I've Just Begun (Having My Fun): Difference between revisions

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+#REDIRECT [[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]
-{{short description|2004 promotional single by Britney Spears}}
-{{Infobox song
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-| name       = I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)
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-| type       = promo
-| artist     = [[Britney Spears]]
-| album      = [[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]
-| EP         =
-| A-side     = "[[My Prerogative#Britney Spears version|My Prerogative]]"
-| written    =
-| published  =
-| released   = {{start date|2004|08|17}}
-| recorded   = 2003
-| studio     =
-| venue      =
-| genre      = [[Synth-pop]]
-| length     = {{duration|m=3|s=22}}
-| label      = [[Jive Records|Jive]]
-| writer     = {{flat list|
-*Britney Spears
-*[[Michelle Bell]]
-*[[Bloodshy & Avant|Christian "Bloodshy" Karlsson]]
-*[[Bloodshy & Avant|Pontus "Avant" Winnberg]]
-*[[Henrik Jonback]]
-}}
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-| lyricist   =
-| producer   = [[Bloodshy & Avant]]
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-| misc       = {{External music video|1={{YouTube|wGjhVLj-ytw|"[I've Just Begun] Having My Fun (Non-Album Bonus Track)"}}|header=Audio video|type=song}}
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-"'''I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)'''", written "'''(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun'''" on digital releases,<ref>''I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)'' is the spelling used on the bonus DVD of the ''[[In the Zone]]'' album and on the greatest hits album ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]'' but digital releases use the ''(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun'' spelling.</ref> is a song recorded by American singer [[Britney Spears]], taken from her first greatest hits album ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]'' (2004). The song was produced by [[Bloodshy & Avant]] and originally recorded for her fourth studio album ''[[In the Zone]]'' (2003). It was released as a [[music download|digital download]] on August 17, 2004, prior to the album's release. The track has drawn comparisons to [[No Doubt]]'s single "[[Hella Good]]" as well as 1970s American [[funk]] bands. Lyrically, the songs refers to having a good time at a party. "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" received mixed reviews from critics, some naming it one of the best songs in the compilation, while others dismissed its lyrical content. The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film  ''[[Bridesmaids (2011 film)|Bridesmaids]]''.
-==Background==
-"I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" was originally recorded for Spears' fourth studio album, ''[[In the Zone]]'' (2003).<ref name=mtv>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1490450/20040820/spears_britney.jhtml|title=Track That Britney Left Out Of The Zone Is A Hit Online|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=August 20, 2004|work=[[MTV News]]|access-date=March 9, 2010}}</ref> The song was written by Spears, [[Michelle Bell]], Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, and was produced by [[Bloodshy & Avant]].<ref name="liner" /> The song was first included as a [[bonus track]] in the European version of the [[In the Zone (DVD)|''In the Zone'' DVD]]. In the United States, the track was a [[music download|free download]] in the [[Wal-Mart]] edition of ''In the Zone'', due to an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart and [[Sony Connect]].<ref name=mtv /> When the deal ended in mid-2004, [[Jive Records]] released the song on the [[iTunes Store]] and [[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]] on August 17, 2004.<ref name=rhapsody>{{cite news|title=(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun (Non-Album Track) by Britney Spears|date=August 17, 2004|last=McGuirk|first=Mike|work=[[Rhapsody (online music service)|Rhapsody]]|quote=Britney's back on top. After the relative OK-ness of "In the Zone," the impressively evolving pop phenomenon busts out a hard-funk, Prince-heavy club cut with a fat, fat, fat synthline, strings (!) and a chorus that just doesn't quit. 'I've Just Begun' is on a level with her best work, namely 'I'm A Slave 4 U.'}}</ref> "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" peaked at number seven on the iTunes chart while it was speculated to be in the track list of ''Greatest Hits: My Prerogative''.<ref name=mtv /> The song was featured on the soundtrack of the 2011 film ''[[Bridesmaids (2011 film)|Bridesmaids]]''.<ref name=indiewire>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/bridesmaids_soundtrack_features_fiona_apple_inara_george_hole_and_more/ |title='Bridesmaids' Soundtrack Features Fiona Apple, Inara George, Hole, Blondie & Wilson Phillips |last=Davis |first=Edward |date=April 15, 2011 |work=[[IndieWire]] |access-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721041719/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/bridesmaids_soundtrack_features_fiona_apple_inara_george_hole_and_more |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }}</ref>
-==Composition==
-{{listen
- | filename     = Britney Spears - I've Just Begun (Having My Fun).ogg
- | title        = "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)"
- | description  = A 20-second sample of the song's chorus features Spears singing over an [[Electro music|electro-funk]] sound.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}}
- | format       = [[Ogg]]
- | pos          = left
-}}
