"Genie in a Bottle" is a single by American pop recording artist, Christina Aguilera, taken from her self-titled debut album. It was co-written by David Frank, Steve Kipner, and Pamela Sheyne, and produced by Frank and Kipner respectively. The song was released to mainstream radio on June 22, 1999 as the album's lead single, and became an overnight success, staying atop the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks (the longest reign at number-one that year). A mid-tempo teen pop and dance-pop song with a light, R&B undertone, "Genie in a Bottle" speaks of a female's deep desire to be "set free by love", and how her years of loneliness make her feel similar to a genie locked in a bottle.
The international success of the song helped establish Aguilera as a teen-pop sensation, going platinum within a few months of its release. The song was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at in 2000, but lost to Sarah McLachlan's "I Will Remember You". It did, however, win several other awards, including Best Selling New Artist at the World Music Awards, and Best Song at the BMI Awards.
Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993 to 1994. Aguilera signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection", the theme song for the animated film Mulan (1998).
In 1999, Aguilera came to prominence following her debut album Christina Aguilera, which was a commercial success spawning three number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100—"Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)." Her sophomore and her debut Latin-pop album, Mi Reflejo (2000), a Christmas third studio album, My Kind of Christmas (2000), and several collaborations followed which garnered Aguilera worldwide success, though she was displeased with her lack of input in her music and image. After parting from her management, Aguilera took creative control over her fourth studio album, Stripped (2002). The album's second single, "Beautiful", was a commercial success and helped the album's commercial performance amidst controversy over Aguilera's image. Aguilera followed up Stripped with the soul, jazz and blues inspired, Back to Basics (2006), released to positive critical acclaim. The album produced three singles "Ain't No Other Man", "Hurt" and "Candyman". Four years later Aguilera released her sixth studio album, Bionic (2010), which incorporated aspects of R&B, electropop, and synthpop and was met with mixed reviews and low sales. Aguilera's seventh studio album is set to be released in 2012.
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I feel like I've been locked up tight
For a century of lonely nights
Waiting for someone to release me
You're licking your lips and blowing kisses my way
But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away
Baby, baby, baby
(Baby, baby, baby)
My body is saying let's go
But my heart is saying no
If you wanna be with me, baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression, I gotta like what you do
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, you gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, come, come, come on and let me out
The music's fading and the lights down low
Just one more dance and then were good to go
Waiting for someone who needs me
Hormones racing at the speed of light
But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight
Baby, baby, baby
(Baby, baby, baby)
My body is saying let's go
But my heart is saying no
(But my heart is saying no)
If you wanna be with me, baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way
(I'm a genie in a bottle)
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true
(Wish come true)
Just come and set me free baby and I'll be with you
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, you gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, come, come, come on and let me out
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, you gotta rub me the right way honey
(If you wanna be with me)
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, come, come, come on and let me out
My body is saying let's go
But my heart is saying no, no
If you wanna be with me, baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way
(I'm a genie in a bottle)
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression, I gotta like what you do
If you wanna be with me, baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle, you gotta rub me the right way
(You gotta rub me the right way)
If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free baby and I'll be with you
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, come, come, come on and let me out
I'm a genie in a bottle baby, come, come, come on and let me out
thirteen miles down the road lives a young boy
he's got jet black hair and blue greens eyes and he's mine
and every now and then, he and I, sit together on the porch,
and I take off his pants and fuck him from behind
and I love him for his heart and soul
and I love his wrinkled scrotum too
so if you see us passing by on some dreary rainy day
I feel like I've been locked up tight
for a century of lonely nights baby,baby,baby
licking your lips and blowing kisses my way
But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away
baby,baby,baby
whoa my body is saying let's go!
whoa but my heart is saying no!
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way!
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You Gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby:
The music's fading
The lights down low
Just one more dance
And then were good to go baby,baby,baby
Hormones racing at the speed of light
But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight
Baby, baby, baby
whoa my body is saying let's go!
whoa but my heart is saying no!
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way!
If you wanna be with me
I can make your dream come true
gotta make a big impression gotta like what you do!
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You Gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
whoa !You Gotta rub me the right way honey
whoa !I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way!
If you wanna be with me
I can make your dream come true
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do!
