# Oops! I think...someone else wrote this.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532 "2005-04-22T01:25:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![DuhCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@DuhCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhCow)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532/1 "2005-04-22T01:25:59Z")

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i saw this site that said louis armstrong performed a jazz version of oops i did it again decades before britney did. it came with an audio recording, but i can’t find another source to verify this. did he do it first or not?

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532/2 "2005-04-22T03:16:16Z")

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That one’s a Britney original.

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**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532/3 "2005-04-22T03:18:27Z")

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This myth could’ve originated from the performance of one Richard Cheese ( [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard\_Cheese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cheese) )

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**Author:** ![MikeS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MikeS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeS)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532/4 "2005-04-22T04:48:41Z")

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You’re probably referring to [this site](http://www.supermasterpiece.com/music/oops.html). From their “First Time Here?” link:

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> Supermasterpiece is an independent comedy website that’s updated with hilarious, original content every single weekday.

So yeah. It’s a joke.

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**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532/5 "2005-04-22T05:53:03Z")

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> [@ultrafilter](#):
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> That one’s a Britney original.

Did she actually write it herself?

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oops-i-think-someone-else-wrote-this/300532/6 "2005-04-22T06:34:20Z")

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Ha. No.

Looking at [http://www.epinions.com/content\_87806742148](http://www.epinions.com/content_87806742148) … it appears the songwriter’s name is Max Martin.