-"I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" is composed in the key of [[G minor]] with 108 [[beats per minute]].<ref name=mtv /><ref name=musicnotes>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0048756|title=Digital Sheet Music Britney Spears – I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)|work=Musicnotes.com}}</ref> It has a [[dance music|dance]]-oriented beat that has been compared by Jennifer Vineyard of [[MTV]] and [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[Allmusic]] to [[No Doubt]]'s 2002 single "[[Hella Good]]".<ref name=mtv /><ref name=allmusic>{{cite news|url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r716835/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=((( Greatest Hits: My Prerogative > Review )))|year=2004|access-date=March 8, 2010|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> Spears's vocal range spans from the low note  of G<sub>3</sub> to the high note of Eb<sub>5</sub>.<ref name=musicnotes /> The track features mainly [[guitar]] and [[bass guitar|bass]], along with [[String instrument|string arrangements]] and 1970s [[synthesizer]]s reminiscent of [[Zapp (band)|Zapp]] and [[The Gap Band]].<ref name=ign>{{cite news|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/566/566584p3.html |title=Britney Spears Greatest Hits: My Prerogative |date=November 16, 2004 |access-date=March 6, 2010 |last=D. |first=Spence |work=[[IGN]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622004830/http://music.ign.com/articles/566/566584p3.html |archive-date=June 22, 2011 }}</ref> Its lyrics refer to a make-believe situation in which Spears describes an encounter with a man at a party. During the song, she declares to prefer having a good time rather than settling down.<ref name=mtv />
-==Reception and chart performance==
-Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said "the ''In the Zone'' outtake [...] betters most of the songs that were featured on the album".<ref name=allmusic /> Annabel Leathes of [[BBC Online]] commented that along with "[[Do Somethin']]", they are "[two] robust, unreleased tracks [that] suggest, however, that she may still be churning out a few more No.1s before taking time out to sing lullabies to her brood".<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gzxm|title=Britney Spears Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Review|date=September 5, 2003|access-date=March 8, 2010|last=Leathes|first=Annabel|work=[[BBC Online]]}}</ref> Ann Powers of [[Blender (magazine)|''Blender'' magazine]] called the song "instantly forgettable and biographically inaccurate,"<ref name=blender>{{cite journal|title=Greatest Hits: My Prerogative|year=2004|journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]|last=Powers|first=Ann|issn=1534-0554}}</ref> while Mike McGuirk of [[Rhapsody Music|Rhapsody]] said the song "is on a level with her best work, namely "[[I'm a Slave 4 U]]"."<ref name=rhapsody /> Louis Pattison of the ''[[New Musical Express]]'' stated that the lyrics "chime rather oddly with Britney’s much-vaunted desire to start a family".<ref name=nme>{{cite news|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/britney-spears/7567|title=Spears, Britney : Greatest Hits: My Prerogative|date=December 8, 2004|access-date=March 8, 2010|last=Pattison|first=Louis|work=[[New Musical Express]]}}</ref> On the week of September 4, 2004, "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" debuted at number 23 on [[Hot Digital Tracks|''Billboard'' Hot Digital Tracks]],<ref name=hotdigital>{{cite journal|year=2004|title=Singles Minded|journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=116|issue=36|pages=56|publisher=[[Nielsen Company|Nielsen Business Media]]|issn=0006-2510|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AhMEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+%2B+%22i%27ve+just+begun+having+my+fun%22&pg=PA56|access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref> and fell to number 41 in the following.<ref>{{cite journal |year=2004 |title=Hot Digital Tracks – September 11, 2004 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=116 |issue=37 |pages=60 |issn=0006-2510 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FRMEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+%2B+%22i%27ve+just+begun+having+my+fun%22&pg=PA57 |access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref>
-== Track listings ==
-*;Digital download<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/ive-just-begun-having-my-fun/id264023126|title=ミュージック - ブリトニー・スピアーズ「(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun - Single|language=ja|work=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
-# "(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun" – 3:23
-==Credits and personnel==
-Credits for "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" are taken from ''Greatest Hits: My Prerogative''{{'}}s liner notes.<ref name="liner">{{cite AV media notes|title=[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]|others=[[Britney Spears]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Jive Records]]|type=Liner notes}}</ref>
-* Songwriting – Britney Spears, [[Michelle Bell]], Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback
-* Production – [[Bloodshy & Avant]], Steven Lunt
-* Vocals – Britney Spears
-==Charts==
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
-|-
-!Chart (2004)
-!Peak<br />position
-|-
-|US [[Hot Digital Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name=hotdigital/>
-| style="text-align:center;"|23
-|}
-==References==
-{{reflist|30em}}
-==External links==
-* {{MetroLyrics song|britney-spears|ive-just-begun-having-my-fun}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
-{{Britney Spears singles}}
-{{Good article}}
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-[[Category:Songs written by Christian Karlsson (record producer)]]
+[[Category:Songs written by Christian Karlsson (DJ)]]
-[[Category:Songs about casual sex]]