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Womanizer (song)
"Womanizer" peaking atop of the charts in Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Norway, Sweden and the United States.
It also reached the top ten in Australia, Japan, New
Zealand and many European countries. In the United
States, "Womanizer" was her first single to reach
number-one since "...Baby One More Time" in 1999. It is
also her best-selling digital song in the country, having
sold over 3.2 million copies.
The music video, directed by Joseph Kahn, was cre-
ated by Spears as a sequel to the music video of "Toxic".
It portrays Spears as a woman who disguises herself in
different costumes and follows her boyfriend through his
daily activities to expose him in the end. The video also
contains interspersed scenes of Spears naked in a steam
room, as a response to the attacks she had received over
Single by Britney Spears the years about her weight. It received positive reviews
and was considered as a return to form for Spears. The
from the album Circus
video was also nominated for two categories at the 2009
Released September 26, 2008 (2008-09-26) MTV Video Music Awards, and went on to win Best Pop
Video.
Format CD single, digital download
The song has been covered by a number of artists
Recorded 2008 from different genres, including Lily Allen, Franz Ferdi-
nand and Girls Aloud. Spears performed "Womanizer"
Genre Electropop, dance-pop
on several television shows including The X Factor and
Length 3:44 Good Morning America, as well as award shows such as the
Label Jive 2008 Bambi Awards. She has also performed the song at
The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009) and the Femme
Writer(s) Nikesha Briscoe, Rafael Akinyemi Fatale Tour (2011), incorporating police-inspired cos-
Producer K. Briscoe/The Outsyders tumes and imagery. "Womanizer" received a Grammy
nomination in 2010 in the Best Dance Recording catego-
Britney Spears singles chronology
ry, but lost to Lady Gaga’s "Poker Face".
"Break the Ice" Womanizer"
"Womanizer "Circus"
(2008) (2008) (2008) Background
The song was written and co-produced by Nikesha
Womanizer"
"Womanizer is a song by American recording artist Brit-
Briscoe and Rafael Akinyemi of the production team, The
ney Spears from her sixth studio album, Circus. It was re-
Outsyders. Spears recorded main vocals with Brendan
leased on September 26, 2008 by Jive Records as the lead
Dakora at Glenwood Place Studios in Burbank, California
single of the album. Produced and co-written by Nikesha
and Bojan "Genius" Dugic at Legacy Studios in New York
Briscoe and Rafael Akinyemi of The Outsyders, the song
City. ProTools engineering was done by John Hanes, as-
had to be re-recorded after a snippet was leaked onto the
sisted by Tim Roberts.[1] On September 19, 2008, a low
web. "Womanizer" is an uptempo electropop song with
quality 37 second snippet of the song was posted on the
characteristic sirens and a repetitive hook. Described by
official website of 107.5 The River, a radio station in Le-
Spears as a girl anthem, the song’s lyrics recall a woman-
banon, Tennessee. According to Jive Records, a repre-
izing man, while the protagonist of the song makes clear
sentative of the label played a rough mix of the song
she knows who he really is.
for people at the station, who recorded it and leaked
"Womanizer" was well-received by contemporary
it on the Internet. The snippet was later removed from
critics, with reviewers complimenting its hook and em-
the website.[2] The song was scheduled to premiere on
powering lyrics, while deeming it as a comeback single
September 23, 2008, but the release was delayed when
for Spears. "Womanizer" was a commercial success,
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Spears went into the studio to re-record some vocals.[3] better with proper words".[11] Popjustice compared it to
The new recordings were done with Jim Beanz and Mar- "Some Girls" by Rachel Stevens and added "[The] track
cella "Ms. Lago" Araica.[4] The song was finally mixed lays a really strong foundation for the fully-realised
by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios in Virginia.[1] "Wo- comeback that didn’t quite happen last time and it’s hard
manizer" was officially sent to radio stations on Septem- not to think of it as a late contender for single of the year.
