Editing Everytime (section)

==Composition==
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"Everytime" is a [[Sentimental ballad|pop ballad]]. It begins with a music box introduction accompanying Spears' breathy vocals, which build from soft to strong through the song.<ref name=preview/> According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by [[Universal Music Publishing Group]], "Everytime" is composed in the key of [[E-flat major|E{{flat}} major]], with a [[tempo (music)|tempo]] of 110 [[beats per minute]]. Spears' vocal range spans from the low note of A{{flat}}<sub>3</sub> to the high note of E{{flat}}<sub>5</sub>.<ref name="sheet">{{cite web |title=Britney Spears "Everytime" Sheet Music in Eb Major |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0046992 |access-date=February 22, 2023 |website=MusicNotes |date=May 25, 2004 |archive-date=February 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222221509/https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0046992 |url-status=live }}</ref> "Everytime" lyrics are a plea for forgiveness for inadvertently hurting a former lover. In the song, the singer explains she feels unable to continue in lines such as "Everytime I try to fly I fall / Without my wings I feel so small". Jennifer Vineyard of MTV compared the song lyrically to another ballad from ''In the Zone'', "Shadow", since they both speak "about how reminders of a lover can still linger after he's gone."<ref name=albumpreview>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1479887/britney-album-preview-sex-sex-and-more-sex/|title=Britney Album Preview: Sex, Sex And More Sex|date=October 22, 2003|access-date=April 18, 2022|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|publisher=MTV. MTV Networks|archive-date=April 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412052952/http://www.mtv.com/news/1479887/britney-album-preview-sex-sex-and-more-sex/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During an interview with Jennifer Vineyard of MTV, Spears said about "Everytime", "It's about heartbreak, it's about your first love, your first true love. That's something all people can relate to, because you all have that first love that you think you're going to be with the rest of your life."<ref name=rubber>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1485503/britney-checking-into-onyx-hotel-wearing-rubberlike-outfit/|title=Britney Checking Into Onyx Hotel Wearing Rubberlike Outfit|date=March 2, 2004|access-date=April 18, 2022|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|website=MTV|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106232643/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485503/20040302/spears_britney.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> When asked if "Everytime" was about Timberlake during an interview with [[Diane Sawyer]] in ''[[Primetime (American TV program)|PrimeTime]]'', she responded "I'll let the song speak for itself."<ref name=itself/> In 2023, in excerpts from Spears' memoir ''[[The Woman in Me (memoir)|The Woman in Me]]'', Spears revealed that she became pregnant with Timberlake's child in 2000 and had undergone an abortion, leading many to speculate the song was about said abortion. However, the co-writer Annet Artani disputed this claim, stating the song was written mostly about a breakup Artani herself had gone through.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Siwak |first=Miranda |date=October 20, 2023 |title=Britney Spears' 'Everytime' Cowriter Denies Song Is About Justin Timberlake Abortion  |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/britney-spears-everytime-cowriter-denies-song-is-about-abortion/ |access-date=October 24, 2023 |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] }}</ref>