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Welcome back to another edition of ‘Discover Britney,’ where we highlight Britney songs that were not released as singles. This way, you can share a song a week with people that have not yet had the chance to hear flawless tracks from Britney’s albums. Spread the word!

If you are an avid Britney stan, you will know that almost every track from a Britney album (in an ideal world) should have been released as a single. So many people have been deprived of some of the most timeless tracks and we feel that they should be heard. Join BritneyGalaxy on Spotify, where we will add one track a week to our ‘Discover Britney’ playlist. Your gym playlist is set for life!

INSIDE OUT

Let’s face it, ‘Femme Fatale’ was a perfect pop album that spawned hit after hit after hit. Our first focus on the album has to be, without a doubt, ‘Inside Out.’ The song almost made it to single status, however lost out to ‘Criminal,’ during an online fan poll. It is really difficult not to use a cheesy line here, but the decision was, well… criminal. We are not saying that ‘Criminal,’ did not deserve the single status and we do truly love the track, however, ‘Inside Out,’ was the best choice for the fourth single by far.

Max Martin is becoming a regular name on our Discover Britney list, but what can we say other than this man is a pure musical genius. There is just something about Max Martin, Britney and break up songs that complement each other so well. ‘Inside Out’ uses similar ‘Drum&Bass’ elements to the lead single, ‘Hold It Against Me’, however this time mixing the successful formula with elements of R&B and electro-pop. The heavy beat and slow ‘groove’ to the song add to the songs sexual tension, a perfect harmony between lyrics and rhythm. The futuristic sound is reminiscent of Madonna’s ‘Ray Of Light’ album and similar attitude of Britney’s long-time favourite Janet Jackson is prominent in the song. The nod to ‘…Baby One More Time,’ adds to the songs power and shows exactly how far Britney has come since her début. As a new addition to the Britney writing team, Bonnie McKee (who also helped pen Femme Fatale’s first single) seems to just get Britney. ‘Baby shut your mouth and turn me inside out,’ a command we are more than happy to oblige to.

Best lyrics: Said you’re gonna be here in a minute/ Sitting in the mirror getting pretty/ Gotta look my best if we’re gonna break up

Song Writers: Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Jacob Kasher Hindlin, Lukasz ‘Dr luke’  Gottwald, Mathiew ‘Billboard’ Jomphe.

Producers: Martin, Gottwald, Jomphe, Wright

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Today we celebrate the 5th birthday of the iconic ‘Till The World Ends (Femme Fatale Remix).’

After an already successful top ten entry for, ‘Till The World Ends,’ Britney’s second single off her seventh studio album, ‘Femme Fatale,’ a remixed version of the song featuring Kesha and rapper Nicki Minaj leaked online on April 22, 2011. The Femme Fatale Remix was released on iTunes on April 25, 2011.

Britney uploaded a picture of the cover art to her Twitter account on the same day as the single release. Kesha told MTV News, “I’m a massive fan of both the ladies I share the track with. I wrote ‘TTWE’ for Britney […] and she killed it and I loved it, but I just thought a super group of three hot, strong women could just take over the airwaves,’’ and boy did it do just that!

Although the majority of the track was similar to the original, the extra added intro and a Drum and Bass elements to the track similar to Britney’s, ‘Hold It Against Me,’ made the track that extra special.

Minaj’s rap in the track (praised by critics and fans alike) and Ke$ha’s rough edge to the bridge made this one of our favourite remixes of all time! The remix helped the track reach the top 5 in the Billboard charts.

Pitchfork Media listed the remix in their Top 100 tracks of 2011 list stating, ‘Till the World Ends’ was already the best Britney single since ‘Toxic’, an ecstatic Euroclub floor-filler about wanting to dance until the world ends and other important matters. Then they added the Nicki Minaj verse. In her 45-second evisceration, Nicki manages to squeeze in chicken noises and the words ‘poultry’, ‘Epsom salt’, and ‘Ricki Lake’– not to mention the immortal diss ‘Sniff, sniff, criiiies/ I done slayed your entire fucking liiiiife.’ (Fact: In 2011, pretty much any song in the world could be made infinitely better by the addition of a Nicki Minaj verse.) Sprinkle a little bit of Ke$ha, the song’s co-writer, on the chorus, and you’ve got a three-headed diva Hydra that sums up the recent changing of the femme pop guard from airbrushed and perfect to (relatively) weird and chaotic. It’s the year’s greatest quickie cash-in remix created to boost the chart position of a floundering single. Considering the ubiquity of the practice, that’s saying something.’

Unfortunately, no music video was filmed for the remix, much to our disappointment! Let’s celebrate by listening to the track! We will be dancing on tables until security kicks us out!

Happy Birthday, ‘Till The World Ends (Femme Fatale Remix),’ we salute you!