"Break the Ice" is a song by American singer

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from her fifth studio album, '' Blackout'' (2007). It was released as the third and final

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from the album on March 3, 2008, by

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. The song was written by Nate " Danja" Hills,

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and Marcella Araica, while production was handled by Danja and vocal production was handled by Beanz. "

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" was originally planned to be released as the third single, but "Break the Ice" was released after it was chosen by a poll on Spears's official website. Musically, "Break the Ice" is an electro- R&B song with influences of

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. The song opens with a

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and features

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s. Its lyrics deal with an attraction between two people. "Break the Ice" received critical acclaim, with reviewers praising its lyrics, production, Spears' vocal performance and deemed it a strong electronic song from the record. "Break the Ice" was a moderate success, reaching the top ten in Canada and Finland, and charting within the

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in Australia, New Zealand and many other European countries. In the United States, the single reached number 43 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while peaking at number one on the

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chart. An accompanying

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, directed by

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, was released on March 12, 2008. The

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-influenced animation video was based on the

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ine character of Spears's "

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" video, and portrays her destroying a highly secured laboratory with several clones, including one of herself. A remix of "Break the Ice" was used as a video interlude during

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(2009) and was performed for the first time during her

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, Britney: Piece of Me (2013–17).

Background

"Break the Ice" was written by Nate "Danja" Hills, Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica,

, James Washington and produced by Danja.'' Blackout'' liner notes.

(2007) Spears started working with Danja in July 2006. He explained that the creative process was not difficult at first since he was "left to do pretty much whatever I wanted to", and "if she felt it, she was gonna ride with it. If she didn't, you’d see it in her face." Spears began recording the track in Las Vegas in August 2006, while she was seven months pregnant with her second child, Jayden James. Recording continued at Spears' house in

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, three weeks after she gave birth. Hilson commented that "She gave 150 percent. ..I don’t know any other mother that would do that." "

" was originally planned to be released as the third single from ''Blackout'', according to

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. "Break the Ice" was chosen as a single by a poll on Spears' official

website. On February 11, 2008, it was announced that the song had won, receiving 39% of the total votes.

Composition

"Break the Ice" is an electro-R&B song with influences of

. It is performed in a moderate pop

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. The song is composed in the key of

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and is set in

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of common time. According to Leah Greenblatt of ''

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'', "Break the Ice" sounds similar to "

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" by

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. It opens with Spears singing the lines "It's been a while / I know I shouldn't have kept you waiting / But I'm here now", which serve as an apology for being gone so long from the music industry as well as away from her love interest in the song. After the first line, Spears sings over a

. According to Chuck Arnold of ''

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'', Spears delivers her "trademark breathy vocals". In the first verse,

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kick in and run until the end of the second chorus. After it, Spears stops the song and sings "I like this part / It feels kind of good", mimicking

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in " Nasty" (1986). The music changes, as described by Tom Ewing of

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, to " omething thatsounds like

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s rebouncing in slow motion round a

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". The song is constructed in the common verse-chorus form. Lyrically, the song is about two people, in which one of them asks the other to get to know each other and break the ice.

Critical reception

Eric R. Danton of ''

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'' deemed it as a "crunk-style thumper", while calling it one of the "killer tracks" off the album along with "Radar" and "Hot as Ice". Nick Levine of

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called it "a booming slice of multi-layered electro R&B" and said that along with "Radar", "are as

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as pop gets in 2007". A reviewer from

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said " tis a really brilliant track",

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said some of the songs of ''Blackout'', "really show off the skills of the producers", exemplifying "

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", "Radar", "Break the Ice", "Heaven on Earth" and "Hot as Ice". He also referred to the song as a "stuttering electro-clip". Jennifer Vineyard of

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said the song "might have been a stronger album leadoff track than 'Gimme More', ..since

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re-introduces herself at the top and apologizes for being gone for so long." Kelefe Sanneh of ''

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'' said the song was "nearly as good" as previous singles "Gimme More" and "

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", and described it as a "rave-inspired flirtation". A reviewer from the ''

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'' said that " ere's also a lot to like about Break The Ice, Why Should I Be Sad and Perfect Love . Jim Abbott of the ''

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'' said that "Musically, songs such as 'Piece of Me,' 'Radar' and 'Break the Ice' are one-dimensional, robotic exercises." Joan Anderman of ''

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'' called it "numbing club filler."

