Editing Everytime (section)

==Background and writing==
[[File:Justin Timberlake Cannes 2013.jpg|thumb|left|150px|alt=A brunette man with facial hair walks over grass holding a golf club.|"Everytime" was, at the time, allegedly about Spears's ex-partner [[Justin Timberlake]].]]

Britney Spears' three-year relationship with singer-songwriter [[Justin Timberlake]] ended in 2002 after months of speculation.<ref name=2legchanges>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1454548/britney-avoids-vice-justin-talk-at-sin-city-tour-opener/|title=Britney Avoids Vice, Justin Talk At Sin City Tour Opener|date=May 28, 2002|access-date=April 18, 2022|last=Moss|first=Corey|website=MTV|archive-date=December 9, 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209010330/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1454548/20020528/spears_britney.jhtml?headlines=true|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2002, Timberlake released the song "[[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]" as the second single from his debut solo album ''[[Justified (album)|Justified]]''. The song's music video featured a Spears lookalike and fueled the rumors that she had been unfaithful to him.<ref name=itself>{{cite news|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/226195/thi |title='This one's for you': Ex-music couples sing of their love woes |date=October 4, 2009 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |last=Sanchez |first=Rowena Joy A. |work=[[Manila Bulletin]] |publisher=Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029075128/http://www.mb.com.ph/node/226195/thi |archive-date=October 29, 2009 }}</ref><ref name=sawyer>{{cite web|url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/contributors/259121/britney-revealed |title=Britney revealed |date=November 23, 2003 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |last=Sawyer |first=Diane |website=[[ninemsn]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306031941/http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/contributors/259121/britney-revealed |archive-date=March 6, 2012 }}</ref> "Cry Me a River" is often credited as being the song that propelled ''Justified'' onto the charts.<ref name=justinrs>{{cite magazine|title=Cover Story: Justin Timberlake Revs Up His Sex Machine|date=September 6, 2006|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|publisher=[[Jann Wenner]]|last=Scaggs|first=Austin|issn=0035-791X}}</ref> In September 2001, [[Annet Artani]] accepted an offer to become a [[backing vocalist]] for Spears's 2001–02 [[Dream Within a Dream Tour]]. Her interactions with Spears during most of the tour were limited to small conversations at the gym and vocal warm ups. Artani had begun a relationship with the show's musical director during 2002; however, it was not working out well by the end of the tour. Before the final date in [[Mexico City]], Spears called her and asked about the relationship. Artani told her they were going to break up, to which Spears responded, "Don't worry about it, you're going to hang out with me."<ref name=muu>{{cite web|url=http://www.muumuse.com/2010/02/annet-artani-from-everytime-to-alive.html#more-5249|title=Annet Artani: From "Everytime" to "Alive"|date=February 2010|access-date=April 23, 2010|last=Stern|first=Bradley|website=MuuMuse|archive-date=February 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211215937/http://www.muumuse.com/2010/02/annet-artani-from-everytime-to-alive.html#more-5249|url-status=live}}</ref> Concluded the tour, Spears and Artani began to forge a friendship. Spears invited Artani to her house in Los Angeles. According to Artani, their relationship grew out of their shared romantic experiences at the time. She explained, "Basically, we commiserated because she, at that time, had broken up with Justin [Timberlake]. Maybe like nine months before, but of course it was really fresh in the media. I was just breaking up with this guy, so we kind of like—I think we kind of needed each other." Artani stayed at Spears' house for a few weeks, in which they started writing songs at the piano. Shortly after, they traveled to [[Lake Como]] in [[Lombardy]], Italy. Artani added, "It was me and her, her stylist and Felicia, and we had this humongous house to ourselves, and they had a piano there as well."<ref name=muu/>

According to Artani, "Everytime" was written in large part as a response to "Cry Me a River" as well as various radio interviews. Artani explained, "He was getting personal. Here, she had a different type of image, and he was really exposing some stuff that she probably didn't want out there, and in front of [[Jamie Lynn Spears|her little sister]]&nbsp;... I remember her sister being mortified and her being mortified. I'm sure that that really hurt her."<ref name=muu/> The song was also speculated to be a reply to Timberlake's "Never Again", a ballad which appeared on his debut solo album ''Justified''. "Everytime" was recorded at [[Conway Recording Studios|Conway Studios]] in Los Angeles and mixed at Frou Frou Central in London, England.<ref name=liner>''[[In the Zone]]'' liner notes. [[Jive Records]] (2003)</ref> During an interview with Hip Online, Spears commented about the recording sessions, saying,
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"... Like with 'Everytime' I wrote the whole thing from scratch on the piano. Musically there was no track or anything. I was just at my house and I did the whole thing by myself. And then I went and I played it for [<nowiki/>[[Guy Sigsworth]]] and I just basically told him exactly how I wanted the song to sound. And he was so amazing because there's a lot of producers you tell them things and they don't get it. And you're like oh, that's not the right way. He got it just right. He was amazing. And so that song specifically, you know, I did everything."<ref name=hiponline>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiponline.com/3276/britney-spears-interview-2003.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105101345/http://www.hiponline.com/3276/britney-spears-interview-2003.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2010|title=Britney Spears&nbsp;– Interview 2003|date=November 21, 2003|access-date=July 31, 2010|last=Quill|first=Colleen Maree|publisher=Hip Online}}</ref>
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"Everytime" was one of the first songs finished for ''[[In the Zone]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schwarz|first=Hunter|date=April 27, 2014|title=The Secret History Of Britney Spears' Lost Album|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/britney-spears-original-doll-secret-history-lost-album|website=BuzzFeed|access-date=July 15, 2021|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715080659/https://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/britney-spears-original-doll-secret-history-lost-album|url-status=live}}</ref> previewed on May 30, 2003, to Quddus Philippe of [[MTV]] at Battery Studios in New York City.<ref name=preview>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1472181/britney-previews-lp-denies-rumors-of-cry-me-a-river-response/|title=Britney Previews LP, Denies Rumors Of 'Cry Me A River' Response|date=May 30, 2003|access-date=April 18, 2022|last1=Vineyard|first1=Jennifer|last2=Philippe|first2=Quddus|website=MTV|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418033335/http://www.mtv.com/news/1472181/britney-previews-lp-denies-rumors-of-cry-me-a-river-response/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was registered with the [[United States Copyright Office|U.S. Copyright Office]] on April 26, 2003, under the title of "Everytime I Try" and SRU000530591 registration number with a given recording year of 2002. Spears named it the most personal song on the album along with "Touch of My Hand", explaining, "It's one of the songs that when you hear, it's like the kind of song when you go to heaven. It kind of takes you away. You know, it takes you in to a very cool consciousness I think."<ref name=hiponline/>