"Everytime" was the third single, released in 2004, from Britney Spears's fourth album In the Zone (2003). As the first song she's ever written alone, it exposes a very personal insight into her emotions. The song is a piano ballad with a haunting feel, and its lyrics—"everytime I try to fly I fall / without my wings I feel so small / I guess I need you, baby"—are generally thought to be about Spears' breakup with Justin Timberlake. The controversial music video for the song was originally supposed to depict Spears's character dying in a bathtub from an "accidental" overdose of pills and alcohol.

When word leaked out about the video's content, protests quickly changed it. The released video exists in two versions, the American version being slightly cleaned up, and the international version showing more skin and blood than deemed normally acceptable by MTV's standards. The video also features Stephen Dorff as her estranged boyfriend. The two fight and she mysteriously dies in the bathtub, possibly of drowning or of a concussion. In the US version she dreams that she is reincarnated and wakes up at the end, showing she has not died. In the international version she is reincarnated but does not wake up at the end.

The song peaked at number four in US radio airplay, but topped the charts in the United Kingdom. It also managed to snag the number one spot on the world sales and world airplay charts. A DVD single of the video is available outside of North America.

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2004	Adult Top 40	25
2004	Canadian Singles Chart	2
2004	Hot Dance Music/Club Play	17
2004	Hot Dance Singles Sales	23
2004	The Billboard Hot 100	15
2004	Top 40 Mainstream	4
2004	Top 40 Tracks	7