Everytime

"Everytime"
Image of a blond woman. She is sitting in a giant purple flower wearing a dress in the same style. In the middle of the image, the words "Britney Spears" are written in green capital and small letters. Below them, the word "Everytime" is written in purple italics.
Single by Britney Spears
from the album In the Zone
Released May 17, 2004 (2004-05-17)
Format CD single, 12"
Recorded 2003
Genre Soft rock
Length 3:48
Label Jive
Writer(s) Britney Spears, Annette Stamatelatos
Producer Guy Sigsworth
Britney Spears singles chronology
"Toxic"
(2003)		 "Everytime"
(2004)		 "Outrageous"
(2004)

"Everytime" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears from her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003). It was released on May 17, 2004, by Jive Records as the third single from the album. After Spears ended her relationship with pop singer Justin Timberlake, she made friends with her backing vocalist Annet Artani. While Spears composed the music in her piano, she wrote the song with Artani in Italy. It is thought to be Spears's response to Timberlake's 2002 single "Cry Me a River", but she has neither confirmed or denied these allegations. "Everytime" is considered an adult pop ballad with breathy vocals. Its lyrics are a plea for forgiveness for inadvertently hurting a former lover.

"Everytime" was positively received by critics, who complimented its simple lyrics and the organic feel of the song in comparison with most of the tracks of In the Zone. "Everytime" was a big success, peaking inside the top five in most countries, while reaching the top of the charts in Australia, Hungary, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Spears performed "Everytime" in a series of live appearances and in two of her concert tours: on piano in a flowered-themed setting at The Onyx Hotel Tour (2004) and while suspended on a giant umbrella at The Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009). "Everytime" has been covered by artists such as Glen Hansard and Jackie Evancho.

The music video for "Everytime" portrays Spears as a star hounded by paparazzi, who drowns in her bathtub when she starts bleeding from a wound in her head. In the hospital, doctors fail to resuscitate her while a child is born in the next room, implying she reeincarnated. The original treatment would have had Spears killing herself from a drug overdose, but the plot was removed after it received criticism by several organizations, who perceived it as a glamorization of suicide. Featuring many religious references, the music video was noted by contemporary critics for predicting Spears's future struggles with fame.

Contents

Background and writing

A brunette man with facial hair walks over grass holding a golf club.
Following the release of "Everytime", came allegations that it was about pop singer Justin Timberlake.

Spears's relationship of three years with pop singer Justin Timberlake ended in 2002 after months of speculation.[1] On December 28, 2002, Timberlake released the song "Cry Me a River" as the second single from his solo debut album. The music video featured a Spears look-alike and fueled the rumors that she had been unfaithful to him.[2][3] "Cry Me a River" is often credited as being the song that propelled the album into the charts.[4] In September 2001, Artani accepted to become a backing vocalist for Spears's 2001-2002 Dream Within a Dream Tour. Her interactions with Spears during most of the tour were limited to small conversations at the gym and vocal warm ups. Artani had begun a relationship with the show's musical director during 2002; however, it was not working out well by the end of the tour. Before the last date in Mexico City, Spears called her and asked about the relationship. Artani told her they were going to break up, to which Spears responded, "Don't worry about it, you're going to hang out with me".[5] Following the end of the tour, Spears and Artani began to forge a friendship. Spears invited Artani to her house in Los Angeles, California. According to Artani, their relationship grew out of their shared romantic experiences at the time. She explained, "Basically, we commiserated because she, at that time, had broken up with Justin [Timberlake]. Maybe like nine months before, but of course it was really fresh in the media. I was just breaking up with this guy, so we kind of like—I think we kind of needed each other." Artani stayed at Spears's house for a few weeks, in which they started writing songs at the piano. Shortly after, they traveled to Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy. Artani added, "It was me and her, her stylist and Felicia, and we had this humongous house to ourselves, and they had a piano there as well".[5]

