Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Hatnote|This article is about the 2012 greatest hits album by Britney Spears. Not to be confused with Spears' 2000 studio album Oops!... I Did It Again (album).}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears
| type = Greatest hits
| artist = Britney Spears
| cover = The Best of Britney Spears.png
| border = yes
| alt = An blue-tinted image of a blonde woman whose dress is undone in the back. In front of a pink tint near the bottom it reads "oops! i did it again: the best of britney spears"
| released = {{Start date|2012|06|15}}
| recorded = 1997–2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Pop
| length = 57:02
| label = Camden
| producer = {{hlist|Bloodshy & Avant|Larry "Rock" Campbell|Kara DioGuardi|Eric Foster White|Brian Kierulf|Kristian Lundin|Steve Lunt|Penelope Magnet|Max Martin|The Neptunes|Wade Robson|Joshua Schwartz|Guy Sigsworth|Britney Spears|Tricky Stewart|Justin Timberlake|Rami Yacoub}}
| prev_title = B in the Mix: The Remixes Vol. 2
| prev_year = 2011
| next_title = Playlist: The Very Best of Britney Spears
| next_year = 2012
}}
Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears (stylized in all lowercase) is the third greatest hits album by American singer Britney Spears. It was released on June 15, 2012 through the Camden label.{{cite web|url=http://www.mstarz.com/articles/17486/20130805/britney-spears-new-album-2013-instagram-recipe-posted-for-mix-of-singers-first-seven-albums-best-of-collection-walmart-release-date-aug-20-photo.htm|title=Britney Spears New Album 2013: Instagram Recipe Posted for Mix of Singer's First Seven Albums, Best-Of Collection Walmart Release Date Aug. 20|last=Meynes|first=Carolyn|publisher=Mstarz|date=5 August 2013|access-date=14 August 2013|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112934/http://www.mstarz.com/articles/17486/20130805/britney-spears-new-album-2013-instagram-recipe-posted-for-mix-of-singers-first-seven-albums-best-of-collection-walmart-release-date-aug-20-photo.htm|url-status=dead}} The album contains some early singles but is considerably filled with album and bonus tracks from her studio albums ...Baby One More Time (1999), Oops!... I Did It Again (2000), Britney (2001), In the Zone (2003) and Circus (2008). The album contains no tracks from Blackout (2007) nor Femme Fatale (2011). Its issuance with no official press release or announcement took both fans and critics by surprise.{{cite web|author=Robbie Daw |url=http://idolator.com/6646871/britney-spears-compilation-oops-i-did-it-again-the-best-of |title=Britney Spears Compilation 'Oops! I Did It Again: The Best Of' Offers Random Tunes |publisher=Idolator.com |access-date=2013-08-04}} When fans on Twitter asked about the album, global distributor Sony Music stated they had no knowledge of the album.{{cite web|last=Stanisci |first=Grace |url=http://ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/sound-check/sony-unaware-britney-spears-compilation-album-195159325.html |title=Sony unaware of new Britney Spears compilation album|publisher=Yahoo! Music |date=2012-06-26 |access-date=2013-08-04}} It was not released in the United States.
Critical reception
Oops! I Did It Again: The Best of Britney Spears is, according to Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic, "not terrible, but not the best-of and not worth the time of most fans, either". He called the album "not so much a best-of collection" of Spears' career, but rather "an odd recap of her first act". Erlewine declared that while the album does include major hits such as "...Baby One More Time" (1998) and "I'm a Slave 4 U" (2001), it "misses the mark" in excluding "(You Drive Me) Crazy" (1999) and "Toxic" (2004). He noted that mentioned songs are excluded in favor of album cuts and songs that appeared as bonus tracks on international editions of her albums.{{cite web|author=Britney Spears |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/oops!-i-did-it-again-the-best-of-mw0002382534 |title=Oops! I Did It Again: The Best Of - Britney Spears|publisher=AllMusic |date=2012-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627020724/http://www.allmusic.com/album/oops%21-i-did-it-again-the-best-of-mw0002382534 |archive-date=27 June 2013 |access-date=2013-08-04}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 57:02
| title_width = 35%
| writing_width = 40%
| extra_width = 25%
| title1 = Oops!... I Did It Again
| writer1 = {{hlist|Max Martin|Rami}}
| extra1 = Oops!... I Did It Again, 2000
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = ...Baby One More Time
| writer2 = Martin
| extra2 = ...Baby One More Time, 1999
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = I'm a Slave 4 U
| writer3 = {{hlist|Charles Edward Hugo|Pharrell Williams}}
| extra3 = Britney, 2001
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = Born to Make You Happy
| note4 = Radio edit
| writer4 = {{hlist|Kristian Lundin|Andreas Carlsson}}
| extra4 = ...Baby One More Time
| length4 = 3:36
| title5 = Cinderella
| writer5 = {{hlist|Britney Spears|Martin|Rami}}
| extra5 = Britney
| length5 = 3:40
| title6 = Brave New Girl
| writer6 = {{hlist|Spears|Kara DioGuardi|Brian Kierulf|Joshua Schwartz}}
| extra6 = In the Zone, 2003
| length6 = 3:29
| title7 = The Hook Up
| writer7 = {{hlist|Spears|Penelope Magnet|Christopher Stewart|Thabiso Nikhereanye}}
| extra7 = In the Zone
| length7 = 3:55
| title8 = Don't Hang Up
| writer8 = {{hlist|Spears|Kierulf|Schwartz}}
| extra8 = In the Zone
| length8 = 4:00
| title9 = One Kiss from You
| writer9 = Steve Lunt
| extra9 = Oops!... I Did It Again
| length9 = 3:24
| title10 = Anticipating
| writer10 = {{hlist|Spears|Kierulf|Schwartz}}
| extra10 = Britney
| length10 = 3:16
| title11 = What It's Like to Be Me
| writer11 = {{hlist|Wade J. Robson|Justin Timberlake}}
| extra11 = Britney
| length11 = 2:52
| title12 = My Baby
| writer12 = {{hlist|Spears|Guy Sigsworth}}
| extra12 = Circus, 2008
| length12 = 3:20
| title13 = Out from Under
| writer13 = {{hlist|Arnthor Birgisson|Wayne Hector|Shelly Peiken}}
| extra13 = Circus
| length13 = 3:55
| title14 = You Got It All
| writer14 = Rupert Holmes
| extra14 = Oops!... I Did It Again
| length14 = 4:11
| title15 = Showdown
| writer15 = {{hlist|Spears|Cathy Dennis|Henrik Jonback|Christian Karlsson|Rich Tapper|Pontus Winnberg}}
| extra15 = In the Zone
| length15 = 3:18
| title16 = That's Where You Take Me
| writer16 = {{hlist|Spears|Kierulf|Schwartz}}
| extra16 = Britney
| length16 = 3:34}}
Release history
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of release dates, showing region, format(s), record label(s) and reference(s). ! scope="col"| Region ! scope="col"| Date ! scope="col"| Format(s) ! scope="col"| Label(s) ! scope="col"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
| scope="row"| Spain
| June 15, 2012 |
|---|
| scope="row"| United Kingdom
| June 18, 2012 | rowspan="5"| CD | Camden |
| scope="row"| Canada
| June 19, 2012 | rowspan="4"| Sony Music |
| scope="row"| France
| July 2, 2012 |
| scope="row"| Germany
| rowspan="2"| August 24, 2012 |
| scope="row"| Greece |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- {{Discogs master|578259|Britney Spears – Oops! I Did It Again - The Best Of}}
{{Britney Spears}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Britney Spears compilation albums