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
you gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
I feel like I've been locked up tight
For a century of lonely nights
Waiting for someone to release me
You're licking your lips
And blowing kisses my way
But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away
Baby baby baby (baby, baby, baby)
BRIDGE:
Ooooh (my body is saying let's go)
Ooooh (but my heart is saying no)
CHORUS:
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
The music's fading
The lights down low
Just one more dance
And then were good to go
Waiting for someone
Who needs me
Hormones racing at the speed of light
But that don't mean it's gotta be tonight
Baby, baby, baby (baby, baby, baby)
BRIDGE:
Ooooh (my body is saying let's go)
Ooooh (but my heart is saying no)
CHORUS:
If you wanna be with me
| Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle (I'm a genie in a bottle)
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me (Ooh)
I can make your wish come true (Wish come true...woah)
Just come and set me free
And I'll be with you
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
You gotta rub me the right way honey (if you wanna be with me)
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come on and let me out
BRIDGE:
Ooooh (my body is saying let's go)
Ooooh (but my heart is saying no)
CHORUS:
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true (Ooh)
You gotta make a big impression
I gotta like what you do (Oh Yeah)
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way (you gotta rub me the right way)
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free baby
And I'll be with you
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come, come, come, on and let me out
I feel like I've
been locked up tight
for a century of lonely nights
Waiting for someone
to release me
You're lickin' your lips
and blowing kisses my way
But that don't mean
I'm gonna give it away
Baby baby baby (baby baby baby...)
Ooohhh, 'my body's sayin' lets go'
Ooohhh, 'but my heart is sayin' no'
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
Ya gotta make a big impression
Gotta like what you do
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come come, come on and let me out
The music's playing
and the lights are low
Just one more dance
and then we're gonna go
Waiting for someone who needs me
Horemones racing
at the speed of light
But that don't mean
It's gotta be tonight
Baby baby baby (baby baby baby...)
Ooohhh, 'my body's sayin' lets go'
Ooohhh, 'but my heart is sayin' no'
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free babe
And I'll be with you
'I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Gotta rub me the right way honey
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come come, come on and let me out'
'I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Gotta rub me the right way honey (If you wanna be with me)
I'm a genie in a bottle baby
Come come, come on and let me out'
Ooohhh, 'my body's sayin' lets go'
Ooohhh, 'but my heart is sayin' no'
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle (I'm a genie in a bottle)
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me
I can make your wish come true
Ya gotta make a big impression
Gotta like what you do (Ooohhh...)
If you wanna be with me
Baby there's a price to pay
I'm a genie in a bottle (In a bottle baby...)
You gotta rub me the right way
If you wanna be with me (If you wanna be with me...)
I can make your wish come true
Just come and set me free baby
And I'll be with you
'I'm a genie in a bottle baby
He's shaking like a Cuban shaker
just dying now to meet "his maker"
don't give it up – don't give it up
don't lay down 'til you reach the top
"where's my connection, where's my protection
where in the world is there a doorway out?
look to the left, look to the right
I'm looking for a genie in a bottle!!"
Hush little baby don't you cry
your maker is gonna take you higher
"we'll shut it off, we'll close it down
we'll make you fly so high above the ground"
In a perfect world
there'll be another you and I
In a perfect world
we'd spread our wings and fly
In a perfect dream
you'll be the one to trust
Like a perfect horse
I'll rise up from the dust
He's shaking like a Cuban shaker
just dying now to meet his maker
"don't give it up – don't give it up
don't lay down 'til you reach the top"
"where's my connection,where's my protection
where in the world is there a doorway out
look to the left, look to the right
I'm looking for a genie in a bottle!!"
Morning found them asleep in the park
lost in the mindfields of the darkest
water, chrystaline cover the skin
the stoner the loner the child within
Bent and broken against the wall
now they can't tell when the snow will fall
It's Christmas time in the Underworld
but still no room for all the unheard
Fuel injected now standing tall
Ten white horses at the door
take us down for another ride
put me asleep on the other side
Frozen images driftin away
winter heart set his dreams to play
Maybe the river will carry you home
home to the place where you're no more alone
"All I need is another dream
All I need is some self esteem
Can you take me, can you take me this time?"
He's shaking like a Cuban shaker
just dying now to meet his maker
don't give it up – don't give it up
don't lay down 'til you reach the top
"where's my connection, where's my protection
where in the world is there a doorway out
look to the left, look to the right
I'm looking for a genie in a bottle!!"