Chart performance

In the United States, "Break the Ice" entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number one hundred on the issue dated March 15, 2008. It peaked at number forty-three on May 24, 2008. Two weeks later, it peaked at number one on the ''Billboard''

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, becoming the third consecutive single from the album to reach the top position of the chart. As of July 2010, "Break the Ice" has sold 688,000 paid digital downloads in the United States. In Canada, the song entered the

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at number ninety-seven on March 1, 2008. On April 26, 2008, it reached its peak position of number nine. On May 5, 2008, the track debuted at number forty-one on the Australian

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. It peaked at number twenty-three on the issue dated May 19, 2008. In New Zealand, the single debuted at number thirty-seven on April 7, 2008. It peaked at number twenty-four three weeks later. "Break the Ice" entered the

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at number thirty-six on March 31, 2008. On April 20, 2008, it peaked at number fifteen. The song also had moderate success through Europe, reaching the top ten in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia) and Finland, and the top twenty in Denmark and Sweden. In Denmark, it was certified

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by the

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(IFPI) for sales over 7,500 copies.

Music video

Originally, the remix with

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was initially to be released as the album's third single and have a music video with a chair dancing sequence similar to the video for Spears' 2000 single " Stronger". However, due to her personal life struggles at the time, this idea was cancelled and Spears came up with the idea for creating an animated video instead. The music video for "Break the Ice" was made in an anime-influenced animation style in

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and was directed by

. It premiered on March 12, 2008 at BlackoutBall.com, a website created exclusively for the premiere, in which fans could access a

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. The video begins with Spears wearing a short black bodysuit and knee-high black boots, standing on the roofs of a futuristic city. As the first verse begins, she breaks into a research facility and battles with suited henchmen. Spears ends up gaining access to a highly secured laboratory and walks through aisles of

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held in liquid cocoons. She sees that one is a clone of her, kisses her and plants a bomb on the tank. After this, Spears infiltrates the base of the apparent villain, kissing him, and then destroying him, revealing him to be a robot also. From there, she dodges a bullet and sets off a panic among the newly arrived henchmen, meanwhile the bomb's timer runs lower and lower. Next, there is a wide shot of the building exploding, while Spears is jumping and "Victory" is depicted on the side of the structure. The video ends with the phrase "To be continued...".

Live performances

A remix of "Break the Ice" was used as a video interlude during

(2009). The song was performed for the first time in 2013, during Spears' Las Vegas residency Britney: Piece of Me. Halfway through the performance of "

", Spears and her dancers, wearing

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-inspired plaid and

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outfits, performed a fragment of "Break the Ice", which was then followed by a dance routine which pays tribute to

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and then "

". In the revamp of the concert in 2016, the song was moved to the first act of the show with a different choreography. A similar performance was done by Spears during her concert on the 2016

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on September 27, 2016. According to rehearsal videos published at Spears' social media accounts in late 2018, "Break the Ice" was set to be performed at her planned residency Britney: Domination prior to its cancellation.

Track listings and formats

* CD single # "Break the Ice" – 3:16 # "Everybody" – 3:16 * CD maxi single # "Break the Ice" – 3:16 # "Break the Ice" (

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Remix) – 5:28 # "Break the Ice" (Tracy Young Mix) – 6:32 # "Break the Ice" (Tonal Remix) – 4:52 # "Break the Ice" ( Video Enhancement) – 3:22 * 12-inch vinyl – The Remixes # "Break the Ice" (Kaskade Remix) – 5:31 # "Break the Ice" (

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Rock Remix) – 3:24 # "Break the Ice" (Tonal Remix) – 4:52 # "Break the Ice" (

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Funk Generation Dub) – 7:18 # "Break the Ice" (Tracy Young Club Mix) – 8:51 # "Break the Ice" (Doug Grayson Remix) – 4:43 * Digital download – EP # "Break the Ice" – 3:16 # "Break the Ice" (Jason Nevins Rock Remix) – 3:16 # "Break the Ice" (Kaskade Remix) – 5:28 * Digital download – Remixes # "Break the Ice" (Jason Nevins Extended) – 6:18 # "Break the Ice" (Jason Nevins Dub) – 6:57 # "Break the Ice" (Mike Rizzo Generation Club Mix) – 6:41 # "Break the Ice" (Mike Rizzo Generation Dub) – 7:14 # "Break the Ice" (Tracy Young Club Mix) – 8:50 # "Break the Ice" (Tracy Young Dub) – 8:28

Credits and personnel

Credits for "Break the Ice" are taken from ''Blackout''s liner notes. *

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* Marcella Araica – songwriting, instruments, programming, mixing *

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* James Washington – songwriting *

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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