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I don't know how true this is but it's been widely reported that the lyric "hit me baby one more time" was due to the song's writer (who is Swedish) believing "
by astura 5y ago
I don't know how true this is but it's been widely reported that the lyric "hit me baby one more time" was due to the song's writer (who is Swedish) believing "hit" was American slang for "call."
It's plausible due to the idiom "hit me up" meaning "call me."
- mc32 5y agoWhy couldn't anyone on Spears' team come in and smooth out that idiosyncrasy? If someone writes gibberish for lyrics, do singers just go ahead and sing gibberish?
- onionisafruit 5y agoI don’t know if that story is true, but if it is the lyric still works even if it doesn’t match the songwriter’s intent.
- mc32 5y agoThere’s the other slang meaning as in, “I’d hit that”. Of course there is the darker physical hitting interpretation which advocates against domestic violence have a problem with.