ber 26, 2008. A few days later, Spears talked about it dur- [...] It’s literally quite good".[8] Myrddin Gwynedd of The
ing a live interview with New York’s Z100 on October 18, New Zealand Herald said "it’s got hit written all over it".[12]
2008, stating, "It’s basically saying, ’We know what you’re On the week of November 24, 2008, the Derby Telegraph
up to.’ It’s about guys cheating on girls, it’s a girl anthem. chose it as single of the week.[13] In the album review,
That’s why I like it".[5] Nekesa Mumbi Moody of The Providence Journal said that
along with "Shattered Glass", they were "[two] fun disco
Composition tracks".[14]
USA Today writer Steve Jones named it one of the
"Womanizer" is an uptempo electropop and dance-pop[6] standout tracks of the album and commented that "she
song with dark synths that runs through a dance orient- seems most at ease when she’s playing the teasing
ed beat.[3][7] It has been compared to previous Spears’ tart".[15] Talia Kraines of the BBC commented that Spears
songs such as "Toxic" (2003) and "Ooh Ooh Baby" needed more songs like "Womanizer", saying "Britney
(2007).[8] It is written in the verse–pre-chorus–chorus 2.0 needs to be full of wild dancefloor driven moves".[16]
form. The track opens with its characteristical sirens.[9] Simon Price of The Independent commented the song bor-
According to Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times, Spears rows its electronic sound from Goldfrapp.[17] Ann Powers
"quick-witted" vocals are similar to the style of The An- of the Los Angeles Times complimented Spears’ delivery
drews Sisters.[10] It was also noted by Daily News writer and the lyrics, saying the song is "about the kind of girl
Jim Farber that Spears’ delivery has a "tone of petu- power that’s focused on besting one obnoxious man, is
lance".[3] After the bridge, Spears sings the chorus one also vintage and contemporary at the same time – more
more time and the song ends while the beat drops and feminism as individualism".[10] Mike Newmark of
Spears sings the "you’re a womanizer, baby" hook.[8] The PopMatters called the song " a meaty, high-voltage shuf-
song is composed in the key of C#minor with 139 beats fler helmed by the Outsyders, who do an admirable job
per minute. The chord progression in the song is C#m- of recreating the chemistry of Spears and Danja on last
F#m-E-Eb-D. Lyrically, the song refers to a womanizing year’s single ’Gimme More’".[18]
man.[10] It has been suggested that the lyrics address Bill Lamb of About.com thought that Spears was con-
Spears’ ex-husband Kevin Federline.[3] fident, but the song sounded "like a rather weak attempt
to approach the attitude of Katy Perry in a classic Britney
Critical reception futuristic bubblegum pop context".[19] He would later
name "Womanizer" the third most annoying pop song of
2008.[20] Jim Farber of the Daily News said the pre-chorus
was the most repetitive in a pop song since The Shag-
gs’s "Gimmie Dat Ding".[3] Jim Abbott of the Orlando Sen-
tinel called it "basically an adult update of her teen-pop
tease act".[21] Ian Watson of Dotmusic wrote that Spears
sounded "trapped on this single. Not trapped, as in des-
perate and distraught, but trapped as in literally frozen
– like she’s been placed into a robot on a production line
and she has to sing these words, dance these steps, work
it like this, until the spotlight snaps off and the facto-
ry’s powered down for the night".[22] The song has been
nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best
Dance Recording on December 2, 2009. Spears had pre-
viously won the category in the 2005 ceremony for her
Spears performs "Womanizer" at The Circus Starring Britney
single "Toxic".[23] However, it lost to Lady Gaga’s "Poker
Spears.
Face".[24]
Peter Robinson of The Observer gave the song the max-
imum five stars referring to it as a "comeback single" Chart performance
and as having a "genius hook". He added that the song
In the United States, the song entered the Billboard Hot
"[has] been called lazy, largely by misinformed people
100 at number ninety-six on the issue dated October 8,
who also think that Kylie’s ’la la la’s would have been
2008. The following week, the song jumped to number
2
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reached the top ten in Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Czech
Republic, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.[40] In addi-
tion, the track became Spears’ sixth European number-
one single.[28]
Music video
Development
"Working on ’Womanizer’ with Joseph was a lot of fun.
[...] He makes sure that he gets the types of shots that go
with the music. It’s not like a movie, it’s more like a musi-
cal. You know, if i say ’on the hi-hat here or on the drum-
beat here, I want my leg to be in the air.’ And it’s that de-
Spears performing "Womanizer" at the Femme Fatale Tour. tail, and it does make a difference, and that’s what he can
do. It’s very rare to find people that still know how to do
one breaking the records for largest jump to number that."
