Loading home…
"I'm a Slave 4 U" - in Spanish: "I'm a slave for you" - is an R&B song performed by the American singer Britney Spears and originally included on her third studio album, Britney (2001). The duo The Neptunes composed and produced the song, which Jive Records released as the first single from the album during the last four months of 2001. Spears premiered it on September 6, 2001 when it was presented at the opening of the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards. In which she wore a suit that exposed much of her body while carrying an albino snake.Despite harsh criticism from the pro-animal organization PETA, it was considered one of Spears's most memorable performances by the media and audiences. On the other hand, the audience rated it as Spears' third best song, according to a survey conducted in July 2011 by Rolling Stone magazine, while critics such as Alim Kheraj of Digital Spy listed it as one of the best singles of the album. Her music video was directed by Francis Lawrence, whose later work included directing music videos for the Destiny's Child and the Backstreet Boys. His scenes show Britney Spears and her dancers almost naked, performing suggestive choreography in an underground sauna in Asia. In it, the singer is portrayed as a slave to music who, after dancing and sweating, reaches the point of dehydration together with the rest, causing the collective desire to drink water. Audiences rated it as Spears' second-best video, according to a January 2011 Billboard poll. Upon its release, "I'm a Slave 4 U" instantly entered the top 10 of the major music charts of Germany, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Countries The Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and, on a continental level, Europe. In addition to this, it became Britney Spears' first dance hit in clubs in the United States, reaching No. 4 on Billboard magazine's Dance / Club Play Songs chart. In 2011, Billboard magazine classified Britney Spears' presentation of "I'm a Slave 4 U" at the 2001 Billboard Musc Awards as one of the best presentations made in the history of the Billboard Music Awards. In the same year, the magazine conducted a survey to determine the best performances at the MTV Video Music Awards, of which Spears' performance at the 2001 ceremony was selected by the audience as the best female performance in the history of the awards. On the other hand, the Glee series covered the subject.