Britney Spears' Official "From The Bottom..." Single Cover
“From the Bottom of My Broken Heart” is the fifth and final single (fourth in the U.S. and Australia) from pop singer Britney Spears’ first album. BOMT
The song was written and produced by Eric Foster White. In this melancholy love ballad, Spears recalls her first love and how she wishes it hadn’t ended, as her true emotions are revealed “from the bottom of my broken heart.”
Directed by Gregory Dark in late November 1999, the music video for From the Bottom of My Broken Heart begins with Spears packing her belongings as she readies herself to move away from home. She is upset because she knows that she is going to miss her first love. Throughout the video, we see scenes of the two from their past, including one where they climb up onto a windmill. Towards the ending, we see Spears waiting at a bus stop while, at the same time, her first love is driving quickly to come see her one last time. However, by the time he finally gets there, she has already left on the bus.
The video premiered on an episode of Muchmusic’s Combat Zone on December 17, 1999. The video also became her fourth to retire on MTV’s TRL. This is the first video where no dance is involved, as it is a slow ballad. As was with “Born to Make You Happy”, the radio edit of the song was used for the video; it shortens the intro and removes almost all of the second chorus, and the music’s percussion is slightly different.
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