Live Performances
On September 7 at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards in New York City at the Radio City Music Hall, Spears gave a memorable live performance, which included a remake of The Rolling Stones's 1965 hit single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and her own hit "Oops!... I Did It Again", released earlier that year. While she began her segment in a black suit, she shocked the audience and the media while, at only the age of eighteen, ripped it off to display a revealing, flesh-colored stage outfit with hundreds of strategically placed Swarovski crystals. Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "This is the Britney Spears we choose to remember--the pre-breakdown pop tart, then just 19 years old, writhing and shaking her moneymaker in nude-colored rhinestone spandex to a mash-up of "Satisfaction" and "Oops!… I Did It Again." Pure kitsch bliss."
Spears also performed the song on several television appearances. She performed on The Rosie O'Donnell Show on May 12, NBC's Saturday Night Live on May 13, MTV's Times Square Studios for a two-hour concert called "Britney Live" on May 14, "Total Request Live" on May 16, Nickelodeon's variety show All That on May 20 and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 23. A FOX special titled "Britney In Hawaii", aired on June 8, 2000, included an exclusive performance of the song. After signing a deal with McDonald's, Spears and the boyband 'NSYNC recorded an exclusive commercial for the company, which included the singer making a surprise performance of "Oops!... I Did It Again" in a franchise located on Surrey, British Columbia, while lip-synching to the song's lyrics.
Spears performed the track on three world tours. On 2000s Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour, the song was the show's encore, and included pyrotechnics and other special effects during the performance, which Spears wore a black two piece jumpsuit with orange flames on it. The song ended with the singer disappearing through a tunnel of fire. On 2001s Dream Within a Dream Tour, the song was used as the opening act of the show, while on 2004s The Onyx Hotel Tour, "Oops!... I Did It Again" was part of the "Mystic Lounge" act. The song was reworked with elements of jazz and blues for the tour, and was performed by Spears with a vintage microphone, while she was joined by her background singers.
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