisher=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123200111/http://music.ign.com/articles/104/1048293p1.html|archive-date=November 23, 2009|url-status=dead}} While reviewing the alternate version of the video in July 2011, Becky Bain of Idolator stated that "Spears's last few videos — particularly the joyfully silly clip for 'I Wanna Go' — more than makeup for the travesty that was the pop star's video for 'Gimme More'... The stripper concept was a poor choice, the barely-there outfits were ill-fitting, the 'choreography' was a joke, the editing was sloppy."{{cite web|url=http://idolator.com/5942261/britney-spears-gimme-more-video-new-cut|title=Watch Britney Spears' "Gimme More" Video — Now With Additional Footage|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=July 18, 2011|last=Bain|first=Becky|publisher=Idolator. Buzz Media|archive-date=April 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429161318/https://www.idolator.com/5942261/britney-spears-gimme-more-video-new-cut|url-status=dead}} Spears later wrote of the music video in her memoir The Woman in Me that it was, "by far the worst video I’ve ever shot in my life. I don’t like it at all—it’s so tacky. It looks like we only spent three thousand dollars to shoot it."{{Cite web |date=2023-10-25 |title=Britney Spears Says This "Tacky" Music Video Was Her Worst |url=https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/britney-spears-worst-music-video-gimme-more-memoir |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Bustle |language=en}}
The video was spoofed by Eminem on his music video of "We Made You".{{Cite web |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/03/mtv_scores_exclusive_premiere_of_the_new |title=MTV Scores Exclusive Premiere Of The New Eminem Video, 'We Made You'|access-date=February 16, 2020 |archive-date=April 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408045519/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/03/mtv_scores_exclusive_premiere_of_the_new |url-status=dead }}
An alternative version of the video leaked online on July 18, 2011, and included new scenes, which featured Spears strutting down the street in a black outfit and laying down in a zebra-print bed with a cat. The scenes of blonde Spears were cut. Becky Bain of Idolator said that "Neither the deleted nor added parts add or subtract anything from the experience. This video was kind of doomed no matter how it was edited together."
Live performances
= MTV Video Music Awards =
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| quote = Kicking off the show Sunday night with her new single, 'Gimme More,' Spears looked bleary and unprepared – much like her recent tabloid exploits on the streets of Los Angeles. She lazily walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. It appeared she had forgotten the entire art of lip-synching; and, perhaps most unforgivable given her once taut frame, she looked embarrassingly out of shape. Even the celebrity-studded audience seemed bewildered. 50 Cent looked at Spears with a confused expression; Diddy, her new best friend, was expressionless. Some comeback.
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After days of media speculation, it was confirmed on September 6, 2007, that Spears would open the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards at the Pearl Theatre in the Palms Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 9, 2007. It was also announced that she was going to perform "Gimme More", with a magic act from illusionist Criss Angel in some parts of the performance.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1568994/britney-spears-to-open-2007-mtv-video-music-awards-its-official/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124022524/http://www.mtv.com/news/1568994/britney-spears-to-open-2007-mtv-video-music-awards-its-official/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 24, 2015|title=Britney Spears To Open 2007 MTV Video Music Awards: It's Official!|date=September 6, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Harris|first=Chris|publisher=MTV News}} However, the bit is thought to have been rejected by the show's organizers at the last minute.{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/oops-britney-spears-forgets-the-words-in-catastrophic-return-to-stage-d9hbs92mwq3|title=Oops! Britney Spears forgets the words in catastrophic return to stage|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|work=The Times}} Jesse Ignjatovic, the executive producer of the 2007 VMAs, contacted Spears since she wanted to start the show in "a very big and dramatic way", and was confident that Spears would deliver and set the tone for the rest of the night. She also said Spears was excited after she was approached by MTV to perform.
