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"Lucky" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It served as the 2d unmarried from her 2nd full length studio album, Oops!... I Did It Again. It was released on July 25, 2000, by Jive Records. The teen pop and dance-pop song tells a story near a famous popular star named Lucky, who, despite seemingly having it all: (fame, wealth, beauty) is truly lonely and unhappy on the inside.

Background

In 1999, Britney began work on her second studio anthology Oops!... I Did It Again in Sweden and Switzerland.

After coming together with Max Martin and Rami Yacoub in Sweden, she recorded several songs for the anthology, including "Lucky" (which was co-written and co-produced by Martin and Rami) with boosted co-writing from Alexander Kronlund.

Upon returning to the United States, Britney revealed in an interview with MTV News that:

"I just got back from Sweden, and did half [of] the textile [for Oops!] over there. I was really, really happy with the material, but we had [such] express time to become so much done. So I've just actually been in the studio nonstop, which is cool, though."

She recorded her vocals for the vocal from November 1999 to Jan 2000 at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, Sweden.

Lyrics

[Intro]
This is a story about a daughter named Lucky

[Verse ane]
Early morning, she wakes upwardly
Knock, knock, knock on the door
It's time for makeup, perfect smiling
It's you they're all waiting for

[Pre-Chorus]
They go, "Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood daughter?"
And they say

[Chorus]
"She's so lucky, she's a star
Simply she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there's aught missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night?"

[Verse 2]
Lost in an paradigm, in a dream
Merely there's no one there to wake her upwards
And the world is spinning, and she keeps on winning
Merely tell me, what happens when it stops?

[Pre-Chorus]
They go, "Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood daughter?"
And they say

[Chorus]
"She's then lucky, she's a star
But she cry, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If at that place'south nothing missing in my life
Then why do these tears come up at night?"

[Interlude]
"Best actress, and the winner is, Lucky!"
"I'm Roger Johnson for Popular News, standing outside the arena waiting for Lucky"
"Oh my God, hither she comes!"

[Bridge]
Isn't she lovely, this Hollywood daughter?
She is so lucky, but why does she cry?
If there is nothing missing in her life
Why do tears come at night?
And they say

[Chorus]
"She's so lucky, she's a star
Merely she cry, weep, cries in her solitary center, thinking
If at that place'due south aught missing in my life
Then why do these tears come at night?"
She's and so lucky, she'due south a star
But she weep, cry, cries in her lonely heart, thinking
If there'southward nothing missing in my life
Then why exercise these tears come up at night?

Disquisitional Reception

"Lucky" received positive reviews from music critics.

A review by the NME staff said that the vocal is "peradventure Britney's finest moment. The ultimate mallrat, bittersweet teenage symphony."

They considered the vocal Spears' version of "Where Did It All Go Wrong?" by English rock band Oasis, and went to describe its lyrical content as "a heart-rending tale of life at the top of the teen pop tree, transformed into an anthem for dramatic, moody 12-year-old girls everywhere by Max Martin's scary talent for teenybop lyrics."

Nonetheless, it was noted that some of the lyrics "sounds pretty fucking heavy when you lot've just been dumped and Britney's Mickey Mouse Club-trained falsetto is reaching its peak."

David Veitch of Calgary Sun said the vocal is a "sweetly melodic mid-tempo vocal" and regarding the lyrics completed "we feel her pain."

Billboard magazine contributor Chuck Taylor praised "Lucky" and featured the song on the Spotlight column of his "Singles Review" section.

Taylor stated that: "its contagious melody, blindside-in-your-brain claw, the empathetic theme of a girl who's the world biggest superstar and all the same feels all alone (hmm...) volition brand information technology an easy sell to top 40 radio and to her one thousand legion of defended fans."

In the U.s.a. "Lucky" peaked at number 23 on Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. Information technology also peaked at number 39 on the Hot Trip the light fantastic toe Music/Maxi-Singles Sales component nautical chart, and number 14 on Rhythmic Top 40.

Information technology also achieved commercial success worldwide, reaching number one in Austria, Europe, Sweden and Switzerland while reaching the top x in several European countries.

During the week of August 28, 2000, "Lucky" debuted at number 5 in the Official Charts Company from the United Kingdom, falling to number six in the following week.

According to the Official Charts Company, it is her 10th best-selling single in the country, having sold over 225,000 copies at that place.

In Australia, the song peaked at number 3, and was after certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for shipments of more seventy,000 units of the single.

In Germany, the song reached number 1 on the Media Control Charts, being certified Golden by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipping over 250,000 units of the unmarried.

Music Video

Jive Records deputed a music video for "Lucky" to be directed by Dave Meyers. According to Jocelyn Vena of MTV, Britney portrays "a melancholy pic star who wants cipher more than to have a little fun."

The video begins with Britney telling a story virtually very famous Hollywood actress named Lucky.

Lucky is seen wearing a pinkish nightgown behind the curtains, standing on her billboard with fluffy white cotton balls attached to the edges, inside her mansion and shots of her out on the balcony.

As beautiful and rich as she is, on set up she sits on the star-shape in the sky, as she is acting, she is looking quite distressed. After the first chorus, she goes to the hotel mansion to the flowers, and then she leaves and sits down and gets a mirror.

Next, Lucky opens the door to reveal a handsome man, who then takes her in his arms, as the managing director yells "Cut! We've got it."

Lucky and then walks off-set into the studio every bit grandpa's room, replying to the director: "Finally! We've done it fifty-one thousand thousand times!" She and then goes to have her hair and makeup done; with Spears standing unnoticed and very worried looking by her side.

Lucky is then seen in a shiny silver evening gown at the Academy Awards accepting her award for Best Extra. She looks happy as she accepts it and smiles at her fans, but it is soon revealed that this is not true happiness.

Britney makes her way away from her screaming fans and back into her limo where she unexpectedly finds an ornate hand mirror that was used on the film set. She looks back to the crowd to encounter who has left it and sees Spears leaning frontwards in the crowd.

The limo drives abroad, leaving Britney backside on the red carpet. The video ends with Lucky crying herself to sleep, her make-up already stained on her face up. The defunction close, ending the video.

A Billboard staff reviewer noted that the story "turned out to be less than pure fiction when the singer afterwards went through personal problems in the very public centre."

Jarett Wieselman of the New York Post rated the video a C+ and stated that: "Britney's kickoff Hollywood cautionary tale video didn't seem quite equally telling at the time, but with a little distance, the lyrics and concept seem and so much sadder."

A writer of Rolling Stone said that "Lucky" is best known for "existence the starting time Spears video to focus on what would become a recurring theme: her conflicted human relationship to fame."

Credits

Britney Spears – vocals
Max Martin – production, songwriting, sound mixing, keyboards, programming, background vocals
Rami Yacoub – product, songwriting, keyboards
Nana Hedin – background vocals
Alexander Kronlund – songwriting
Esbjörn Öhrwall – guitar
Tom Coyne – audio mastering