one and largest jump to any position in the history of —Spears about working with Joseph Kahn.[41]
the chart, previously held by T.I.’s "Live Your Life" and The music video was filmed on September 24 and
Beyoncé and Shakira’s "Beautiful Liar", respectively.[25] September 25, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, directed by
The record was later broken by Kelly Clarkson’s "My Life Joseph Kahn, who previously worked with Spears for the
Would Suck Without You".[26] It also garnered first-week music videos of "Stronger" and "Toxic".[42] According to
download sales of 286,000, the biggest opening-week tally Kahn, Spears pitched him her original concept, which in-
by a female artist since Nielsen SoundScan began track- cluded all the main elements used in the final version.[43]
ing digital downloads in 2003, surpassing the record pre- Spears thought of the video as a sequel to "Toxic", as seen
viously held by Mariah Carey’s "Touch My Body".[25] The in her documentary Britney: For the Record, whereas Kahn
record was broken on January 27, 2010 by Taylor Swift’s approached it as "a 2008 answer" to the previous clip.
"Today Was a Fairytale".[27] "Womanizer" was Spears’ He added that, "’Toxic’ was a crystallization of her ca-
first number one single since her debut "...Baby One More reer at that time, [...] There are elements and moments
Time" in 1999.[25] On the week of January 3, 2009, the of that I felt could [have been] improved. [’Womanizer’]
song reached number one on the Billboard Pop Songs and is a bit more fashion-forward".[4][44] About how the con-
number six on Radio Songs.[28] As of July 2009, "Woman- cept of the video related to their previous work, Kahn
izer" was listed at number thirty-nine in the best selling commented that "It’s just a great girl fantasy. There are
digital songs of all time, with sales over 2,777,600.[29] things she’s really good at, like having a really natural
"Womanizer" has sold 3.1 million paid downloads, and is knack for knowing what girls want. [...] It’s a much more
Spears’s best selling digital single in the United States.[30] mature sound and much more mature lyrics, and she al-
In Canada, the single topped the Canadian Hot 100 on ways has the greatest ideas. She’s hyper-aware of pop
October 18, 2008, and stayed in the position for five con- culture".[44][45] The costumes and looks for each of the
secutive weeks.[28] "Womanizer" entered the Australian different women were chosen by Spears and Kahn. The
charts on October 13, 2008 at number sixteen.[31] Three scenes in the sauna were suggested by Kahn, as a re-
weeks later, it peaked at number five.[32] It shipped over sponse to the attacks Spears received over the years
70,000 copies, earning a platinum certification by the about her weight. He stated, "I knew that the whole
Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[33] In world would be watching, so I wanted something in there
New Zealand, the song peaked at number nine on Octo- that stated, ’This is Britney, this is why you should re-
ber 27, 2008.[34] The song was certified gold according spect her’". The set was cleared for two hours, leaving
to the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand her and Kahn alone shooting the sequence.[45] Kahn also
(RIANZ), selling over 7,500 copies.[35] The track debuted decided to end the video with an image of Spears smiling,
at number four in the United Kingdom on November because "We just needed to tell everybody she’s OK".[43]
9, 2008 and reached its peak position of number three A censored version of the music video premiered on Oc-
four weeks later.[36][37] On January 16, 2009, it was cer- tober 10, 2008 on ABC’s 20/20 at the end of their show.
tified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), The uncensored version premiered on MTV the same
with sales over 200,000 copies.[38] According to The Of- night.[46]
ficial Charts Company, the song has sold 400,000 copies
there.[39] "Womanizer" reached the peak in a number of
European countries, including Belgium (Flanders), Den-
mark, Finland, France, Norway and Sweden. It also
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Concept she’s fired up".[51] TV Guide writer Adam Bryant said that
"the music video features some of the most strategically
placed hands in music-video history [...] [The] video is
quite a return to form for the troubled pop star".[52] The
music video for "Womanizer" became a worldwide suc-
cess right after it premiered on the Internet, gaining sev-
en million viewers in less than 48 hours.[53] The music
video was listed as the best video of 2008 in polls by MTV
and Fuse TV.[54][55] It won Music Video of the Year at the
2009 NRJ Music Awards.[56] The video was also nominated
for Best Pop Video and Video of the Year at the 2009 MTV
Video Music Awards. It lost the latter category to Beyon-
Spears in the sauna scene in the music video.
cé’s "Single Ladies", but won Best Pop Video.[45]
The video begins with an opening caption that reads
"Womanizer". During the introduction, Spears is naked Live performances
and smiling at a sauna, while covering herself with her
hands. These scenes are seen throughout the video.
When the first verse begins, a blond Spears wearing a slip
nightgown is making breakfast for her boyfriend (played
by model Brandon Stoughton) as he gets ready for work.
