...Baby One More Time

so that's actually two things combined.

So my first ever freelance job was working on Hit Me Baby One More Time.

[laughs]

Oh, wait.

Wow.

All.

Wait, back to Baby One More Time.

I remember there was a rumor that because the budget wasn't that big, that a lot of the clothing was sourced from Kmart.

Yes, exactly.

Hit Me Baby One More Time, another great example.

Yeah, exactly.

So it sounds like when you started this album, you didn't have a clear perspective on what you wanted to sing about.

I promise.

So this week, I've chosen Baby One More Time by Britney Spears because hit me, baby, one more time.

Hit me, baby, one more time.

Never too late to learn more facts about money.

Power of community.

Yeah, that's it.

Hit me baby one more time.

Right, H.

Mike? So as a transition here from rock and roll, we're going to talk a little bit about some of the videos for some of the artists that kind of really altered the landscape of popular culture.

And of course, that begins with the likes of Britney Spears and the videos that you produced for Hit Me Baby One More Time.

I think that was her first video.

And then, of course, the follow up for her second record, Oops, I Did It Again, which, again, really kind of catapulted her into the stratosphere and brought out all of these other sort of House of Mouse, Mouseketeer sort of like stars and put them on MTV and displaced a lot of rock stars.

You did the same for the lads in Backstreet Boys as well.

What was it like working for these otherwise kind of known from their other sort of like star jobs as working for the Disney Corporation? But did you find that to be a unique experience working with really young adults who were kind of new on the scene?

Well, the thing that the first thing that I registered was that Baby One More Time was a killer song and really well produced.

So I just I didn't care as long as I got to do the video because I knew it's going to be a massive song.

Oh, yeah.

Britney Spears, Baby One More Time.

You got it!

All right, all right, all right.

But in the video, there is no headset.

In the famous school, what was that one? Hit Me Baby One More Time.

She's not wearing a plaid skirt.

She's wearing a black one.

And then I finish off with the ultimate seven-year-old song, The Darkness, I Believe in a Thing Called Love, 'cause it is just a perfect way to do it.

One of the ones that really was pulling at me and I just couldn't figure a way to make it work was Tenacious D's Hit Me Baby One More Time, 'cause I think they do a fantastic cover of Britney Spears, and you should check it out if you haven't on YouTube.

It is super random, but I think the return of rhythm games is something that's gonna be so great.

I think people are hanging out more in person and having events together, and I feel like there's not many great couch co-op games.

It should be noted that considering the iconic stature the song currently holds, it really didn't do very well in the US when first released.

It paled in comparison to her first two lead-off singles, Baby One More Time and Oops I Did It Again.

By the way, massive credit should be given to Pharrell and Chad, the Neptunes, for their composition and production.

Also, a grateful thank you shout out to Janet Jackson for originally passing on this song, thereby making it available for Jive and Britney to grab.