In August 2008, MTV Network named Spears' performance in 2001 the most memorable moment in the history of VMA.
I'm a Slave 4 U is the first single of American pop singer Britney Spears from the Britney album, released on September 24, 2001 in the United States and in October of the same year in the rest of the world.
The composition, which is a song in the characteristic style of "modern urban", was written and produced by the production team The Neptunes.
Britney Spears was heavily criticized by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for singing the song at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards, in which exotic animals were involved.
Spears first publicly performed "I'm a Slave 4 U" on September 6, 2001 at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.