Britney Spears - “Boys”

This video. This video. Is there a better, more random selection of guys than DJ Qualls, Pharrell, and Austin Powers? I’m gonna say NO. The girl knows not to take herself too seriously, and I like that in a pop obsession. Wait… and was that Jason Priestly? How many famous guys are in this video?

This used to be one of my least-favorite Britney songs, but it’s really grown on me. Interesting side-note: I cheered in the theater when Britney’s head blew up at the end of this song during the third “Austin Powers” movie. I used to hate her with a passion, but that hatred has blossomed into an unhealthy, obsessive love :)

Britney Spears - “Piece of Me”

This is one of my top five Britney songs of all time. How could it not be? From that opening grinding baseline to the “fuck you” lyrics directed at the paparazzi, it’s 100% amazing and 100% Britney.

Thank god it has a good video. But the interesting thing about the video to me is this: It’s a great clip, but imagine what it would have been like if Britney hadn’t been in such a poor mental state at the time. If she can make a video this great when she’s not in her prime… Well, I think this makes it clear that we can still expect great things from Lady Spears.

I’m gonna sit here and wait to see what she has up her sleeve next. You know it’s going to be good.

Britney Spears - “Stronger”

I’m not sure if anyone’s keeping track, but I think that at this point, Britney’s covered pretty much every stripper tool available: pole-dancing, chair-dancing, trashy boyfriend-dating… vagina-flashing.

In all seriousness, though, this is one of her best videos (with the exception of the weird rotating room parts). It’s fierce, it’s dark, it’s shiny, it’s dramatic. And, once again, he’s drenched in rain. I don’t know about you, but rain-drenched Britney just might be my favorite Britney.

And to borrow a joke from Chelsea Handler — I like my Britney how I like my vaginal walls: strong.

Britney Spears - “Toxic”

For many people, this is their favorite Britney song/video. And it’s easy to see why — This is Britney at her best.

I mean, come on… Britney as a female assassin? Hot. Britney naked and covered in crystals? Hot. Britney with bright red hair on a motorcycle with Tyson Beckford? Hot. Everything about this video is hot, so it’s no wonder that some of her recent videos — like “Womanizer” and “Break the Ice” — have tried to capture again what made “Toxic” so great.

And it certainly helps that the song is insanely catchy, fun, and danceable (the girl won a Grammy for “Toxic,” for goodness’ sake), and even non-Britney fans can’t deny it’s magical pop power.

Britney Spears - “Overprotected (Darkchild Remix)”

Everyone knows this is the better version of the two “Overprotected” videos. The first version is boring and lame, and I’ll get around to posting it eventually, but today I felt like posting a video people might actually enjoy :)

This is pretty much the moment that Britney started rebelling against what people wanted and/or expected of her, and this video is (I believe) her first “fuck you!” video in a long line of videos directed at critics, haters, etc. (see “Everytime,” “My Prerogative,” “Do Somethin’,” “Piece of Me”).

P.S. How many of you wanted to dance in a super-stretch limo after watching this? And how sexy is the whole Don’t-Mind-Us-We’re-Just-Dancing-In-The-Rain sequence? Love it!

Britney Spears - “Chris Cox Megamix”

It wouldn’t be Friday without a little Britney to set the mood, and it wouldn’t be right to celebrate the release of her second greatest hits album, “The Singles Collection,” without a not to her past.

Enjoy this awesome video, which splices together some of Britney’s most memorable videos from the first half of her career (the audio version of this video appeared on her first greatest hits album).

I don’t know why, but I could watch/listen to this all day and not get tired of it. Maybe because it’s like the best of Britney condensed to four minutes, which is perfect for I’m feeling just a little too ADD.