On September 7, 2007, Spears started rehearsing at the Pearl Theater. An exclusive video from the rehearsal was posted on MTV.com the following day.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1569207/britney-spears-rehearses-for-the-vmas-watch-the-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125090139/http://www.mtv.com/news/1569207/britney-spears-rehearses-for-the-vmas-watch-the-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 25, 2015|title=Britney Spears Rehearses For The VMAs — Watch The Video!|date=September 8, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Montgomery|first=James|publisher=MTV News}} The performance began with a close-up of the back of Spears's head, and continued with Spears turning to the camera and lip synching the first lines of Elvis Presley's 1958 song "Trouble": "If you're lookin' for trouble, you came to the right place / If you're lookin' for trouble, look right in my face." "Gimme More" began, and the camera panned out to reveal Spears wearing a black, jewel-encrusted bikini and black boots. She was accompanied by male and female dancers dressed in black outfits. Several pole dancers danced in smaller stages around the audience. The backdrop videos featured images of chandeliers floating and silhouettes of women, which were compared by Gil Kaufman of MTV to the gun barrel and the title sequence of the James Bond series. At the end of the performance, Spears smiled and thanked the audience before leaving the stage.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1569254/britney-spears-kicks-off-show-but-vma-night-belongs-to-rihanna-and-justin-timberlake/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012120839/http://www.mtv.com/news/1569254/britney-spears-kicks-off-show-but-vma-night-belongs-to-rihanna-and-justin-timberlake/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2014|title=Britney Spears Kicks Off Show, But VMA Night Belongs To Rihanna And Justin Timberlake|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|publisher=MTV News}}
The performance was universally panned by critics. Jeff Leeds of The New York Times said that "no one was prepared for Sunday night's fiasco, in which a listless Ms. Spears teetered through her dance steps and mouthed only occasional words in a wan attempt to lip-synch her new single". Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star commented Spears "looked hopelessly dazed. She was wearing the expression of somebody who had been deposited at the Palms Casino Resort by a tornado, one that promptly twisted away, taking her clothing and sense of purpose...[She was] lumbering, in slow motion, as if somebody had poured cement into her streetwalker boots".{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/opinion/2007/09/11/get_out_of_the_spotlight_britney.html|title=Get out of the spotlight, Britney|date=September 11, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Menon|first=Vinay|work=Toronto Star|publisher=Michael Cooke}} David Willis of BBC stated her performance would "go down in the history books as being one of the worst to grace the MTV Awards".{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6986539.stm|title=Britney's MTV comeback falls flat|date=September 10, 2007|access-date=February 24, 2010|last=Willis|first=David|publisher=BBC Online. BBC}}
The day after the performance, American blogger Cara Cunningham (formerly Chris Crocker) posted a video on
YouTube titled "Leave Britney alone!", in which she cried and defended Spears's performance, explaining that she did not want her to spiral out of control like Anna Nicole Smith, who had died in February 2007. Within the first 24 hours of its posting, the video accumulated over 2 million views.{{cite web|last=Manjoo |first=Farhad |title=Talking to the 'Leave Britney Alone!' guy |work=Salon |date=September 12, 2007 |url=https://www.salon.com/2007/09/12/chris_crocker/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130727024712/http://www.salon.com/2007/09/12/chris_crocker/ |archive-date=July 27, 2013}} "Leave Britney alone!" turned Cunningham an internet celebrity, and was featured on television shows such as The View and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. It was also parodied by dozens of other YouTube users, most famously by actor Seth Green.{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/leave-britney-alone-guy-chris-crocker-hopes-to-find-tv-stardom|title='Leave Britney Alone' Guy Chris Crocker Hopes to Find TV Stardom|publisher=Fox News|agency=Associated Press|date=September 21, 2011|access-date=April 26, 2022}} An editor for YouTube said "the melodramatic two-minute clip made Crocker an instant YouTube star" and named it one of the top videos of 2007.{{cite news|last= Adegoke|first=Yinka|title=Obama Girl, Britney Boy Top YouTube Videos|publisher=Reuters | date=December 28, 2007|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2743102720071228|access-date=April 26, 2022}} Wired named it the top video of 2007.{{cite magazine|last=Sjöberg |first=Lore |title=The Year in Online Video 2007 |magazine=Wired |date=December 18, 2007 |url=https://www.wired.com/2007/12/the-year-in-online-video-2007/ |access-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405014053/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/multimedia/2007/12/YE_onlinevideo2007 |archive-date=April 5, 2008 }}
