Happy 25th Birthday to Britney!!
Britney Spears is celebrating a new chapter for her third studio album, Britney, with a shiny new re-release packed with gems and never before heard music!
Originally released in 2001, the album got new life on Friday in an expanded edition featuring the complete original tracklist, along with 11 bonus tracks.
Of those bonus tracks are five — COUNT ‘EM, FIVE — new songs!!!
Well, old songs. Previously unreleased songs. So basically new songs. (You get it!! )
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These jewels were recorded back in the day but have never been released: Right Now (Taste The Victory), My Big Secret, Am I A Sinner, When I Say So, and She’ll Never Be Me.
Ahhh! Exciting!!
Yes, the Right Now track is a Pepsi tribute (she really does love the taste after all)!
It was recorded for the cola company’s 2002 FIFA campaign. Listen (below):
But the most buzzworthy song is def gonna be the one she co-wrote with then-boyfriend Justin Timberlake in 2001, She’ll Never Be Me.
Hear Britney croon with JT in the background (below):
The lyrics include Britney singing:
“Hey, boy, what is this I see?/ Your girl, she looks just like me / Blonde hair and dressed to a T / You tell me, “How can this be?” / Does she know I was the one / Who used to turn you on? Yeah / But you don’t wanna talk about it”
Then there’s My Big Secret (listen below):
Next, there’s Am I Sinner (listen below):
And finally, When I Say So (listen below):
The 25th anniversary edition includes 23 tracks in total and also features brand new remixes.
It’s available for streaming and digital download now, so be sure to listen to it in full when you can!
P.S. Def let us know which song is your fave in the comments!
[Image via Nicky Nelson/WENN]