According to Artani, "Everytime" was written in large part as a response to "Cry Me a River" as well as various radio interviews. Artani explained, "He was getting personal. Here, she had a different type of image, and he was really exposing some stuff that she probably didn't want out there, and in front of her little sister ... I remember her sister being mortified and her being mortified. I'm sure that that really hurt her."[5] "Everytime" was recorded at Conway Studios in Los Angeles and mixed at Frou Frou Central in London, England.[6] During an interview with Hip Online, Spears commented about the recording sessions, saying,

"... Like with “Everytime” I wrote the whole thing from scratch on the piano. Musically there was no track or anything. I was just at my house and I did the whole thing by myself. And then I went and I played it for [Guy Sigsworth] and I just basically told him exactly how I wanted the song to sound. And he was so amazing because there's a lot of producers you tell them things and they don't get it. And you're like oh, that's not the right way. He got it just right. He was amazing. And so that song specifically, you know, I did everything."[7]

"Everytime" was one of the first songs finished for In The Zone, previewed on May 30, 2003, to Quddus Philippe of MTV at Battery Studios in New York City.[8] Spears named it the most personal song of the album along with "Touch of My Hand", explaining, "It's one of the songs that when you hear, it's like the kind of song when you go to heaven. It kind of takes you away. You know, it takes you in to a very cool consciousness I think."[7]

Composition

"Everytime" is considered Spears's most adult pop ballad. It begins with a piano introduction accompanying Spears's breathy vocals, which build from soft to strong through the song.[8] According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Universal Music Publishing Group, "Everytime" is composed in the key of E♭ major, with a tempo of 110 beats per minute. Spears's vocal range spans from the high-tone of A♭5 to the low-tone of E♭5.[9] "Everytime" lyrics are a plea for forgiveness for inadvertently hurting a former lover. In the song, the singer explains she feels unable to continue in lines such as "Everytime I try to fly I fall / Without my wings I feel so small". Jennifer Vineyard of MTV compared the song lyrically to another ballad from In the Zone, "Shadow", since they both speak "about how reminders of a lover can still linger after he's gone."[10] During an interview with Jennifer Vineyard of MTV, Spears said about "Everytime", "It's about heartbreak, it's about your first love, your first true love. That's something all people can relate to, because you all have that first love that you think you're going to be with the rest of your life."[11] When asked if "Everytime" was about Timberlake during an interview with Diane Sawyer in PrimeTime, she responded "I'll let the song speak for itself."[2]

Reception

A female brunette performer. She is singing while suspended on a giant umbrella in the air. She wears eastern-inspired clothes.
Spears performing "Everytime" at The Circus Starring Britney Spears.

Critical response

Gavin Mueller of Stylus Magazine deemed "Everytime" as the best track of In the Zone, explaining "it is just a spare piano ballad, simple yet effectively fragile".[12] Ali Fenwick of The Johns Hopkins News-Letter complimented Spears's songwriting and added the song "shows a glimmer of the talent that hides behind the robotic, synthed-out vocals on the rest of the album."[13] Christy Lemire of msnbc.com called it "actually a pretty tune" and named it the best ballad in Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.[14] Jason Shawhan of About.com said "Everytime" "screams Single!".[15] Spence D. of IGN said the song "continues to mine the Zone turf and unleashes what is ostensibly Britney's first mature ballad, at least in terms of being musically staid and stripped of any danceteria sweat and gloss."[16] Linda McGee of RTÉ.ie said that along with In the Zone's "Brave New Girl", they were "individually impressive", but disrupted the direction of the album.[17] David Browne of Entertainment Weekly commented, "With its dainty piano, 'Everytime' plays like a forlorn postmortem on her Justin Timberlake era."[18] Sterling Clover of The Village Voice called it "a weeper in the best 'Time After Time' (1984) tradition."[19] William Shaw of Blender said that while "Everytime" was not her greatest ballad, the lyrics were "certainly heartfelt".[20] A reviewer from the Huddersfield Daily Examiner stated, "[the] breathy ballad [has] got a stage musical feel to it, but Britney's no Elaine Paige".[21] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine named it along with "Shadow" "two sappy ballads".[22]