= Other =
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During Spears's 2009 concert tour The Circus Starring Britney Spears, the LAZRtag Remix of "Gimme More" was used in a martial arts-inspired interlude between the first and second act.{{cite news|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2009-03-04-britney-concert_N.htm|title=Britney in concert: The Circus is finally back in town|date=March 4, 2009|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=Shriver|first=Jerry|work=USA Today}} On March 25, 2011, Spears performed a special show at Rain Nightclub in Las Vegas. The setlist of the show consisted of three songs from her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale, including "Hold It Against Me", "Big Fat Bass" and "Till the World Ends". During the performance of "Big Fat Bass", Spears wore a latex bodysuit and elements of "3", "Gimme More" and "I'm a Slave 4 U" were also included.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1660729/britney-spears-las-vegas-performance/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231150429/http://www.mtv.com/news/1660729/britney-spears-las-vegas-performance/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2014|title=Britney Spears Electrifies Las Vegas With Nightclub Performance|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=March 26, 2011|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 26, 2022}} On March 27, 2011, "Big Fat Bass" was also performed at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium that aired on Good Morning America on March 29, 2011, and the same day, Spears performed the set at Jimmy Kimmel Live!.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1660743/britney-spears-good-morning-america-performance/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409171152/http://www.mtv.com/news/1660743/britney-spears-good-morning-america-performance/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 9, 2015|title=Britney Spears Steals Hearts At San Francisco Show|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=February 27, 2011|publisher=MTV News|access-date=April 26, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/britney-spears-jimmy-kimmel-live-jackass-porta-potty-bungee-stunt-johnny-knoxville-article-1.124457|title=Britney Spears on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!': Does 'Jackass' Porta-Potty bungee stunt for Johnny Knoxville|last=Roberts|first=Soraya|work=Daily News|date=March 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924084302/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/britney-spears-jimmy-kimmel-live-jackass-porta-potty-bungee-stunt-johnny-knoxville-article-1.124457|archive-date=September 24, 2020|access-date=April 26, 2022}}
Spears also performed "Gimme More" at 2011's Femme Fatale Tour. After the performance of "If U Seek Amy", a video interlude in which a stalker talked about femme fatales in history saw the beginning of the third section. Spears returned to the stage wearing a golden bikini and made her entrance in a boat whose individual parts were wheeled by dancers in Egyptian costumes.{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2011/06/23/20110623britney-spears-tour-review-phoenix.html|title=Britney Spears 'Femme Fatale' tour a giddy pop spectacle|work=The Arizona Republic|last=Masley|first=Ed|date=June 23, 2011|access-date=June 25, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140817054208/http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2011/06/23/20110623britney-spears-tour-review-phoenix.html|archive-date=August 17, 2014}} Matt Kivel of Variety said, "the crowd reacted wildly to all of it: screaming out the chorus to 'I'm a Slave 4 U,' pulsating along to the twitch of 'Gimme More' and going absolutely ballistic for the brief, two-verse rendition of '...Baby One More Time.'"{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2011/music/reviews/britney-spears-1117945502/|title=Britney Spears|work=Variety|last=Kivel|first=Matt|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=June 21, 2011}} Craig S. Semon of Telegram & Gazette called it the most over the top number of the show, adding "She delivered the banal, brain-numbing chorus...while her dancers (looking like extras from 'Stargate') paraded around in Egyptian garb and basked in the glow of pyrotechnic sparks."{{cite web|url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2011/08/10/britney-brings-down-house/49939946007/|title=Britney brings down house|work=Telegram & Gazette|last=Semon|first=Craig S.|date=August 10, 2011|access-date=April 26, 2022}} Spears also performed the song at her residency show, Britney: Piece of Me (2013–2017).{{cite magazine|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|title=Britney Spears' Hits-Filled 'Piece of Me' Show Opens In Las Vegas: Live Review|url=https://billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5855045/britney-spears-hits-filled-piece-of-me-show-opens-in-las-vegas|magazine=Billboard|date=December 28, 2013|access-date=December 28, 2013}}
Cover versions, samples and media appearances
"Gimme More" has been covered by many artists and a great number of amateurs.{{cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/music/5255724.html|title=Pop diva's new album, in stores today, is the best of her career yet|date=October 30, 2007|access-date=February 10, 2010|last=Guerra|first=Joey|work=Houston Chronicle}} In late 2007, American singer-songwriter Marié Digby posted an acoustic cover of "Gimme More" along with a cover of Rihanna's "Umbrella" in her YouTube account. Both became hits, with "Gimme More" gaining more than 300,000 views in two weeks. Shortly after, Digby became the eighth most subscribed-to artist on YouTube. She joked about the situation saying, "I could have done a karaoke video to ['Gimme More'], but I just had my stripper pole taken out the other day from my living room, and it just wouldn't have been the same".{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/18/digby-takes-music-career-in-hand-online/|title=Concert preview: Marie Digby takes music career in hand, online|date=July 18, 2008|access-date=February 10, 2010|last=Jordan|first=Mark|work=The Commercial Appeal}} The same year, Australian pop singer Sia released an acoustic version of the song.{{cite news|url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4480985.html|title=Sia announces Dublin date|date=March 3, 2008|access-date=February 10, 2010|last=Reporter|first=Hot Press|work=Hot Press}} Swedish metal band Machinae Supremacy covered the song on their third studio album Overworld, released on February 13, 2008. Matthieu De Ronde of Archaic Magazine commented "[it is] one of the most unexpected covers of all time...this track has been given a somewhat comical but enjoyable makeover, but who said that metal couldn't be fun?".{{cite news|url=http://www.archaic-magazine.com/article.php?aid=44920|title=Machinae Supremacy (SWE) – Overworld – Spinefarm Records|date=March 1, 2008|access-date=February 10, 2010|last=De Ronde|first=Matthieu|work=Archaic Magazine|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005051206/http://www.archaic-magazine.com/article.php?aid=44920|archive-date=October 5, 2011}} American singer-songwriter Christopher Dallman played a cover of the song during many of his concerts in 2007.{{cite news|url=http://www.gayagenda.com/2010/02/christopher-dallman-the-interview/|title=Christopher Dallman – The Interview.|date=February 13, 2010|access-date=February 23, 2010|last=Shaw|first=Jason|work=Gay Agenda|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725201107/http://www.gayagenda.com/2010/02/christopher-dallman-the-interview/|archive-date=July 25, 2011}} Two years later, he showed his version to his producer Rachel Alina, who prompted him to release an EP of Spears's covers.{{cite news|url=http://www.cjdmusic.com/giving-thanks|title=Giving Thanks.|date=November 27, 2009|access-date=February 23, 2010|last=Dallman|first=Christopher|work=Christopher Dallman's Official Website|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017180726/http://www.cjdmusic.com/giving-thanks|archive-date=October 17, 2013}} The EP, titled Sad Britney, was released on November 9, 2009, and also contained covers of "Radar", "Toxic" and "...Baby One More Time". It became Dallman's first record to chart on iTunes. He also released a music video for "Gimme More", which was criticized by Spears's fans who thought Dallman was making fun of her. He explained, "There have been a few folks who have misinterpreted what I was doing and thought that I was somehow making fun of her, which really isn't the case. I have such a place in my heart for Britney". American singer Slayyyter released an unauthorized remix of the song on April 25, 2020.{{Cite web|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=2020-04-25|title=Slayyyter Drops Killer Remix Of Britney's "Gimme More"|url=https://www.idolator.com/7909811/slayyyter-drops-killer-remix-of-britneys-gimme-more|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Idolator}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
