"Scream & Shout" is a single by American artists will.i.am and Britney Spears, taken from the former's 4-th studio album #willpower. Album was recorded on November 20, 2012 by Interscope
Records as the 2-nd song from the album, and sent to mainstream radio in the United States on November 27. The single was composed by will.i.am, Jef Martens and Jean Baptiste and was produced by Martens under the alias Lazy Jay, with additional production by will.i.am. "Scream & Shout" is an upbeat dance-pop song; its lyrics are about having a best time on a night out. It interpolates a sample of the lyric "Britney, bitch", which was used on Spears' 2007 single "Gimme More".
"Scream & Shout" received mixed reviews from music critics. Some critics described the single as a dark club track, but others criticized the use of Auto-Tune on the vocals. The single was a commercial success worldwide, topping the charts in over 24 countries and reached the top 10 in Australia, Sweden, and South Korea. In the United States, the music peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the 1-st number 1 single of the newly established Dance/Electronic Songs chart. In the United Kingdom, "Scream & Shout" became will.i.am's 2-nd consecutive first single, Spears' 6-th number 1 and her first chart-topper since "Everytime."
An accompanying melody video clip produced by Ben Mor was shot in October 2012, and premiered in the U.S. during a live episode of The X Factor on November 28. The theme of the clip is multiplicity, and critics complimented its futuristic setting. "Scream & Shout" also served as the theme single for a television commercial for Beats by Dr. Dre Color headphones. A remixed version of the music, featuring rappers Hit-Boy, Waka Flocka Flame, Lil Wayne and Sean Combs, was uploaded to will.i.am's official YouTube account on January 25, 2013, after it was leaked on the internet earlier the same day. A song video for this version was filmed in January 2013 and released on February 14.
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