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"Stronger"
Song
B-side"Walk on By"

"Stronger" is the third single from Pop singer Britney Spears released from the album Oops!… I Did It Again during the fourth quarter of 2000.

The song was written and produced by constant suppliers Max Martin and Rami. In this anthem, Spears sings about overcoming the difficulties of love as she proclaims she is "stronger than yesterday". The single is recognised by many as the unofficial sequel to "...Baby One More Time" 's song lyric "...my loneliness is killing me..." because Spears declares: "...my loneliness ain't killing me no more...".

Music video

The music video for "Stronger" was directed by Joseph Kahn and shot in Los Angeles, and Spears came up with the entire concept by herself.

Spears arrives at a party, only to find that her boyfriend has cheated on her with another woman. Between scenes of the man chasing after her at the gathering to try to get her back, are cuts of Spears dancing with an Emeco 1006 chair, similar to Janet Jackson's "The Pleasure Principle" and "Miss You Much" dance sequences.

File:ChairBS.jpg
Spears dancing with the chair.

The second half of the video finds Spears driving away from the party in a thunderstorm; however, before long, her car goes into a spin out, then stops and she's forced to continue walking on in the rain. Cuts of her dancing with now a cane transformed from the chair are also included. The video ends with Britney walking across a bridge.

However, one portion of the video was replaced with another scene: In original showings of the video, during the beginning of the bridge, when Spears sings stronger than yesterday..., she is seen standing on the edge of the back of the silver prop chair as it spins. However, in later showings, this scene is cut and replaced with a close-up of Spears singing the lyric. The original does not even appear on the Greatest Hits DVD.

Joseph Kahn showed the 'famous' chair in his home during an episode of MTV's Cribs.

"Stronger" became yet another music video to retire on MTV's TRL and has been one of her strongest selling on iTunes, with a 4/5 rating based on over 60 reviews.

Performances

Perhaps a fan favorite, "Stronger" is one of the most performed songs by Spears. The song boasts a signature hand clap after the lyrics, "stronger then yesterday" but when performed, Spears slaps her hands back and forth, almost in a "wiping her hands clean" motion. This song was performed at the 2001 American Music Awards with an edgier rock feel to it. Spears also rapped in the middle of it while performing on a rotating platform with a female guitarist player next to her. The dancers were in identical costumes with identical blonde wigs.

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia[1] Gold 35,000
France[2] Silver 100,000+
Germany[3] Gold 150,000
United Kingdom - 163,000
United States[4] Gold 500,000

Awards

The video was later nominated for a MTV Video Music Award in the category of Best Pop Video. She was also nominated on the 2001 Teen Choice Awards for Choice Single.

Year Ceremony Award Result
2001 MTV Video Music Awards Best Pop Video Nominated
2001 Teen Choice Awards Choice Single Nominated

Chart performance

"Stronger" peaked just outside of the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 at number eleven, after managing to top the Hot 100 Singles Sales for a week; this eventually led the song to achieve a Gold certification. Though the single's sales were very strong, the song's airplay was somewhat weak, it was weaker than most of Spears's previous singles. Though "Stronger" continued the pattern of Britney's singles making top five placement in several European countries, it also only managed to go top twenty in about the same number of European and non-European nations, including Australia.

"Stronger" was released during the Christmas rush for number-one, however it failed. The single sold a total of 163,000 copies in the UK.[5] "Stronger" generate 3.532.000 points in 2001 alone making it the 21st biggest selling single of that year.[6]

Chart (2001)[7] Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart 13
Austrian Singles Chart 4
Belgian Singles Chart 15
Brazilian Hot 100 5
Canadian Singles Chart 9
Colombia Top 50 1
Danish Singles Chart 7
Dutch Singles Chart 14
Finnish Singles Chart 8
French Singles Chart 20
Mexican Hot 100 5
German Singles Chart 4
Irish Singles Chart 3
Italian Singles Chart 14
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart 7
Norwegian Singles Chart 11
Swedish Singles Chart 4
Swiss Singles Chart 6
'Tokyo Hot 100' 1
UK Singles Chart 7
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 11
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[8] 17

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Stronger".

