From the Bottom of My Broken Heart

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"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
Single by Britney Spears
from the album ...Baby One More Time
B-side"Thinkin' About You"
ReleasedDecember 14, 1999 (1999-12-14)
Recorded1997
GenreTeen pop
Length
  • 4:30 (single edit)
  • 5:12 (album version)
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)Eric Foster White
Producer(s)Eric Foster White
Britney Spears singles chronology
"Born to Make You Happy"
(1999) 		"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
(1999) 		"Oops!... I Did It Again"
(2000)
Music video
"From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" on
YouTube

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her debut studio album, ...Baby One More Time (1999). It was released on December 14, 1999, by Jive Records as the fifth and final single from the album. After Spears recorded an unused song from Toni Braxton and sent it through Larry Rudolph to several labels, executives from Jive Records commented that it was very rare to hear someone so young who could deliver emotional content and commercial appeal, appointing the singer to work with producer Eric Foster White. The teen pop ballad was written and produced by White, and features Spears singing about the loss of a first love and how breaking up can be hard.

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" received mixed to positive reviews from

Pop Songs, being later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) on March 28, 2000, for shipping 1,000,000 physical units of the single. It was the 8th best-selling physical single of the 2000s in the country.

An accompanying music video, directed by Gregory Dark from November 22–23, 1999, was released on December 17, 1999.[1] It portrayed Spears packing her belongings as she readies herself to move away from home, and feeling upset because she knows that she is going to miss her first love. The video was the subject of controversy among the press, who panned the singer for hiring an adult filmmaker to direct her video. A Spears representative commented that they were only aware of Dark doing music videos. The singer performed "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" in a few live appearances, including at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, in a medley with "...Baby One More Time", and in three of her concert tours.

Background

In June 1997, Spears was in talks with manager

background vocals were provided by Spears, Angie Simmons, Don Philip and Andrew Fromm.[6] It was released on December 15, 1999, as the final single from ...Baby One More Time.[7]

Composition

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
A 26-second sample of the song's chorus, which features Spears singing about the loss of a first love over a teen pop background.[8][9]
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"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" was produced by Eric Foster White.

beats per minute
.

The single's

beats per minute. Spears vocal range spans over two octaves from the low note of G3 to the high note D5 [14] Craig McDennis of The Hamilton Spectator said the lyrics of "Thinkin' About You", along with "Born to Make You Happy", "verge on the sort of boy-worshipping dreck that even Tiffany would have sniffed at",[15] while Jane Stevenson of Toronto Sun noted Spears "puts some rather grownup heartfelt soul into [it]".[16]

Critical response

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" received mixed to positive reviews from

music critics. Amanda Murray of Sputnikmusic considered the song a competent, but unremarkable single.[17] Kyle Anderson of MTV criticized its lyrics, deeming it as "another rejection ballad that references kissing but nothing else".[18] Caryn Ganz of Rolling Stone called "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" a "further hit" from ...Baby One More Time, along with "Sometimes" and "(You Drive Me) Crazy".[19] The song was a Track Pick from the AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who praised it along with the other singles from the album, saying, "...Baby One More Time has its share of well-crafted filler, but the singles, combined with Britney's burgeoning charisma, make this a pretty great piece of fluff".[20] Author David Gauntlett considered its lyrics as "slushy", and noticed that the track was "seen as less interesting and relevant [by the fans], although [they] clearly enjoyed [the song] too".[21]
Billboard critic Chuck Taylor praised the song, and did a further review on his column:

"'From the Bottom of My Broken Heart' possesses a breezy air that is certain to continue her breakneck success on the singles charts. Eric Foster White is at the helm this time, writing and producing a song that will easily appeal to Miss Spears' young core, with the potential to chart the more mature AC audience, too. [...] Spears' star is shining brighter than ever, and this wholesome track will only serve to illuminate it all the more. An ace".[8]

Also from Billboard, Chuck Arnold wrote that "there’s just not enough depth or texture to her voice, but the little quiver in her chirp does serve her well on the final single from the album, a weepie one about losing your first love".[22] The staff from Entertainment Weekly placed it at number 135 on their ranking of Spears's songs.[23] Bustle's Alex Kristelis said that "I can roll with cheesy, but ['From the Bottom of My Broken Heart'] is just too much!".[24] Nicholas Hautman, from Us Weekly, was more positive and opined that "this teenybopper torch song is no 'Sometimes', but it’s a classic in Spears’ catalog that some fans unfairly push to the side".[25]

