Editing ...Baby One More Time (album) (section)

==Music and lyrics==
Spears originally envisioned "[[Sheryl Crow]] music, but younger – more [[adult contemporary]]" for ''...Baby One More Time'', but acquiesced to the wishes of her label, since "It made more sense to go [[Pop music|pop]], because I can dance to it—it's more me."<ref name="rs1" /> The album opens with its lead single, "[[...Baby One More Time]]", a [[teen pop]] and [[dance-pop]] song beginning with a three-note [[motif (music)|motif]] in the bass range of the piano. Its opening was compared to many other songs, such as "[[We Will Rock You]]" (1977), "[[Start Me Up]]" (1981), "[[These Words]]" (2004) and the theme song of the film ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' due to the fact the track "makes its presence known in exactly one second".<ref name="blender" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0027207|title=Britney Spears Baby One More Time – Sheet Music|work=Music Notes|date=December 15, 1999|publisher=[[Alfred Music Publishing]]|access-date=November 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042903/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0027207|archive-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://allmusic.com/album/baby-one-more-time-us-cd-single-r377377|title=...Baby One More Time (US CD Single) – Britney Spears|website=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=September 26, 2011|date=April 20, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513122455/http://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-one-more-time-us-cd-single-r377377|archive-date=May 13, 2011}}</ref> According to ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'', "...Baby One More Time" is composed of "[[wah-wah (music)|wah-wah]] guitar lines and [[EKG]]-machine bass-slaps".<ref name="blender" /> Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, authors of ''Girl Culture: Studying Girl Culture: A Readers' Guide'' (2008), observed that the lyrics of the song "gesture toward [Spears] longing for the return of an ex-boyfriend."<ref>{{harvnb|Mitchell|Reid-Walsh|2008|p=547}}</ref> "[[(You Drive Me) Crazy]]" runs through a [[down-tempo|moderately slow]] dance [[beat (music)|beat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0028943|title=Britney Spears (You Drive Me) Crazy – Sheet Music|work=Music Notes|date=February 25, 2000|publisher=[[Alfred Music Publishing]]|access-date=November 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042904/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0028943|archive-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref> and has an [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] [[melody]] mixed with edgy synthesized instrumentals.<ref>{{harvnb|Bennett|Peterson|2004|p=92}}</ref> "[[Sometimes (Britney Spears song)|Sometimes]]" is a [[Ballad (music)|ballad]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2010/09/15/snooki-britney-spears/|title=Snooki Lip-Synchs To Britney Spears' 'Sometimes'|last=Ryan|first=Chris|date=September 15, 2010|website=MTV|publisher=[[MTV Networks]]|access-date=March 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312000909/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2010/09/15/snooki-britney-spears/|archive-date=March 12, 2014}}</ref> which Spears begins with the lines "You tell me you're in love with me / That you can't take your pretty eyes away from me / It's not that I don't wanna stay / But every time you come too close I move away".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0026598|title=Britney Spears – Sometimes Sheet Music (Digital Download)|work=Music Notes|date=December 15, 1999|publisher=[[Alfred Music Publishing]]|access-date=November 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529192123/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0026598|archive-date=May 29, 2013}}</ref> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] noted the song has "a catchy hook and endearing melody, with a reminiscent [[euro-dance]] rhythm."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-one-more-time-mw0000045914|title=Britney Spears ...Baby One More Time – Album Review|date=January 12, 1999|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=[[AllMusic]]|publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]]|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231041334/http://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-one-more-time-r384763/review|archive-date=December 31, 2011}}</ref>