Chart performance

On May 22, 2004, "Everytime" debuted at number sixty-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, becoming the "Highest Debut" of the week.[23] On July 3, 2004, it peaked at number fifteen and stayed in the position for four weeks.[24] The song also peaked at number four on Billboard's Pop Songs and at number seventeen and number twenty-five on the Hot Dance Club Songs and Adult Pop Songs charts, respectively.[25] On November 18, 2004, "Everytime" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) selling 500,000 copies.[26] The song also peaked at number two in the Canadian Singles Chart.[27]

In Australia, "Everytime" debuted at number one on the week of June 28, 2004, becoming the "Highest Debut".[28] It received a gold certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments over 35,000 units.[29] On June 20, 2004, the song debuted at number one in the UK Singles Chart, becoming her second consecutive number one single from In the Zone.[30] "Everytime" was also successful worldwide, reaching the top of the charts in Hungary, peaking at number two in France, number three in Sweden and reaching top five positions in Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.[31][32][33]

Music video

Development and release

On March 9, 2004, the treatment of the music video for "Everytime" was released online. It portrayed Spears as a star hounded by photographers, which eventually kills herself by taking prescription drugs and drowning in a bathtub. The suicide scene was perceived to be Spears's response to the rumors that suggested she suffered from a mental disorder.[34] After news of the concept broke, it was criticized by a number of organizations of the United Kingdom and the United States. Director of parents's group Kidscape, Michele Elliott, said, "This is absolutely outrageous, totally irresponsible, completely stupid. If even one child follows her lead she will surely be held responsible. What is she thinking of?". She also commented the release of the music video could cause an increase in suicide rates, comparing it to the death of actress Marilyn Monroe in August 1962.[35] MTV News "You Tell Us" also received numerous letters from upset viewers, who criticized Spears saying they perceived the ending was a glamorization of suicide. On March 12, 2004, Spears announced through Jive Records she had removed the concept, "due to the potential for a fictional accidental occurrence to be misinterpreted as a suicide". She also clarified it was not her intent to present suicide in any sort of positive light.[36] The video was directed by David LaChapelle and shot on March 13 and March 14, 2004, in Los Angeles. The lighting was described as "saturated, but low and naturalistic" to give the video a cinematic feel, referencing the 1995 film Leaving Las Vegas.[34] It premiered on Total Request Live on April 12, 2004. Spears called the show and explained the video explored reincarnation. She added, "It's more like a movie. It's different than anything I've ever done. It's dark, and it shows me in a different light. Of course, I'm going to go back and do dance videos, but I wanted to be inspired and challenged."[37] An alternate version of the video which features Spears singing in the white hallway scenes was released on the 2004 DVD Greatest Hits: My Prerogative.[38]

Synopsis

A blond woman in a bathtub. She is looking at her hand covered in blood.
Spears looking at the blood in her hand, considered to be stigmata.