Chart performance

On the chart issue dated February 19, 2000, "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" was at number 52 on United States'

New Zealand, where it peaked at number 23.[33] In Canada, after staying for five weeks on the RPM Singles Chart, the song peaked at number 25 on the dated week of February 28, 2000.[34]

Music video

Background and synopsis

Spears ready to move away from home with her belongings in the music video

Jive Records commissioned a music video for the song to be directed by Gregory Dark. According to Dark, the label hired him with the intention of re-image Spears from the naughty schoolgirl persona of "...Baby One More Time", and stated that they "wanted a much more story-oriented video without dance, one that was serious and emotional."[35] He further stated that, during the filming, "I'd joke with her so that she would loosen up and feel comfortable acting, as opposed to being Britney Spears at that moment."[35] The video was produced by the FM Rocks Production Company.[36][37]

The music video portrays Spears packing up her belongings, as she readies herself to move away from home, and feeling upset because she knows that she is going to miss her first love. Throughout the video, scenes of the couple's past are also seen and Spears is sitting on a tire swing, including one where they climb up onto a windmill, with Spears singing the song, and Spears is standing by a billboard that reads "Welcome to Cedar Springs Gardens" similar to the video "Lucky". Before the end of the video, Spears is waiting at a bus stop while, at the same time, her first love is driving to come see her one last time. However, by the time he finally gets there, Spears had left him behind and taken the bus.[38]

Reception

According to writer Linda Ruth Williams, the music video attracted attention from the press because of "the clash between Spears' wholesome image and Dark's unwholesome back catalogue."[39] A Spears representative spoke to the Sunday Sport and revealed, "as far as I'm aware the director just does music videos. This is a video for young teenage girls and not sexy at all."[39] Dark responded to the negative reviews saying, "I don't deny that I did [adult films], it's just that I also like people to know that I don't currently and haven't in a long time."[35] Billboard reporter Carla Hay also noted, "I don't think people who buy records are too concerned about the background of the video's director."[35] Lucy O'Brien, author of She Bop II: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul, noted that hiring Dark as the video director implied that Spears was not that innocent.[40] Time journalists Briton Hadden and Henry Robinson Luce said that Spears "may be the queen of pop tartiness, but her new video, 'From the Bottom of My Broken Heart', is an entirely wholesome affair,"[41] while Chris Ryan of MTV considered it "a suitably soft-focus affair".[12] The video was also added to MTV's 2000 Yearbook, a list with the "biggest, best, most memorable music videos of every year since the beginning of MTV."[42]

Alec Hanley Bemis of LA Weekly highly criticized Spears and the music video. He thought that the singer's "lack of musical talent" had begun to affect her career, after Dark was selected as the director of the video.[38] Bemis commented, however, that Spears already had "a history of questionable decisions", and cited her Rolling Stone photoshoot done in early 1999, which was condemned by the American Family Association, as an example.[38] He continued to state that the plotline set the singer "on the fast track to adulthood" and questioned, "who's in bed with Britney now? While a TV tabloid recently reported that an old bayou beau in Louisiana has mother Spears’ approval, fantasizing fans want to believe Britney's dallying with that braided moppet from N’Sync or a member of the Backstreet Boys. But the only verifiable fact we have to work with is that Spears has started running with a darker L.A. crowd."[38] Bemis finished his review saying that "no avant-garde film techniques [were used on it]. But Britney's lips glisten so... Speaking frankly, this light in our lives hurts us, from the fire in our loins to the bottom of our broken hearts."[38]

Live performances

"From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" was performed for the first time on the

halter top,[48] she performed an acoustic version of the song with her guitarist Skip.[49] Spears also performed "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" and "Born to Make You Happy" on Disney Channel in Concert in 1999. The performances were recorded and included on Spears' first home video release, Time Out with Britney Spears.[50]
The song was also performed in the television program Good Morning America on January 7, 2000, along with "...Baby One More Time".

Track listings

Credits and personnel

Credits for "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" are adapted from ...Baby One More Time's liner notes.[6]

  • lead vocals
  • songwriting
  • Chris Trevett – audio mixing
  • Dan Petty – guitar
  • Andy Hess –
    bass, guitar

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[29] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release dates and formats for "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
United States December 14, 1999
Jive
[57]
January 24, 2000 Hot adult contemporary radio
[58]
Australia February 1, 2000 Maxi CD Festival Mushroom
[51]
United States February 8, 2000
Jive
[59]

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