Background and Composition
"I'm a Slave 4 U" was written and produced by Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, best known as The Neptunes, who also collaborated with Spears on another album track, "Boys", for her third and self-titled LP, "Britney". It was recorded by Andrew Cleman at Master Sound Studios in Virginia Beach, Virginia and by Brian Garten at Right Track Studios in New York City, being later mixed by Serban Ghenea in NYC. Audio engineering was done by Ryan Smith and Tim Roberts. After reading the lyrics for the first time, Spears stated it talks "about me just wanting to go out and forget who I am and dance and have a good time. That's kinda where I am now right now. I love working, but at the same time, I love having a good time." The urban song is backed with breathy and moaning vocals and scratching. The soundscape of the song has been noted to be similar to Vanity 6's 1982's song "Nasty Girl".
Announced as the album's lead single, "I'm a Slave 4 U" was released in several formats. It was first solicited to radio stations before its official singles release on September 24. On October 15 and 23, 2001, the track was physically available in Europe and in the United Kingdom respectively. The CD single includes the main and instrumental version of the track, and the b-side "Intimidated", which can be also found on the "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" soundtrack. In addition, a four-track vinyl 12-inch single was released in the United States on October 30, 2001, which includes remixes by Thunderpuss and Miguel Migs. Other official re-workings of the track were made by Dave Audé, which can be found on Spears' 2005 remix compilation "B in the Mix: The Remixes". The song was covered on the TV show Glee, by Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce on September 28, 2010, as a part of a tribute episode to Spears titled "Britney/Brittany". The song was covered by the American pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene for their 2011 We Own the Night Tour as a tribute for Spears.
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