Britney Spears: 'Piece Of Me'

Britney Spears vs. Amy Winehouse is a battle we'd love to see. UK vs. USA. Diva vs Caner. K-Fed vs. Blake Fielder-Thingy. Bald-headed pop music loon vs. beehive-carrying indie nutcase. There's just one problem - if they ever did meet, they'd probably find they had an awful lot in common and go and get smashed down some East End boozer. 'Piece Of Me', the second single from Britney's Blackout album, is her 'Rehab': a two fingered-salute to the media hounds and an electo-thudding cry of defiance, warning us that this popstrel is not for turning.

Brit's opening gambit of "I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17 / Don’t matter if I step on the scene / Or sneak away to the Philippines / They still gonna put pictures of my derrière in the magazine" poops from a great height on anything Lily Allen has ever penned and reveals that it's been Spears who's been laughing hardest during her year of zany media antics. The tune's a fat, squelching series of beats and bleeps, which doesn't quite match the knowing lyrics, but should do enough to push this single towards the top of the charts.

> Click here for our review of Britney Spears' Blackout album