When he is at the office, he sees a new secretary, which
is actually Spears in disguise wearing horn-rimmed glass-
es and a pencil skirt. She starts dancing in front of him
and sings the chorus. She makes him follow her into the
photocopier, where she photocopies her buttocks. On the
back, we see an awkward-looking man, the same who ap-
pears in the plane scene on "Toxic". Then, Spears is dis-
guised as a redhaired waitress in a restaurant. She dances
around him with her dancers and plays with him over
the kitchen counter. After this, her boyfriend is seen get- Spears exiting the stage after "Womanizer" at The Circus Star-
ting driven home by Spears, disguised as chauffeur. She ring Britney Spears.
starts to kiss him, driving the car with her heel until both
get home. Once they get into the bedroom, Spears re- The song was performed for the first time at the Bambi
veals that she was the three women he was "womaniz- Awards in Germany, on November 27, 2008. For the per-
ing" all along. She then begins attacking her boyfriend. formance Spears wore hot pants, fishnet stockings and
This is shown through Spears as her three alter egos, and a black top hat. The ensemble was compared to the cos-
then as the real version of herself. Spears throws a blan- tume Madonna wore during the first act of her Sticky &
ket over him and making the bed. The video ends with Sweet Tour (2008-09).[57] Spears was also presented with
Spears smiling, and a repeat of the opening caption. [46] an award for Best International Popstar by Karl Lager-
feld, who said, "I admire you ... not just for your art,
Reception but for your energy. [You are] coming back not only as
Bill Lamb of About.com called it "arguably the best music a phoenix but as a bird of paradise".[58] The following
video of Britney’s career".[47] Margeaux Watson of Enter- night, Spears performed the song at Star Academy, with
tainment Weekly said the video "looks promising. [...] The similar choreography and dance moves but wearing a red
dancing is stiff and minimal, a disappointment since her strapless dress.[58] On November 30, 2008, Spears per-
moves are her strong suit. But this is a welcome return formed at The X Factor. The performance was watched
to the Britney we love — gorgeous, gyrating, greased up, by over thirteen million UK citizens, making it the most
and gamely playing the vamp".[48] OK! commented that viewed episode in the show’s history.[59] On December
"in addition to seeing Brit in three different sexy getups, 2, 2008, she performed the song at Good Morning America
the video [...] features an oiled-up Britney writhing along with a performance of "Circus".[60] On December
around in nothing but a smile".[49] Rolling Stone said the 15, 2008, she performed at the Japanese music show Hey!
video was "a cross between ’Toxic’ and The Office" and Hey! Hey! Music Champ. The following day, she performed
added, "she’s dancing [and] looking like the old Brit- at NTV Best Artist 2008 in a black and gold bra, hot pants
ney".[50] Courtney Hazlett of msnbc.com claimed "When and a white top hat. She also sported a fake tattooed
Spears isn’t shown naked and writhing in a steam room, heart in her cheek.[61]
4
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The song was a major part in The Circus Starring desire to remake Radiohead’s ’Creep’ in their own im-
Britney Spears (2009), as the encore of the show. After age".[69] On December 8, 2008, New Zealand singer Lady-
a video interlude of Spears’s music videos set to "Break hawke performed a cover at BBC Radio 1’s Live
the Ice" ended, Spears appeared wearing a police officer Lounge.[70] The song was covered by American band The
uniform designed by Dean and Dan Caten, with black All-American Rejects on the Yahoo! Music Pepsi Smash
sunglasses, a hat with her trademark logo and sequined show in December 2008. It was performed in an acoustic
handcuffs. Her female dancers were also dressed as po- version, in which the band members played percussions
licewomen, while her male dancers were dressed as crim- with beer bottles. The cover also included an excerpt
inals.[62] During the performance, she danced and flirted from The Turtles’s "Happy Together".[71] British singer
with the male dancers. At the end of the song, she re- Lily Allen also covered the song, because "simple really,
turned to the main stage while her dancers surrounded I love Britney and I love the song".[68] Her cover was a
her and a shower of sparks fell over them.[63] She stripped down version, that according to Nick Levine of
thanked the audience and bowed to each side of the are- Digital Spy, "might provoke those who reckon it doesn’t
na. She left the stage with an instrumental version of have much of a chorus to revise their opinion".[72] Allen
"Circus" playing in the background.[64] Jane Stevenson also performed the song as the encore during her 2009
of the Toronto Sun praised the performance for being a tour.[73] French singer Sliimy cover was deemed as an
