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'{{Infobox song | name = I've Just Begun (Having My Fun) | cover = (I've Just Begun) Having My Fun.jpg | alt = | border = yes | 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}} | format = [[Music download|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=Japanese|work=[[iTunes Store]]|accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref> | recorded = 2003 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Synth-pop]] *[[funk rock]] }} | length = {{duration|m=3|s=23}} | label = [[Jive Records|Jive]] | writer = {{flatlist| *Britney Spears *[[Michelle Bell]] *[[Christian Karlsson (DJ)|Christian Karlsson]] *Pontus Winnberg *[[Henrik Jonback]] }} | composer = | lyricist = | producer = [[Bloodshy & Avant]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | next_title = | next_year = }} "'''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 by American singer [[Britney Spears]] from her first [[greatest hits album]] ''[[Greatest Hits: My Prerogative]]'' (2004). The song was produced by [[Bloodshy & Avant]] and originally recorded for Spears's 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 song has drawn comparisons to [[No Doubt]]'s 2002 song "[[Hella Good]]", as well as 1970s American [[funk]] bands. Lyrically, the song refers to having a good time at a party. "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" received mixed reviews from [[Music journalism|music critic]]s, some naming it one of the best songs on the album, while others dismissed its lyrical content. The song was featured on the soundtrack to 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]]|accessdate=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]] |accessdate=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721041719/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/bridesmaids_soundtrack_features_fiona_apple_inara_george_hole_and_more |archivedate=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 "[[Hella Good]]" (2002).<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|accessdate=March 8, 2010|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|work=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> Spears's vocal range spans from the low note of G₃ to the high note of Eb₅.<ref name=musicnotes /> The song 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 |accessdate=March 6, 2010 |last=D. |first=Spence |work=[[IGN]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622004830/http://music.ign.com/articles/566/566584p3.html |archivedate=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|accessdate=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|url=|title=Greatest Hits: My Prerogative|year=2004|work=[[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|accessdate=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/?id=AhMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&dq=billboard+%2B+%22i%27ve+just+begun+having+my+fun%22#v=onepage&q=billboard%20%2B%20%22i%27ve%20just%20begun%20having%20my%20fun%22&f=false|accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> and fell to number 41 in the following.<ref>{{cite journal |author= |year=2004 |title=Hot Digital Tracks – September 11, 2004 |journal=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=116 |issue=37 |pages=60 |issn=0006-2510 |doi= |pmid= |pmc= |url=https://books.google.com/?id=FRMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57&dq=billboard+%2B+%22i%27ve+just+begun+having+my+fun%22#v=onepage&q=billboard%20%2B%20%22i%27ve%20just%20begun%20having%20my%20fun%22&f=false |accessdate=March 11, 2011}}</ref> ==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|id=}}</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}} {{DEFAULTSORT:I've Just Begun Having My Fun}} [[Category:2003 songs]] [[Category:2004 singles]] [[Category:Britney Spears songs]] [[Category:Songs written by Britney Spears]] [[Category:Song recordings produced by Bloodshy & Avant]] [[Category:Songs written by Henrik Jonback]] [[Category:Songs written by Pontus Winnberg]] [[Category:Songs written by Christian Karlsson (record producer)]] [[Category:Songs about casual sex]]'