Originally written August 21, 2006.

I never thought I was going to write about this song.....ever. Even though pop encyclopedist Stephen Erlewine describes it as “the utterly delightful, bubblegum-ragga album track”, I always regarded it as pure filler - a piece of irritatingly puerile pop drivel that owed more to Jive’s scatter-gun approach to A&R than to any creative planning. Yet, having been forced to take a closer look by those who requested an “In Depth” about it, I now believe that “Soda Pop” is a hugely important piece in the jigsaw puzzle that is Britney Spears.

Originally written October 12, 2005.

Around the launch of In The Zone, the media were agog at the some of the words from Showdown - “I don’t really want to be a tease, but would you undo my zipper please?” and “I see you body rise, rise”. It looked like Britney was on a mission to consign her kiddy-pop image to the past. If they had noticed another line, “And when you come don’t get too hot”, they would have known for sure that the era of Sexy Britney was upon us.

Originally written September 7, 2005.

Check this out! These words are very interesting in the light of Britney's recent declaration of independence from her family and her handlers:

Originally written October 31, 2005.

I recently felt this song deserved some further attention, because it’s blessed with what may well be Britney’s best-ever vocal.