I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
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| Single by Britney Spears from the album Britney |
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| B-side | "I Run Away" | ||||
| Released |  February 5, 2002 April 1, 2002 |
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| Format |  CD Single DVD Single Airplay only |
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| Recorded | 2001 | ||||
| Genre | Pop ballad | ||||
| Length | 3:52 | ||||
| Label | Jive | ||||
| Writer(s) | Max Martin Dido Rami |
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| Producer | Max Martin Rami |
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| Certification | Gold (Australia) | ||||
| Britney Spears singles chronology | |||||
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| Britney Spears UK/Australian singles chronology | |||||
| "Overprotected" (2002) |
"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" (2002) |
"Boys (The Co-Ed Remix)" (2002) |
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| Britney Spears European singles chronology | |||||
| "Overprotected" (2002) |
"I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" (2002) |
"I Love Rock & Roll" (2002) |
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"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" is a Britney Spears single released from the album Britney. It was released as the second single in the U.S. during the fourth quarter of 2001 and the third single in countries such as Australia and the UK.
The song was written by Max Martin, Rami, and English songwriter Dido, and was also produced by the former two.
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[edit] Music video
Directed by Wayne Isham, the music video for "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" became yet another to retire on MTV's TRL. It won an award in Japan for Best International Music Video.
There are two versions of the video for this track. One is the album version which features Spears mostly atop a large mountain and inside Antelope Canyon. The other is the movie version, which, because the single was meant to help promote Britney's film Crossroads, not only includes some scenes from the album version but also several scenes from the movie. Other scenes include Spears in a gown singing in a re-creation of one of the rooms in Crossroads, one where she is sitting near a campfire and another where she is driving the car featured in the film.
MADtv parodied the song in a fake music video called "I'm Not a Child (It's OK to Nail Me)". Spears was played by Jill Michelle Meleán, and the video mocked what MADtv believed to be her rather promiscuous and overly sexual behavior. R. Kelly was credited as the fake director of the video.
[edit] Chart performance
Though "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" was meant to help promote Crossroads, the single flopped and it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100; it did, however, appear on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at a peak of number two, which would be equivalent to number 102 if the Hot 100 ran past one-hundred ranks. At Top 40 radio, the single peaked at the bottom end of the Top 40 Tracks, Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Contemporary.
The song received a mixed response internationally; in some countries, such as the UK and Australia it was hit, peaking at number two and number five, respectively. However, in other regions like Canada and Brazil, it failed to break into the top ten in either country.
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" was a success in the UK just missing the top spot selling 125,000 copies.The single has sold worldwide 2 million copies.[1]
[edit] Certifications
| Country | Certification | Sales |
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| Australia[2] | Gold | 35,000 |
| United Kingdom | - | 125,000 |
[edit] Charts
| Chart (2002)[3] | Peak Position |
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| United World Chart | 6 |
| Argentinian Airplay Chart | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 7 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Brazilian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Canadian Singles Chart | 47 |
| Canadian BDS Airplay | 3 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 6 |
| European Singles Chart | 2 |
| French Singles Chart | 25 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 1 |
| German Singles Chart | 10 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 3 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 16 |
| Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 6 |
| 'Tokio Hot 100' | 1 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 38 |
| Portuguese Airplay Chart | 7 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 4 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 102 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 2 |
[edit] Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".
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UK CD Single
UK Promo 12" Vinyl
US Promo CD
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Europe/Australia CD Single
Europe 2-track CD Single
Japan DVD Single
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[edit] Official Remixes
"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman"
- Album Version – 3:51
- Instrumental – 3:49
- Thunderpuss Club Mix – 8:43
- Thunderpuss Radio Mix – 3:17
- Thunderpuss Tribapella – 5:28
- Thunderpuss Dub – 8:55
- Chocolate Puma Mix – 7:38
- Chocolate Puma Dub – 7:36
- Spanish Fly Club Mix – 6:01
- Spanish Fly Dub – 5:51
- Spanish Fly Radio Edit – 3:29
- Spanish Fly Radio Edit (Vox Up 1 dB) – 3:29
- Metro Remix – 5:25
- Metro Radio Edit – 3:29
- Pablo Flores Remix 7:07 – Mixed version appears on X-Factor March 2002 running 5:08.
- 2002 DT Christmas Express Mix – 4:34
- 2002 DT Christmas Express Mix (Instrumental) – 4:34
- Live In Crossroads (Before The Kiss Scene) – 1:18
[edit] Appearance in popular culture
Emily Nakanda performed the song on series 4 of The X Factor
Singer Tori Amos references this song in her 2002 b-side "Tombigbee," singing that "if you're 'Not Yet a Woman,' you've got no business playin' at this." Amos would later go on record as one of Spears' biggest celebrity sympathizers, but still performs the song in concert regularly.
[edit] References
- ^ Britney Spears — I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman (UK) UKBritney.tv Retrieved on May 22, 2007
- ^ Australia Certification
- ^ Chart peak positions:
