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2000 single by Britney Spears

"Lucky" is a song by American singer Britney Spears from her second studio album, Oops! I Did It Again (2000). It was released on July 25, 2000, by Jive Records as the second single from the album. After meeting with producers Max Martin and Rami Yacoub in Sweden, the singer recorded numerous songs for the album, including "Lucky". The song's narrative follows the story of the eponymous famous actress, who, despite seemingly having it all – fame, wealth, beauty – is truly lonely and unhappy on the inside. It received critical acclaim, with critics praising its melody and rhythm, and Spears' vocals. "Lucky" became a global success, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, while reaching the top ten in several other regions. In the United Kingdom, the song peaked at number five, and is Spears' tenth best selling single in the country, having sold over 225,000 copies. It also peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. An accompanying music video was directed by Dave Meyers, and portrays Spears as herself and a melancholy movie star Lucky, who just wants to have some fun in life. Spears has performed "Lucky" in a number of live appearances and in three of her concert tours. It is also now known that "Lucky" if played backwards sounds like it is saying "I want to be loved." This could link to her controversial past with her father.

In the United States, "Lucky" peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 9 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart. It also peaked at number 39 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi Singles Sales component chart, and number 14 on Rhythmic Top 40. According to the Official Charts Company, it is her tenth best selling single in the country, having sold over 225,000 copies there. In Australia, the song peaked at number 3, It was shot on June 12 and 13, 2000, at the Ren Mar Studios in Hollywood, California, and premiered on July 13, 2000. According to Jocelyn Vena of MTV, Spears portrays "a melancholy movie star who wants nothing more than to have a little fun". A writer of Rolling Stone explained that "Lucky" is best known for "being the first Spears video to focus on what would become a recurring theme: her conflicted relationship to fame".

Spears performed "Lucky" for the first time on the opening date of her Oops! I Did It Again Tour, in Columbia, Maryland, on June 20, 2000. The performance of the song featured a navy theme. The track was also on the Dream Within a Dream Tour (2001–02), where Spears emerged from the middle of a giant music box on the stage as a ballerina, to perform the song in a medley with "Born to Make You Happy" and "Sometimes", right after the performance of "Overprotected". Spears also performed the song on several television appearances, including Top of the Pops Germany in 2000, and NBC's Today. "Lucky" was included on the setlist of the Britney: Piece of Me, Spears' Las Vegas residency show (2013–16). American singer songwriter Taylor Swift performed the song on her Speak Now World Tour on September 20, 2011, located in Louisiana, as a tribute to Spears. Wearing her signature lilac dress, Swift started to play the first chords of "Lucky" on her guitar, while singing, "Early morning/She wakes up/With a knock, knock, knock on the door/It's time for makeup/Perfect smile/It's you they're all waiting for." Scott Shetler of Pop Crush explained that "the crowd energy for the Britney cover didn't seem as high as when Swift covered Eminem in Detroit or Justin Bieber in Toronto." Jenna Hally Rubenstein of MTV, however, praised the performance, and noted that the show's crowd gave a positive reaction to the cover, saying, "though the video is sideways and features the amateur videographer's own personal sing along, the excitement in her voice is a testament to Taylor's song choice. Or in other words, we can almost guarantee that every normal, living, breathing Louisiana bred girl in attendance at Taylor's show is also obsessed with Britney Spears." PopDust writer Katherine St Asaph explained that "Lucky" is "one of the few Britney lyrics that could just as easily be written for/by Taylor and one of the few songs that wouldn’t need massive re arranging."