"Gimme More" has been sampled in many songs, including Girl Talk's "Give Me a Beat" (2008) and Charles Hamilton's "Devil in a Light Pink Dress" (2009).{{cite news|url=https://www.popmatters.com/girl-talk-feed-the-animals-2496143268.html|title=Girl Talk : Feed the Animals|date=September 23, 2008|access-date=April 26, 2022|last=O'Neil|first=Tim|work=PopMatters}}{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/gowhere-hip-hop/2009/06/charles-hamilton-devil-in-a-light-pink-dress.html|title=Charles Hamilton "Devil In A Light Pink Dress"|date=June 14, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2010|last=Tibs|first=Sgt.|work=ChicagoNow|archive-date=October 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007220623/http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/gowhere-hip-hop/2009/06/charles-hamilton-devil-in-a-light-pink-dress.html|url-status=dead}} In the episode "Michael Scott Paper Company" of the television series The Office, the character of Michael Scott is driving his convertible listening to Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" (2008). When he stops the car, he looks into the camera and says "It's Britney, bitch", mistaking Gaga for Spears.{{cite news|url=https://www.tvguide.com/episode-recaps/office/office-episode-recap-1004940.aspx|title=The Office Episode Recap: "The Michael Scott Paper Company"|date=April 10, 2009|access-date=February 24, 2010| last=Abbas|first=Shahzad|work=TV Guide}} During an episode of the television series Kath & Kim, the character of Brett Craig screams the catch phrase before starting a fight in a bar.{{cite news|url=http://www.afterellen.com/blog/stuntdouble/kath-thinks-her-daughter-is-a-lesbian-on-kath-and-kim|title=Kath thinks her daughter is a lesbian on "Kath and Kim"|date=November 21, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2010|last=Hogan|first=Heather|work=AfterEllen.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209031549/http://www.afterellen.com/blog/stuntdouble/kath-thinks-her-daughter-is-a-lesbian-on-kath-and-kim|archive-date=February 9, 2009|url-status=dead}} During a skit in a 2008 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in which Ellen DeGeneres and Spears sang Christmas carols through a neighborhood, DeGeneres said the catch phrase when knocking on a door.{{cite news|url=http://www.britneyspears.com/2008/12/britney-and-ellen-ambush-locals.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323035821/http://www.britneyspears.com/2008/12/britney-and-ellen-ambush-locals.php|archive-date=March 23, 2009|title=Britney and Ellen ambush locals|date=December 16, 2008|access-date=February 24, 2010|publisher=BritneySpears.com|url-status=dead}} "It's Britney, bitch" was also included in a video backdrop during the performance of "Human Nature" (1995) in Madonna's 2008–09 Sticky & Sweet Tour. In the video, Spears was trapped in an elevator and tried to get out. At the end of the performance, the doors opened to reveal Spears saying the catch phrase.{{cite magazine|title=Britney Spears' Madonna Tour Video Revealed|date=July 10, 2008|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|issn=0035-791X}} On November 6, 2008, in the Los Angeles show at Dodger Stadium, Spears joined Madonna onstage halfway through the performance.{{cite news|url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-11-07-madonna-britney-justin_N.htm|title=Britney, Justin back up Madonna at L.A. concert|date=November 9, 2008|access-date=April 26, 2022| last=Carter|first=Kelley L.|work=USA Today}} In 2012, "Gimme More" was covered on Glee during its second Britney Spears tribute episode. "Britney 2.0" features "Gimme More" which is performed by Heather Morris and heavily parodies Spears's infamous 2007 MTV Music Video Awards performance.{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2012/05/15/glee-scoop-second-britney-tribute-exclusive/|title={{-'}}Glee' scoop: New Britney Spears tribute planned for fall; plus details on Kate Hudson's role — Exclusive |last=Stack|first=Tim|date=May 15, 2012|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=April 26, 2022}}{{cite tweet|user=MrRPMurphy|number=243493219994857472 |title=@Carlot_Heya HeMo has two big songs in episode 2. "Gimme More" and "Hold It Against Me". |first=Ryan|last=Murphy|date=September 5, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2012}} Spears and will.i.am's single "Scream & Shout" samples the phrase "Britney, bitch!". Rapper Jay-Z sampled the line "It's Britney, bitch!" in "BBC", a song on his 2013 album Magna Carta Holy Grail. The song appears in the 2019 American crime drama film Hustlers{{cite news |last1=Yamato |first1=Jen |title=The 'Hustlers' music: How Janet Jackson, Lorde and that perfect club cameo came to be |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-09-13/hustlers-music-usher-lorde-janet-jackson |access-date=December 27, 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 13, 2019}} and appears as part of the track list for Just Dance 2024 Edition.{{Citation |title=Just Dance 2024 Edition - Gimme More by Britney Spears | date=September 6, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8cP7YuvPxo |access-date=2023-09-07 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-09-06 |title=Just Dance 2024 song list and track list |url=https://www.theloadout.com/just-dance-2024/song-list |access-date=2023-09-07 |website=The Loadout |language=en-US}} The song also appeared as a soundtrack on Grand Theft Auto V on the radio station Non Stop Pop FM.
