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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Jive / Sbme Europe
Salesrank: 207655
Released: January 7, 2008 |
| Our Price: $96.82 |
| Used Price: $14.67 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Piece of Me Track Listing:
1. Piece of Me [Album Version]
2. Piece of Me [Boez O Loe Remix]
3. Piece of Me [Bimbo Jones Remix]
4. Piece of Me [Vito Benito Remix]
5. Gimme More [Kimme More Remix] - Lil' Kim, Britney Spears
Editorial Review:
THE SECOND SINGLE FROM BRITNEY'S 'BLACKOUT' ALBUM, 'PIECE OF ME' WAS PRODUCED BY THE SWEDISH DUO BLOODSHY & AVANT, THE HIT-MAKERS BEHIND SPEARS' PREVIOUS GRAMMY-WINNING SMASH HIT, 'TOXIC'. THIS MAXI SINGLE FEATURES 4 MIXES OF 'PIECE OF ME' PLUS A REMIX OF THE PREVIOUS SMASH 'GIMME MORE'. JIVE. 2008.
Piece of Me Reviews:
Funky Club Sounds! 
2009-09-28 - Not a huge fan of repetitive mixes of the same song I find this single to have blown me away! All the mixes offer something different. This is from Britney Spears album titled, Blackout and features 4 tracks of "Piece Of Me" and 1 of "Gimme More".
The first track, "Piece Of Me" (Album Version) has the catchy hooks, electronica enhancements, and confident lyrics of spinning the negative publicity to a reality: "They want a piece of her". If it's to criticize her, talk about her, praise her, dislike her or whatever, this song says it straight up in club fashion definitely preparing the moods to want more for the next one.
The second track, "Piece Of Me" (Boz O Lo Remix) [4:53] brings on a more techno infused type style with more bangs, sighs, trance effects along Britney's singing. While the first was electronica, this takes it a bit further to produce more male vocals barely heard in electronic style. It's heavy, hot, sticky, infectious with beats that don't swirl over board or go trance all the way but rather tease a bit for the next one. Vastly different to the first? No.
The third track, "Piece Of Me" (Bimbo Jones Remix) [6:24] has a more disco style entrance, with echoing effects along repetitive Britney vocals. This has more elevating swirls that flow in circles, different shapes, and glide along through her singing. Again, her singing is vastly heard. This is more danceable, funky, and smooth. This is not hugely different from the original version or the second track since the vocals are conserved yet the time is a lot longer clocking at over 6 minutes. There's more swirls drums, and dance disco beats.
The fourth track, "Piece Of Me" (Vito Benito Remix) [6:45] has a much more rapid beginning full of club beats definitely much more dynamic and inviting. This is a nice compliment to the others as it has a lot of swirls, effects of electronica, elevations that dip, echoes, and more. There's jolts of sounds, background dance vibes, and once again Britney singing. Some of these vocals could have been cut off but they make the sound like the others for the same lyrics sung. This does change the style quite a bit with huge sparkly type sounds, drums, and overall rapid overly clubbed dance styles.
The fifth track, "Gimme More" ("KIMME MORE" REMIX) FEATURING LIL KIM is full of funk with Lil Kim singing this is Britney B*tch! The rap/hip-hop undertones are hypnotic, sexy, and definitely the reason I gave this single 4 stars vs. 3 stars. Lil Kim raps/sings a lot in the background reinforcing the meaning, adding flairs of exotic raving hip-hop and desiring for more. Lil Kim sings quite frequently like, "Everybody hit the floor..." plus more! This was very fun, diverse, party like, and club friendly to jump, make-out with your lover, or just dance non-stop. I love the end when the hot guy sings, "I bet you didn't see this coming" and Lil Kim repeats the lines.
One of the Best Dance / Pop Singles of the Last Few years! 
2008-02-19 - "Piece of Me" is brilliant, catchy pop geniousity (is that a word?). With its electro-synth music, electronically-enhanced vocoder singing, and memorable hook, it is one of the best dance pop songs I have heard in a very long time. The remixes of this song surpass all expectations, giving the mid-tempo sound of this song an energy boost. With a thumping dance beat, Piece of Me really shines on the "Boz o Lo" Remix, which turns this single into a chaotic dance-floor anthem. Through its dance mixes, Piece of Me becomes one of those songs that DJs save for the last number, the song that closes the club on the highest high a song could provide...
Wonderful Follow-Up Single
2008-02-18 - "Piece of Me", the second single from Britney Spears' new album Blackout, follows "Gimme More" and is just as good, if not better than its counterpart.
The single, which details Spears' opinion of people's - and the paparazzi's - obsession with her and her life, is catchy and exciting, with an infectious chorus and snappy verses. The song is tinged with retro electronic beats and is a great dancefloor song.
One of the best singles from Blackout and one of the best singles of 2007, "Piece of Me" proves that Spears is back professionally, even if her personal life is still turbulent. This song shows Spears at her best, cheeky, mocking and loving her work.
A review that is actually about the music--not the state of britney's personal life
2008-02-11 - This is another worthy remix package for Britney. It's so satisfying to have so many remixes--most of them really good--coming out from britney's latest CD. The album version of Piece of Me is offered here, but dance fans will most likely move right on to track 2 and 3, both of which give this song the remix style that best fits. The Boz o Lo remix is just short of 5 minutes long, which is a shame, because it's got such a great electro/retro 80s feel that you want it to be longer. At 6:27, the bimbo jones mix has a rich electro house bassline and beat that drives the song forward, and it also has some very 80s synth stylings. The 6:49 Vito Benito mix has more of a funky guitar filling out the electro house vibe, as well as some background piano, which doesn't quite retain the integrity or attitude of the original mix of the song. And finally, you get a `remix' of Gimme More, which is actually just a 4:12 second alternate original mix featuring a rap by Lil Kim. No joke, Kim starts the song off going, "Kimme kimme...more, kimme...more, kimme kimme...more."
More About Our Society Than About Britney
2008-02-03 - Sure, I know about Britney's fast track down the self-destruction path. It's hard not to know. When I turn on the TV, she makes the evening news (that's in addition to tabloid "news" magazines littering our stations). When I wait to checkout at the grocers, her image graces the tabloid magazine decking the "impulse-buy" aisles. I'm not a groupie by any means, although I admit I enjoyed her early boppity-songs like "Baby One More Time" and "Oops I Did It Again". However, I find "Piece of Me" is one of Spears' most candid work to date.
The images and words for "Piece of Me" far surpasses an initial, weak attempt with the images in Spears' music video "Everytime". "Piece of Me" shows us that how much of what Spears was and has become is as much a reflection of our society as the choices Spears has made as an individual. What kind of mental state of mind can I expect from a person whose "adoring" public and paparazzi treat her as their property with full rights to worship as an object while at the same time laugh, gawk, and sneer at her? That's in addition to "set-up situations" Spears alluded to in "Piece of Me": "I'm Mrs. 'You want a piece of me?' Tryin' and pissin' me off / Well get in line with the paparazzi / Who's flippin' me off / Hopin' I'll resort to some havoc / End up settlin' in court".
I'd be amazed if she DIDN'T descend down the spiral of destruction.
So here's to another celebrity who our society relishes in building up to tear down in public spectacles. Who opportunists drools over. Who false friends swarms around... And from whom photographers and tabloid journalists earn their keep for another day.
