QuoteAccording to Tim Bower's 2012 book, Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell,
the song had one further dalliance with a pop act other than Britney. The story goes that after hearing Martin's demo of what had now been renamed ...Baby One More Time, Cowell demanded he have the song for his latest boyband, UK rabble Five. Martin had already co-written Five's debut single, Slam Dunk (Da Funk) alongside his mentor, the late Denniz Pop, but declined Cowell's request, saying it had already been earmarked for Spears. "You're mad," Cowell is reported to have said. "No one can be successful with a name like that." As a last gasp attempt, Cowell offered Martin a new Merc 500SL in return for the song. "It costs £95,000," he added.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/11/britney-spears-making-baby-one-more-time (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/aug/11/britney-spears-making-baby-one-more-time)
So many wonderful memories about those times...
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