<P> Martin showed Spears and her management a track titled "Hit Me Baby One More Time", which was originally written for American group Backstreet Boys and R&B group TLC; however, when the song was submitted to them, they rejected it . Spears later claimed that she felt excited when she heard it and knew it was going to be a hit record . "We at JIVE said,' This is a...smash'," revealed the label's A&R executive at the time Steven Lunt; however, other executives were concerned that the line "Hit Me" would condone domestic violence, later being revised to "...Baby One More Time". </P> <P> Spears recorded her vocals for the song in March 1998 at Cheiron Studios in Stockholm, Sweden . Spears revealed that she "didn't do well at all the first day in the studio (recording the song), I was just too nervous . So I went out that night and had some fun . The next day I was completely relaxed and nailed it . You gotta be relaxed singing'...Baby One More Time' ." The song was produced by Denniz Pop, Martin and Rami, and was also mixed by Martin at Cheiron Studios . Thomas Lindberg played the guitar, while Johan Carlberg played the bass guitar . Background vocals were provided by Spears, Martin and Nana Hedin . Spears also recorded a track called "Autumn Goodbye", written and produced by Eric Foster White, that was released as a b - side to "...Baby One More Time". The track was recorded in 1998 at 4MW East Studios in New Jersey . </P> <P> "...Baby One More Time" was released as Spears's debut single on October 23, 1998, by Jive Records, when she was only sixteen years old . Spears has named "...Baby One More Time" as one of her favorite songs from her entire career, naming "Toxic" and "He About to Lose Me" as the other two . Like TLC and Backstreet Boys, British boy band Five were almost considered to record the song, according to their former manager Simon Cowell, who would work with Spears in the second season of the American version of The X Factor in 2012, in his autobiography Sweet Revenge . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "...Baby One More Time" A 20 - second sample of the song's chorus, features Spears singing "Hit me, baby, one more time!" </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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