Music Vidz: Its a Britney World: The Britney Meme

I put this collection together some time ago, as part of the preparation for Music Video Day, when we remade an inconic video in just one day. Its a good example of a meme - but also of the difficulty of pinning down a singular text in our postmodern hypertextual age.

This track has become a cultural meme...

I've gathered some examples of the many treatments of this track below. Yours will shortly become the latest addition to this postmodern phenomenon!

If you come across any others please pass on details (with a link) as a comment!

Be warned: some of the YouTube user comments are rather crude at times...

The original vid in glorious HD...

Until the YouTube block was lifted in June 2012 we were forced to work off a low-res GoogleVid copy.

Hit Me Baby One More Time With Lyrics

Here's how some students from Latymer School tackled part of it:

Odd live version by Ms Spears in Las Vegas

A more conventional live version, in London

There are many, many more on there, eg her 1999 World Music Awards performance
She does a jazz version for ABC - compare this, and the unambiguous sexuality of the performance with the live performance below from 1988.
This is her way back in 1998, doing what looks like a small local show.

Then there are the many surprising cover versions, ironic UGC vids etc...

Here's two lads having a go (Lari and Gafa):

Here's Spongebob synched to it!

Travis have a bash

Travis studio version

Punk version by Anna Lohr

Redubbed with a death metal version! [Children of Bodrom]
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nypusXmF5BI&feature=fvw
A similar 'punk' version from August Burns Red