“Do Somethin'”
Single by Britney Spears from the album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Released	February 13, 2005 February 28, 2005
Format	Digital download CD single
Recorded	2004
Genre	Pop, dance-pop, electro
Length	3:22
Label	Jive
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Producer	Bloodshy & Avant S. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Bloodshy and Avant are Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg a music production and songwriting team from Sweden. Lunt
Certification	Gold (Australia)
Britney Spears singles chronology
"My Prerogative" (2004) "Do Somethin'" (2005) "Someday (I Will Understand)" (2005)
Audio sample
Info "Do Somethin'" (help·info)

"Do Somethin'" is a single by Britney Spears, the third and final single taken from her 2004 (see 2004 in music) Greatest Hits: My Prerogative compilation. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer " My Prerogative " is a 1988 single by R&B Singer Bobby Brown (see 1988 in music) " Someday (I Will Understand " is a single from Pop Singer Britney Spears originally released from the EP /Bonus disc Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer See also 2004 in music (UK Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels Greatest Hits My Prerogative is the first Greatest hits album by pop singer Britney Spears. "Do Somethin'" was written by regular Spears collaborators Christian Karlsson and Henrik Jonback, among others, and was produced by the pair Bloodshy & Avant, also responsible for the hit "Toxic. Bloodshy and Avant are Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg a music production and songwriting team from Sweden. " Toxic " is a Grammy Award -winning Dance-pop song written by Bloodshy & Avant, Cathy Dennis, and Henrik Jonback for Britney Spears "

Music video

Spears dancing with a group of girls in the "Do Somethin'" video.

Britney made her directorial debut with the music video for Do Somethin', though she had assistance from previous Spears collaborator Billie Woodruff ("Born to Make You Happy," "Overprotected"). A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Bille Woodruff is a Music video and Film director, noted for directing many videos for a number of R&B and hip-hop artists since the mid-1990s " Born to Make You Happy " is the fourth European single from American pop Singer Britney Spears ' debut Album "Overprotected" is a Dance-pop song by American pop Singer Britney Spears released from the album Britney requested that she be credited as "Mona Lisa" for the video, her apparent alter-ego. An alter ego ( Latin, "the other I" is a second self, a second Personality or Persona within a Person

After an opening scene in which the camera takes the audience through a metal tunnel leading up to a door reading "Mona Lisa," we find Spears and her crew performing a dance routine. Next, the girls make their way into Britney's pink hummer and drive among the clouds in the sky. Hummer is a Brand of Off-road vehicles sold by General Motors, also known as GM As it turns out, their location is a club named Hole in the Wall. Once at the club, Spears and friends attempt to liven things up by dancing suggestively, seeing as everyone there besides them are stiffs. Following their dancing, they get up on stage and toy with the guys at the bar. The ending of the video has Spears singing at a microphone with her friends as her band.

2007 Lawsuit

In November 2007, Louis Vuitton won a suit of 80,000 EUR in damages after their brand appeared in the 2005 video for 'Do Somethin'. Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton ( pronounced /lwi vɥitɔ̃/ or sometimes shortened to LV, is a French luxury fashion The French luxury company won a court injunction in Paris to the keep video (in which Britney drives a pink Hummer with a counterfeit Vuitton “cherry blossom” monogrammed dashboard) from airing on European TV stations. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Hummer is a Brand of Off-road vehicles sold by General Motors, also known as GM Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton ( pronounced /lwi vɥitɔ̃/ or sometimes shortened to LV, is a French luxury fashion

The civil court ruling also ordered the video’s producer to pay $117,600 for damages to Vuitton’s image, and $1,470 per day until the video is removed from the Internet. Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton ( pronounced /lwi vɥitɔ̃/ or sometimes shortened to LV, is a French luxury fashion

Named in the suit are Spears’ record label, Jive, its parent company Zomba Label Group and Sony BMG and MTV.com, where the video has appeared. Zomba Label Group was founded in Britain during 1977 by Clive Calder as a book-publishing venture and moved into the recording business in 1981 as Zomba Recording Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City.

Britney Spears is not directly linked to the court proceedings. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2 1981 is an American recording artist and entertainer ^[1]

Chart performance

Though "Do Somethin'" was never officially released in the U. S. , it managed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at #100 through aid of digital downloads. However, downloads were very weak and the single peaked at only #49 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. The Hot Digital Songs chart ranks the best-selling digital singles in the United States, according to Billboard.

"Do Somethin'" achieved more success on a worldwide scale, reaching the top ten in several nations. The single peaked at #6 in the UK and has sold 90,000 copies. ^[2]

In Latin America, the single became Spears' fourth entry in the Latin America Top 40. The Top Latino 40 ( in English "Latin American Top 40") is the first musical list or ranking in Hispanic America, that compiles rankings or charts from more The single debuted at #35 in April, 2005^[3], and peak at #12 six weeks later^[4].

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Do Somethin'". The Pop 100 is a songs chart created in February 2005 and released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.

Remixes