"My Prerogative" has been covered by several artists including
indie/punk band Selfish Cunt and pop artist Britney Spears. The music
video for Britney Spears' version of "My Prerogative" was directed by
Jake Nava. It depicts a wedding reception party for Britney Spears and
her real-life husband at the time Kevin Federline. Her music video was
chosen by Rolling Stone magazine as the best music video of 2004. MuchMusic's Fromage chose it as the worst music video of 2004.
Britney Spears' cover was not successful in the United States, failing to chart in the Billboard Hot 100, managing only to peak at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles. However, her version did peak at number two on the Hot Digital Tracks, and at number one or the top ten in several countries.
In Latin America the single become Spears's third entry in the Latin America Top 40 since the creation of the chart in May 2004, the single debuted at #18 in November 2004, in its fifth week the single peaked at number 10. The single was less successful than Toxic (#6) and Everytime (#9).
In the UK it was released competitively against other acts including Usher & Alicia Keys' My Boo (No. 5), rival Christina Aguilera's own cover of Car Wash (No. 4), Destiny's Child's Lose My Breath (No. 2) and Eminem's controversial Just Lose It at No. 1. It gained considerable attention as it was the first instance where all top 5 positions were new entries, and all American artists. It has sold 180,000 copies in that country. This single has sold worldwide 1,1 milions copies.
BRITNEY SPEARS My Prerogative LYRICS
[Spoken]
People can take everything away from you
But they can never take away your truth
But the question is..
Can you handle mine?
They say I'm crazy
I really don't care
That's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn
Getting boys is how I live
Some ask me questions
Why am I so real?
But they don't understand me
I really don't know the deal about my sister
Trying hard to make it right
Not long ago
Before I won this fight
[Chorus]
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
that's my prerogative
(it's my prerogative)
It's the way that I wanna live (it's my prerogative)
You can't tell me what to do
Don't get me wrong
I'm really not souped
Ego trips is not my thing
All these strange relationships really gets me down
I see nothing wrong in spreading myself around
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
That's my prerogative
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
that's my prerogative
It's the way that I wanna live (it's my prerogative)
You can't tell me what to do
why can't I live my life
without all of the things
That people say
oh oh
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live?
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative (they say I'm crazy)
Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live? (they say I'm use to)
I don't need permission, make my own decisions
That's my prerogative
(it's my prerogative)
| Charts (2004/2005) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| United World Chart | 4 |
| Argentinian Airplay Chart | 8 |
| Australian ARIA Singles Chart | 7 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Belgian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Brazilian Singles Chart | 7 |
| Chilean Airplay Chart | 7 |
| Danish Singles Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 10 |
| European Singles Chart | 3 |
| Finnish Singles Chart | 1 |
| French Singles Chart | 18 |
| German Singles Chart | 3 |
| Greek Singles Chart | 4 |
| Hungarian Single Charts | 5 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
| Israeli Singles Chart | 1 |
| Italian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Japanese Oricon Singles Chart | 98 |
| 'Tokio Hot 100' | 10 |
| Latin American Airplay Chart | 10 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | 17 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 1 |
| Philippine Top Hits | 8 |
| Portuguese Singles Chart | 4 |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 5 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 6 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 4 |
| Taiwanese Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 3 |
| Ukrainian Singles Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 | 1 |
| Charts (2006) | Peak Position |
| Spanish Singles Chart | 2 |
Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "My Prerogative".
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Europe/Australia/Japan CD Single (82876 652532/BVCQ-26305)
UK CD Single (82876 652572)
UK DVD Single (82876 652532)
UK Promo CD (82876 652252)
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UK Promo 12" Vinyl (82876 658481)
U.S. Promo CD (JDJ-648952)
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Remixes/Official versions
- Album Version — 3:33
- Instrumental — 3:33
- Alex D. Radio Remix — 4:43
- Armand Van Helden Remix — 7:37
- Armand Van Helden Dub — 7:35
- X-Press 2 Vocal Mix — 7:21
- X-Press 2 Dub — 7:22
- X-Press 2 Radio Edit — 4:17
- LB Phunkstar Mix — 5:50
- JJ Flores X-Mix — 5:45
- SugarDip Club Mix — 7:21
References
- ^ My Prerogative's Debut Position in the Top Latino
- ^ My Prerogative's Peak Position it the Top Latino
- ^ a b UKBritney.tv Britney Spears — My Prerogative (UK). Retrieved on June 10, 2007
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