Track listings
Australian CD single{{Cite web|title=Britney – Gimme More (2007, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Britney-Gimme-More/release/1190720|website=Discogs|date=October 6, 2007 }}
- "Gimme More" – 4:11
- "Gimme More" (Instrumental) – 4:09
European CD single{{Cite web|title=Britney Spears – Gimme More (2007, CD)|url=https://www.discogs.com/Britney-Spears-Gimme-More/release/1128915|website=Discogs|date=October 2007 }}
- "Gimme More" (Album Version) – 4:11
- "Gimme More" (Kaskade Club Mix) – 6:08
- "Gimme More" (Junkie XL Extended Mix) – 5:54
- "Gimme More" (Seiji Dub) – 5:03
- "Gimme More" (StoneBridge Club Mix) – 7:24
- "Gimme More" (Music Video)
- "Gimme More" (Paul Oakenfold Radio Mix) – 3:40
- "Gimme More" (Kaskade Remix) – 3:20
- "Gimme More" (Eli Escobar and Doug Grayson Remix Radio Edit) (feat. Amanda Blank) – 3:49
- "Gimme More" (Paul van Dyk Club – Radio Edit) – 3:42
- "Gimme More" (Junior Vasquez & Johnny Vicious Club Remix – Radio Edit) – 4:34
Charts
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| scope="row"|European Hot 100 Singles (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/chart_display.jsp?f=European+Hot+100+Singles&g=Year-end+Singles|title=2008 Year-End European Singles|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125131520/http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/chart_display.jsp?f=European+Hot+100+Singles&g=Year-end+Singles|archive-date=November 25, 2015|url-status=live}}
|82 |
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| scope="row"|Hungary (Dance Top 40){{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/dance/2008|title=Dance Top 100 – 2008|publisher=Mahasz|language=hu|access-date=January 22, 2021}}
|85 |
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Certifications and sales
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|award=Gold|access-date=August 1, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relyear=2007|award=Gold|certyear=2007|digital=true|access-date=January 10, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=single|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relyear=2007|certyear=2008|award=Platinum|number=2|digital=true|access-date=January 10, 2015|note=Mastertone}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relmonth=8|relyear=2007|certyear=2008|id=4|source=chart|award=Platinum|access-date=January 10, 2015}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|nocert=true|salesamount=48,870|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Sing_10Ans.php|title=Les Singles les plus Vendus de la Décennie (2000–2009)|publisher=Infodisc|access-date=January 27, 2025|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610031320/http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Sing_10Ans.php |archive-date=June 10, 2012|language=fr}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relyear=2007|certyear=2023|award=Gold|type=single|access-date=January 21, 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relyear=2007|award=Gold|certyear=2022|digital=true|access-date=December 5, 2022|note=(since 2009)}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Gimme More|artist=Britney Spears|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=2007|certyear=2022|source=radioscope|access-date=December 17, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry |region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2007|certyear=2024|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|accessdate=25 March 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relyear=2007|award=Platinum|certyear=2022|id=10901-1064-1|access-date=September 2, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|artist=Britney Spears|title=Gimme More|relyear=2007|certyear=2023|access-date=October 24, 2023}}
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Release history
See also
References
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