My Prerogative

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For Britney Spear's Greatest Hits, see Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.

"My Prerogative"
Single by Bobby Brown
from the album Don't Be Cruel
Released	1988
Format	Cassette single 7" single 12" single CD single
Genre	New jack swing
Length	—
Label	MCA
Writer(s)	Bobby Brown Gene Griffin Teddy Riley
Producer(s)	Gene Griffin
Chart positions
#1 (U.S.) #6 (U.K.)
Bobby Brown singles chronology
"Don't Be Cruel" (1988)	"My Prerogative" (1988)	"Roni" (1989)

"My Prerogative"
Single by Britney Spears
from the album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Released	UK: November 1, 2004
Format	CD Single
Genre	Pop
Length	3:33
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Bobby Brown Gene Griffin Teddy Riley Additional Lyrics By Britney Spears
Producer(s)	Bloodshy & Avant
Chart positions
#1 (Italy) #2 (U.K.) #4 (United World Chart) #7 (Australia) #101 (U.S.)
Britney Spears singles chronology
"Outrageous"" (2004)	"My Prerogative" (2004)	"Do Somethin'" (2005)

"My Prerogative" is a 1988 single by R&B singer Bobby Brown (see 1988 in music). The second single from Brown's second solo album Don't Be Cruel, "My Prerogative" was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and is among Brown's most successful recordings. The song was covered in 2004 by Pop singer Britney Spears for her Greatest Hits: My Prerogative compilation, and released the song as a single during the third quarter of 2004. It was also covered by British punk/Indie band Selfish Cunt, albeit under the title "Bobby".

[edit] Overview

"My Prerogative" was written by Brown with new jack swing pioneer Teddy Riley and Gene Griffin, the song's producer. The song's lyrics reflected Brown's bad-boy image, and were representative of the new jack swing sound popular in the late-1980s. Following the top ten success of "Don't Be Cruel," "My Prerogative" earned Gold sales, and became Brown's first and only number one single on the U.S Billboard Hot 100. The track was also a number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, and reached the top ten of the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Scene from Spears' music video, at the part where she's asking "Why don't they just let me live?".

Spears' cover was not as successful in the U.S. (it failed to break into the Billboard Hot 100), though it did peak at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart (equivalent to a position of number 101 on the Hot 100 if it extended beyond one-hundred songs). However, her version did peak at number two on the Hot Digital Tracks, and was a top ten or no.1 hit in several other countries w/c makes her version much succesful internationally. As digital downloads didn't count in the Hot 100 till early 2005, Britney didn't enter the Hot 100.

Directed by Jake Nava, the music video for Spears' version of "My Prerogative," depicting a wedding reception party for Spears and her real-life husband Kevin Federline, was well-received. It was later chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as the best video of 2004. Ironically, Muchmusic's Fromage chose it as the worst video of 2004.

Spears' cover was more successful than Brown's in the UK selling a total of 180,000 copies.

This marks the return of the man seen in the video in "Oops! I did it again!", Britney Spears 2nd album. (Seen on the alternate veiw version of the video on the Greatest Hits DVD)

[edit] Charts

[edit] Tracklisting/Formats

UK 2-Tracks Single

1. Album Version
2. Chris Cox Megamix

International CD Single

1. Album Version
2. Instrumental
3. X-Press 2 Vocal Mix
4. Armand Van Helden Remix
5. X-Press 2 Dub

UK DVD Single

1. Music Video
2. Photo Gallery

[edit] External links

• Britney Spears Official Web Site
• 'My Prerogative' chart info