"Soda Pop" draws influences from [[bubblegum pop]] and [[ragga]],<ref name="allmusic" /> and features background vocals from co-writer Mikey Bassie.<ref name="liner" /> Spears' vocals on the fifth track, "[[Born to Make You Happy]]" span more than an [[octave]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0028935|title=Britney Spears Born to Make You Happy – Digital Sheet Music|work=Music Notes|date=February 25, 2000|publisher=[[Universal Music Publishing Group]]|access-date=December 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502034128/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0028935|archive-date=May 2, 2009}}</ref> Its lyrics allude to a relationship that a woman desires to repair, not quite understanding what went wrong, as she comes to realize that "I don't know how to live without your love / I was born to make you happy".<ref name="popology">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2577982/britney-spears-baby-one-more-time-2/|title=Britney Spears Goes Back To Her Schoolgirl Days For The First Installment Of 'Popology'|date=March 3, 2010|last=Anderson|first=Kyle|website=MTV|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012024406/http://newsroom.mtv.com/2010/03/03/britney-spears-baby-one-more-time/|archive-date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> "[[From the Bottom of My Broken Heart]]" is a sentimental slow-tempo teen pop ballad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.yahoo.com/britney-spears/tracks/from-the-bottom-of-my-broken-heart--1486509|title=From the Bottom of My Broken Heart by Britney Spears|website=Yahoo! Music|access-date=March 4, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210192919/http://music.yahoo.com/britney-spears/tracks/from-the-bottom-of-my-broken-heart--1486509|archive-date=December 10, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2294391/vintage-video-britney-spears-flashback/|title=Vintage Video: Britney Spears Flashback|author=Ryan, Chris|date=September 28, 2009|website=[[MTV]]|access-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045017/http://buzzworthy.mtv.com/2009/09/28/vintage-video-britney-spears-flashback/|archive-date=October 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0028938|title=Britney Spears From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart – Digital Sheet Music|work=Music Notes|date=February 25, 2000|publisher=[[Universal Music Publishing Group]]|access-date=November 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225042908/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0028938|archive-date=February 25, 2012}}</ref> "I Will Be There" is a [[pop rock]] song featuring a guitar riff similar to [[Natalie Imbruglia]]'s "[[Torn (Natalie Imbruglia song)|Torn]]" (1997), with a "rousing chorus about standing by your man (or a best friend or a house pet)", as noted by Kyle Anderson of [[MTV]]. "E-Mail My Heart" is a sensitive piano ballad on which Spears sings: "E-mail me back / And say our love will stay alive".<ref name="popology" /> The cover of [[Sonny & Cher]]'s 1967 single "[[The Beat Goes On (Sonny & Cher song)|The Beat Goes On]]" is influenced by [[bossa nova]] and [[trip hop]],<ref name="popology" /><ref name="toronto">{{cite news|url=http://travel.canoe.ca/AllPop-SpearsBritney/cd_baby2.html|title=Britney Spears' debut rather lackluster|last=Stevenson|first=Jane|date=January 17, 1999|access-date=September 3, 2011|newspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|publisher=Mike Power|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130608075458/http://travel.canoe.ca/AllPop-SpearsBritney/cd_baby2.html|archive-date=June 8, 2013|url-status=usurped}}</ref> and features a sound similar to [[spy film]] themes.<ref name="popology" /> Among the bonus tracks included on select editions of the album is a cover of [[J'Son (singer)|J'Son]]'s 1996 song "I'll Never Stop Loving You".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/102950-13-britney-spears-covers-that-showcase-just-how-versatile-an-artist-the-pop-queen-is|author=Kristie Rohwedder|title=13 Britney Spears Covers That Showcase Just How Versatile An Artist The Pop Queen Is|work=Bustle|date=August 7, 2015|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403203105/https://www.bustle.com/articles/102950-13-britney-spears-covers-that-showcase-just-how-versatile-an-artist-the-pop-queen-is|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/baby-one-more-time-album-20th-anniversary/01/2019/|author=Lester Fabian Brathwaite|title=20 Years Later, Has Britney Spears Ever Lived Up to Her Debut Album?|work=NewNowNext|date=January 10, 2019|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403190441/http://www.newnownext.com/baby-one-more-time-album-20th-anniversary/01/2019/|url-status=live}}</ref>