The video begins with a aerial shot of Las Vegas, Nevada, showing the Palms Casino Resort and continues with a shot of a marquee that reads "Britney Spears: Las Vegas", with a picture of Spears holding a leather strap. Christian author Eva Marie Everson compared the image to "Madonna doing her own impersonation of Marilyn Monroe."[39] Spears and her boyfriend (played by Stephen Dorff) are arriving to the hotel inside a limousine.[39][40] They sit apart from each other, staring out separate windows.[39] Spears wears a Birmingham Barons cap in these scenes.[41] The boyfriend is talking on his cell phone, and when she attempts to touch him, he pushes her away. The entrance is full of fans and paparazzi taking pictures.[39] When they leave the car, fans and paparazzi alike act in an extreme way and fights break in the crowd. While her bodyguards try to protect her, her boyfriend throws magazines at the paparazzi.[34][35] Stephanie Zacharek of The New York Times compared the shots of the paparazzi with the Jews in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ.[42] During this scene, she gets hit in the head with a camera, but keeps walking.[35] Inside their hotel room, Spears and her boyfriend begin to scream at each other. He throws a vase into the wall while Spears goes into the bathroom. She begins filling the bathtub and removing her clothes. After this, the video includes intercut scenes of a close-up of Spears singing in a white shirt in front of a bright white light.[34] As she lies in the bathtub, a red string, a custom associated with Kabbalah is seen in her wrist. She touches her head and looks at her hand, realizing she is bleeding. According to Jennifer Vineyard of MTV, the blood in her hand is stigmata.[37][40] She loses consciousness in the bathtub and starts to drown.[37] Shortly after, her boyfriend finds her and tries to resucitate her.[34] Meanwhile, it is revealed that in the close-up scenes Spears is actually inside a hospital hallway. The video continues with scenes of her being carried into an ambulance and surrounded by photographers, as well as scenes of her being resucitated by doctors in a hospital bed.[39] The ghost of Spears in a white shirt, watches herself in the bed and walks into the next room, where a baby girl is born. Spears is then seen running away from the camera into the light. The music video ends with her rising from under the water, resting her head and smiling.[35][37]

Reception

Stephanie Zacharek of The New York Times called it "a teenage temper tantrum, a glossy 'you'll be sorry when I'm dead' melodrama." She also added that the video forced the audiences to imagine a world in which Spears did not exist, saying, "Could we [...] bear to go on without her? As much as she may enjoy fantasizing about that question, she probably doesn't want to know the answer".[42] Eva Marie Everson wrote that the music video showed the reality "behind the glitz and the glamour".[39] Dominic Fox commented, "Even in its bowdlerised form, the 'Everytime' video presents a moment of existential indecision, a fugue of suicidal ideation in which the singer fantasises about her own death".[43] While reviewing the music video for her 2009 single "If U Seek Amy", James Montgomery of MTV called "Everytime" "underrated".[44] Rolling Stone in their 2009 article "Britney Spears: The Complete Video Guide", called it "horribly prophetic and depressing" and added that the clip foreshadowed Spears's struggles with fame and mental instability during 2007 and 2008.[45]

Live performances

A female blond performer. She is standing with a light short dress, looking around and holding a microphone with her hands.
Spears performing "Everytime" at The Circus Starring Britney Spears.

On October 18, 2003, "Everytime" was performed by Spears during the twenty-ninth season of the American comedy show Saturday Night Live.[10] She also performed it at Britney Spears: In the Zone, a concert special that aired in ABC on November 17, 2003.[46] "Everytime" was also performed by Spears at 2004's The Onyx Hotel Tour. Before the tour began, Spears said that it was one of the songs she was looking most forward to perform, explaining, "I really think I'm talking to everyone when I perform 'Everytime'".[11] It was the first song of the third act, titled "Mystic Garden". It began with a video interlude in which Spears walked into a garden wearing a rainbow-colored dress and sat in a flower-covered piano. As the video ended, it was revealed that she was sitting onstage in a similar setting. She started the performance talking to the audience about the media coverage of her personal life. She played the piano and sang until the second verse, where she stood up and walked to the center of the stage to continue the performance.[47] Neil Strauss of The New York Times commented, "It was the only song that she appeared to sing unaccompanied by backing tapes".[48] Kelefa Sanneh of Blender called it the best performance of the show.[49] "Everytime" was also performed by Spears at the British music chart show Top of the Pops on August 5, 2004.[50]

Spears also performed the song at 2009's The Circus Starring Britney Spears. "Everytime" was the only song that was not included in the released setlist, and was added as a surprise.[51] It was the sixth and last song of the second act, titled "House of Fun (Anything Goes)". After a Bollywood-inspired performance of "Me Against the Music" from In the Zone, Spears sat on a giant umbrella in the middle of the stage and briefly talked to the audience. She performed "Everytime" while the umbrella was lifted into the air.[52] On August 21, 2009, at the Hamilton show, she dedicated the song to her father Jamie.[53] For the second North American leg, Spears changed her outfit to a dress to perform the song.[54]

