Commercially, it peaked at number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001.
I Did It Again" received many positive reviews from music critics and some noted similarities to Spears' debut single ". Its bridge features spoken dialogue which references the hit 1997 film Titanic. The lyrics refer to a woman who views love as a game, and she decides to use that to her advantage by playing with the emotions of a boy who likes her.
It was written and produced by Max Martin and Rami Yacoub. It was released on April 11, 2000, by Jive Records as the lead single from the album, and her sixth single overall. I Did It Again" is a pop song by American singer Britney Spears from her second studio album of the same name. It's a testament to Cex's inherent talent that the most uninteresting and typical aspects of Oops, I Did It Again are also the ones that seem the most forced." Oops!. Far too much of this record is simply boring. In concert, Cex's rhythmically interesting and consistently amusing rhymes bring his music to life. Elements like these are never really integrated, and all are worked into similarly deliberate, repetitive song structures. Take the warm acoustic guitars that fill out "(You're) Off the Food Chain," a track that sounds almost like the Microphones. The problem is, there isn't much on Oops, I Did It Again that's particularly riveting.
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The beats that make up the core of Oops, I Did It Again are certainly top-notch- at this point, there's no question that Kidwell knows how to put together a song. Most of the sounds on the album have already been used hundreds of times- chopped-up drum samples, synthesizers with sweeping filters and the occasional odd bit of noise. And while the result is certainly well executed, it lacks the personality that makes Cex such an appealing character in the first place.įor the most part, Oops, I Did It Again is relatively standard IDM fare, with a much greater focus on rhythm than on melody. The Cex I hear on Oops, I Did It Again sounds like he's trying to incorporate a pretty wide spectrum of influences with the fun IDM that's been the bread and butter of his career this far. The Cex I saw in concert was a truly original entertainer, putting the best parts of his personality to work for him. So, in the interest of keeping it real, I'll say I'm pretty disappointed by Oops, I Did It Again. Playing equal parts mad rapper and welcoming host, Kidwell drops tight, witty, and endearing rhymes about balls, bicycles, and "Bad Dudes" over skittery beats, peppered with clever between-song banter ("This next song has some violins- an instrument invented by Radiohead"). But the true brilliance of Kidwell's show is that his whole act seems totally sincere. Lots of performers manipulate their onstage personas to make themselves appear more interesting or more mysterious. Cex's live show has, in recent years, developed into one of the single most entertaining spectacles I've ever experienced. Ryan Kidwell (aka Rjyan, aka Cex) isn't one to let his music speak for itself.