Europe/Australia CD Single

  1. "Stronger" — 3:23
  2. "Stronger" [Instrumental] — 3:23
  3. "Walk on By" — 3:34
  4. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Edit] — 3:41

French CD Single

  1. "Stronger" — 3:23
  2. "Walk on By" — 3:34
  3. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Edit] — 3:41

UK CD Single

  1. "Stronger" — 3:23
  2. "Walk on By" — 3:34
  3. "Stronger" [WIP Mix] — 5:50

UK Promo 12" Vinyl

  • Side A:
  1. "Stronger" [WIP Mix] — 5:50
  2. "Stronger" — 3:23
  • Side B:
  1. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Club Edit] — 3:41
  2. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix] — 6:31

UK Cassette Single

  1. "Stronger" — 3:23
  2. "Walk on By" — 3:34
  3. "Stronger" [Instrumental] — 3:23

U.S. CD Single

  1. "Stronger" — 3:23
  2. "Stronger" [Mac Quayle Club Mix] — 7:50
  3. "Stronger" [Pablo La Rosa's Transformation] — 7:21
  4. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix] — 6:31
  5. "Stronger" [Jack D. Elliot Club Mix] — 6:38
  6. "Stronger" [Pimp Juice's "Ain't No Shame in This Vocal Mix Game"] — Mix 5:50

U.S. 12" Vinyl

  • Side A:
  1. "Stronger" [Pablo La Rosa's Transformation] — 7:21
  2. "Stronger" [Pimp Juice's Extra Strength Dub]
  • Side B:
  1. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix] — 6:31
  2. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Dub]

U.S. Promo Remix CD

  1. "Stronger" [Pablo La Rosa's Transformation Edit] — 3:28
  2. "Stronger" [Jack D. Elliot Radio Mix] — 3:31
  3. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Edit] — 3:42
  4. "Stronger" [Mac Quayle Mixshow Edit] — 5:21
  5. "Stronger" [Pablo La Rosa's Transformation] — 7:21
  6. "Stronger" [Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix] — 6:31
  7. "Stronger" [Jack D. Elliot Club Mix] — 6:39
  8. "Stronger" [Mac Quayle Club Mix] — 7:50

Remix/Official versions

  • Album Version — 3:23
  • Instrumental — 3:23
  • Video Edit — 3:36
  • Jack D. Elliot Club Mix — 6:341
  • Jack D. Elliot Radio Mix — 3:31
  • Mac Quayle Club Mix — 7:50
  • Mac Quayle Mixshow Edit — 5:21
  • Mac Quayle Mixshow Edit — 4:51 [In B In The Mix: The Remixes UK and Japanese edition only]
  • Mac Quayle Radio Mix — 3:50
  • Pablo La Rosa's Tranceformation — 7:21
  • Pablo La Rosa's Tranceformation (Radio Edit) — 3:32
  • Pimp Juice's "Ain't No Shame in This Vocal Mix Game" Mix — 5:50
  • Pimp Juice's Extra Strength Dub — 7:05
  • Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix/Club Vocal — 6:31
  • Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Dub — 6:54
  • Miguel 'Migs' Vocal (Edit/Club Edit) — 3:41
  • WIP Remix — 5:50
  • "Stronger" is the first track on the U.S. version of Now That's What I Call Music! 6

References

  1. ^ Australia Certification
  2. ^ France Certification
  3. ^ Germany Certification
  4. ^ Certification
  5. ^ Britney Spears — Stronger (UK) UKBritney.tv Retrieved on May 22, 2007
  6. ^ Year End Chart
  7. ^ "Stronger" chart positions around the world:
  8. ^ a b Editors from All Music Guide Billboard singles Billboard magazine
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