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"I Wanna Go" is a song by American recording artist Britney Spears. It was released as the third single from her seventh studio album, Femme Fatale. It was written by Shellback, Max Martin and Savan Kotecha, while being produced by Martin and Shellback. "I Wanna Go" is a dance-pop and Hi-NRG song with a whistled melody and stuttering vocals, in which Spears sings about losing inhibitions.

The song has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Some praised the track for being effective and highlighted its hook, while others called it repetitive and dismissed the vocals as processed. "I Wanna Go" has charted due to digital sales following the album's release in the lower regions of the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100, and has also topped the South Korean International chart for three consecutive weeks. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. She peforms the song on her Femme Fatale Tour.

Background

"I Wanna Go" was written by Shellback, Max Martin, and Savan Kotecha, while being produced by Martin and Shellback. It was registered on Broadcast Music Incorporated under the legal title "I I I WANNA GO O O". On February 22, 2011, Spears posted on her Twitter account a link to a 29-second clip of the song, while calling Martin "amazing". In an interview with Rolling Stone in March 2011, Spears stated that the song's signature whistle gets her "every time hears it", adding that Martin's melodies are "incredible. Who would have thought of that? There is nobody I feel more comfortable collaborating with in the studio." Kotecha spoke to Digital Spy about the song on May 3, 2011, stating that he had written it "about a year and a half ago" and it was likely a future single due to the positive reaction. A poll in which fans would choose the third single was launched on May 11, 2011. Two days later, "I Wanna Go" was officially announced as the third single from Femme Fatale by Jive Records through a press release. The cover art was revealed on June 6, 2011, and featured Spears on the music video set, wearing colored hair extensions and a top with a skeletal Mickey Mouse.

Composition

"I Wanna Go" is a dance-pop and Hi-NRG song, that includes elements of techno and a heavy bassline. The song contains a whistled melody that was described by Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice as "Bob Sinclair–does–Frankie Knuckles". The drum fills have been described as reminiscent of New Order's "Blue Monday" (1983). Spears squeals and chuckles throughout the song, and also draws out the "e"'s in the beat-free pre-chorus, "Shame on me / To need release / Uncontrollably." In the chorus, she stutters "I I I wanna go O O / All the way / Taking out my freak tonight". In the lyrics, Spears sings about losing inhibitions, as evident in lines such as "I I I wanna show / All the dirt / I got running through my mind.", while playfully apologizing for her need for sexual release. Jon Caramanica of The New York Times stated that Spears sings about "the scrum that surrounds her" in "Lately people got me all tied up / There's a countdown waiting for me to erupt".

Critical reception

The song has received positive reviews from music critics. Parker Bruce of the Washington Square News stated that "I Wanna Go" functions as "a sort of formal declaration and mission statement" for Femme Fatale, adding, that "It is not an innovative song, but it is fantastically effective and endlessly enticing with its liberating, toss-your-cares-away, dance-like-a-complete–and-utter-fool cathartic chorus, repeated words and typically saucy Britney lyrics." Hannah Rishel of The Daily Collegian said "I Wanna Go" would have been "another good lead single". Ryan Brockington of the New York Post commented that "the builds and breaks of 'I Wanna Go' – gave me hints of the Blackout Britney we love best." Samesame.com.au called the song Spears's best since "Toxic" (2004), and added that "I’d go so far as to say that it is probably the best song that she has ever recorded. How the decision was made that 'Hold It Against Me' would be a better first single over this is baffling." Andrew Leahey of The Washington Times said that along "Till the World Ends", they are "bass-heavy tributes to club culture." Robert Copsey of Digital Spy called it "anthemic" and noted it may become a future single. Rich Juzwiak of The Village Voice called the song the highlight of Femme Fatale, adding, "get ready for to score your summer." However, Juzwiak went on to note that her vocals are heavily manipulated to maximize the chorus's potential, even though "the joy she sings about is palpable."

Thomas Conner of the Chicago Sun-Times also noted that her vocals were processed to the point "these songs could be sung by anyone", exemplifying "'I Wanna Go' tweaks her up so high she could be Jackie Evancho." Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine stated that "If not for its infectious pre-chorus whistle, 'I Wanna Go' would be just another song off the Max Martin assembly line". Andy Gill of The Independent said that the album sounds more programmed than natural, commenting that "even the little whistling hook in 'I Wanna Go' has a synthetic character about it." Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said that although most of tracks of the album are "genuinely exciting there's certainly some unremarkable stuff on offer, notably 'Seal It With a Kiss' and 'I Wanna Go." Evan Sawdey of PopMatters stated that "I Wanna Go" is the point of the album in which "things stop being fun and start becoming intensely repetitious", critizing specifically " utterly stupid set of syllables repeated ad nauseam for no reason whatsoever? the 'ably' part of 'uncontrollably' gets recycled far beyond the point where it just sounds stupid."

Chart performance

On the week of April 3, 2011, "I Wanna Go" debuted at number seventy-three on the US Billboard Hot 100, while reaching number fifty-two on the Hot Digital Songs component chart, and number sixty on Canadian Hot 100 on the week of April 16, 2011, due to strong digital sales on the same week of the album's release. It also debuted at number one on South Korea's GAON International Chart, remaining on the same position for three consecutive weeks.

Music video

The music video for "I Wanna Go" began shooting May 25, 2011, and is directed by Chris Marrs Piliero, who recently worked on Kesha's "Blow". The video will have little dancing or choreography, and it serves as another attack on the media by Spears. A photo of Spears on set was released online, in which Spears wore combat boots, a short skirt, and pink hair extensions. The video is set to premiere at 6 am ET on Wednesday, June 22, 2011.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Femme Fatale booklet liner notes.

Charts

Radio add date

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External links

• 2011 singles
• Dance-pop songs
• Songs written by Max Martin
• Songs written by Shellback
• Songs written by Savan Kotecha
• Songs produced by Max Martin
• Songs produced by Shellback
• Britney Spears songs
• English-language songs
• Upcoming singles