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It's been 20 years since Britney Spears' legendary "Oops!... I Did It Once again" -- her follow-upward effort to her 1999 blast hit "...Infant One More Time" -- was released.

By the fourth dimension she was gear up to release her 2nd anthology, Spears was already carving out a successful path for herself every bit a recording creative person and dance performer when "...Baby One More than Time" and its championship track debuted at No. 1 after the music video for the record became the almost requested video on MTV in 1998.

The princess of pop debuted the title rail to her sophomore effort for radio on March 27, 2000, and also dropped the legendary video component, which catapulted Spears into a new realm of pop music performers and etched her name in the pop civilization history books in the process.

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Helmed by renowned Grammy-nominated music video director Nigel Dick, the video was shot in Universal Metropolis, Calif., and saw Spears jump correct off the screen in her red patent leather jumpsuit every bit she entered the galactic world.

"Oops!" marked the fourth time Spears and Dick had linked upwardly since he directed three videos from her debut album for "...Baby One More than Fourth dimension," "(You Drive Me) Crazy" and "Sometimes," respectively.

However, given the history the pair take shared, they have not collaborated on a project since.

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Spears, now 38, explained the premise for what became the get-go single off her second anthology during MTV's "Making the Video" in Apr 2000 when she was just xviii years old.

"The vocal is basically about a girl and all these guys fall in love with her and she simply can't have it," she said at the time. "When I see a guy that I'thou seriously attracted to, I get butterflies in my stomach, total encephalon fart, I don't know what to say. That'due south what I like about this song. It'due south really honest and fun to perform."

She added: "This whole idea was my idea. I was like, 'I desire to exist on Mars, dancing on Mars.'"

And what an thought.

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In the documentary brusk, Spears was adamant that her wardrobe not simply exude sex appeal but also be easy to motion in since the choreography included intricate trip the light fantastic steps. Her famous catsuit was designed by Michael Bush, who at the behest of Spears had pulled an all-nighttime session in club to have it ready by call fourth dimension the very side by side day.

For her part, the record peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Spears received ii Grammy nominations in 2001 for all-time vocal album and best female song functioning. While neither of her kickoff two singles took domicile Grammys, Spears would earn her first and currently just win in 2004 in the best dance recording category for "Toxic."

Britney Spears and boyfriend Sam Asghari.

Britney Spears and boyfriend Sam Asghari. (Getty)

Spears also performed the record at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) in 2000 -- one of many pop culture moments spearheaded by one of the best performers of her era.

Spears' showing at the VMAs completely transformed her image on phase and quite literally ushered in a wave of new fans every bit she gallivanted for the world, showing off her graceful figure and toned body.

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Interestingly, Spears cheekily quipped during the episode that she doesn't mind looking at her easy-on-the-optics backup dancers. "I don't know their names but they're hotties, though!" she had joked.

In hindsight, perhaps Spears did a little foreshadowing given the fact that her current boyfriend, 27-yr-quondam Sam Asghari, is a onetime backup dancer and the pair fabricated their red carpet debut in September at the Daytime Dazzler Awards -- where Asghari was an honoree -- in Los Angeles.