standout number in the show.[63] "indie makeover".[68] He would later be the opening act
"Womanizer" was also performed at the Femme of the second Paris date at The Circus Starring Britney
Fatale Tour (2011) as the last song of the fourth act. Fol- Spears.[74]
lowing "I Wanna Go", which featured her dancing with On January 13, 2009, English singer Ana Silvera cov-
members of the audience onstage, Spears performed ered the song during one of her London concerts.[75] On
"Womanizer" while surrounded by her dancers dressed April 6, 2009, Scottish band Franz Ferdinand also covered
as police officers. Shirley Halperin of The Hollywood Re- the song at Radio 1’s Live Lounge. Lead singer Alex Kapra-
porter stated that "[the] mid-tempo numbers [...] seemed nos claimed "It’s been the best song out in the last few
to stall out quickly, where faster offerings like ’Woman- months".[76] It was also covered regularly by them during
izer,’ ’I Wanna Go’ and ’Toxic’ had the sold out crowd their 2009 American spring tour.[77] The song was per-
jumping in place and pumping their number twos in the formed live by UK girl group Girls Aloud during their Out
air."[65] Ed Masley of The Arizona Republic called the back- of Control Tour, starting April 24, 2009.[78] Their version
to-back performances of "I Wanna Go" and "Womanizer" was released on their 2009 live album Out of Control: Live
"a triumphant double shot of dance-pop greatness."[66] from the O2.[79] "Womanizer" was also covered by Fall Out
Keith Caufireld of Billboard said the performance "seemed Boy, among others.[69] "Weird Al" Yankovic also covered
a bit flat after the crowd-wowing ’I Wanna Go.’"[67] this song for part of the polka medley off his latest album
Alpocalypse. "Womanizer" became one of Spears’s biggest
Cover versions and influence hits and preceded a number of "swing-beat tracks" such
as Kristinia DeBarge’s "Goodbye" and Kaci Battaglia’s
"Crazy Possessive", which according to Ben Norman of
About.com, "admirably follow the trend of a passionately
mad (as in hatter) artist unraveling over a fiercely elec-
tronic beat. While the sound wasn’t uncommon in the
UK in prior years—see: Goldfrapp; Rachel Stevens,— this
track was such a landmark in Ms. Spears’ career that it
was hard to ignore the potential appeal of having other
artists create music that would cater to her fans".[80]
Track listings
• •
1. "Womanizer" — 3:43 1. "Womanizer" (Junior’s
• Tribal Electro Remix)
Girls Aloud covered the song during the Out of Control Tour. 1. "Womanizer" — 3:43 — 8:47
2. "Womanizer" 2. "Womanizer" (Kaskade
"Womanizer" has been covered by many artists from a (Instrumental) — 3:43 Remix) — 5:31
variety of music genres, as well as a great number of am- • 3. "Womanizer" (Digital
ateurs.[68] Clark Collis of Entertainment Weekly explained 1. "Womanizer" — 3:43 Dog Club) — 6:26
that "the song has been covered by other artists with an
enthusiasm only matched in recent times by musicians’
5
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Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[81] 5
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[82] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[83] 1
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[84] 2
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[85] 1
Czech Republic (IFPI)[86] 6
Denmark (Tracklisten)[87] 1
European Hot 100 Singles[88] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[89] 1
France (SNEP)[90] 1
Germany (Media Control AG)[91] 4
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[92] 2
Ireland (IRMA)[93] 2
Italy (FIMI)[94] 7
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[95] 7
Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[96] 8
New Zealand (RIANZ)[97] 9
Norway (VG-lista)[98] 1
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[99] 8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[100] 1
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[101] 2
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[102] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[103] 1
US Hot Dance Club Songs (Billboard)[104] 9
U.S. Billboard Pop Songs[105] 1
Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
Australia Platinum[33]
Belgium Gold[106]
Denmark Platinum[107]
Finland Gold[108]
New Zealand Gold[35]
Sweden Gold[109]
United Kingdom Silver[38]
Italy Gold[110]
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Charts (2008) Position
Australian Singles Chart[111] 40
Swedish Singles Chart[112] 35
UK Singles Chart[113] 33
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[114] 80
Charts (2009) Position
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[115] 33
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[116] 21
Canadian Hot 100[114] 36
European Hot 100 Singles[117] 7
German Singles Chart[118] 100
French Singles Chart[119] 22
Swiss Singles Chart[120] 57
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