Cover versions

"Everytime" was covered by Glen Hansard of Irish band The Frames. It was recorded during a live show at Today FM and released in the 2004 covers compilation, Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2.[55] It was also covered in Mandarin by Taiwanese girl group S.H.E and released it on their 2004 studio album Encore. Their version was retitled "別說對不起" ("Don't Say Sorry").[56] "Everytime" was used during the 2009 Irish production of the 1986 play The Seagull.[57] Jackie Evancho covered the song for her debut album Prelude to a Dream. On August 19, 2010, her version debuted at number three on Billboard's Classical Digital Songs chart.[58]

Track listing

  • Remixes CD single
  1. "Everytime" — 3:53
  2. "Everytime" (Hi-Bias Radio Remix) — 3:29
  3. "Everytime" (Above & Beyond Radio Mix) — 3:47
  4. "Everytime" (The Scumfrog Vocal Mix) — 9:53
  • CD single
  1. "Everytime" - 3:53
  2. "Everytime" (Hi-Bias Radio Remix) - 3:29
  3. "Everytime" (Above & Beyond Radio Mix) - 3:47
  4. "Don't Hang Up" - 4:02
  • UK 12" vinyl
  1. "Everytime" (Hi-Bias Radio Remix) — 3:29
  2. "Everytime" (Above & Beyond Radio Mix) — 3:47
  3. "Everytime" (The Scumfrog Vocal Mix) — 9:53
  • US 12" vinyl
  1. "Everytime" (The Scumfrog Vocal Mix) — 9:53
  2. "Everytime" (Valentin Remix) — 3:28
  3. "Everytime" (Above & Beyond's Club Mix) — 8:46
  4. "Everytime" (Dr. Octavo's Transculent Mixhsow Edit) — 5:18
  • The Singles Collection Boxset Single
  1. "Everytime" — 3:53
  2. "Everytime" (Above & Beyond Club Mix) — 8:46

Credits and personnel

Charts, certifications and procession

Charts

Charts (2004) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[32] 1
Austrian Singles Chart[32] 4
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[32] 4
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[32] 5
Canadian Singles Chart[27] 2
Czech Airplay Chart[32] 6
Danish Singles Chart[32] 5
Dutch Top 40[32] 4
Finnish Singles Chart[32] 18
French Singles Chart[32] 2
German Singles Chart[33] 4
Greek Singles Chart[59] 15
Hungarian Singles Chart[31] 1
Irish Singles Chart[33] 1
Norwegian Singles Chart[32] 3
Swedish Singles Chart[32] 3
Swiss Singles Chart[33] 7
UK Singles Chart[30] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[25] 15
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[25] 5

Certifications

Country Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Australia Gold[29]
Belgium Gold[60]
France Silver[61]
Norway Platinum[62]
Sweden Gold[63]
United States Gold[26]

Year-end charts

Country Position
Australian Singles Chart[64] 72
Austrian Singles Chart[65] 12
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)[66] 24
Belgian Singles Chart (Wallonia)[67] 21
German Singles Chart[68] 20
Swiss Singles Chart[69] 18

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
"The Langer" by Tim O'Riordan and Natural Gas		 Irish Singles Chart number-one single
June 17, 2004 – July 15, 2004		 Succeeded by
"Dry Your Eyes" by Streets
Preceded by
"I Don't Wanna Know" by Mario Winans		 UK Singles Chart number-one single
June 20, 2004		 Succeeded by
"Obviously" by McFly
Preceded by
"F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)" by Frankee		 Australian ARIA Singles Chart number-one single
June 27, 2004		 Succeeded by
"F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back)" by Frankee

Notes

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References

  • Everson, Eva Marie (2006), Sex, Lies, and High School, David C. Cook, ISBN 0781443598 
  • Fox, Dominic (2009), Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant Dysphoria, O Books, ISBN 1846942179 

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