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Britney vs. Glee: Who Did It Better?

Last night’s Britney Spears–centric episode of Glee (read the recap here!) contained five Britney songs and, inexplicably, a Paramore song. (What, “Sometimes” wouldn’t do?) Glee performed three of the numbers — “Me Against the Music,” “I’m a Slave 4 U,” and “Hit Me Baby One More Time”— in the same style as the original music videos, and two — Artie’s football number “Stronger” and the glee club’s bowler-hat spectacular “Toxic” — much, much differently. We’ve assembled all the clips from last night’s episode alongside the original music videos, so you can do a compare and contrast. Did Heather Morris out-dance Britney in “I’m a Slave”? Does Santana do a passable Madonna? Did Rachel or Britney look at their jock boyfriends more longingly, or move their mouths more weirdly, in “Hit Me Baby”?

"I'm a Slave 4 U"

As Performed By

Glee

As Performed By

Britney

"Hit Me Baby One More Time"

As Performed By

Glee

As Performed By

Britney

"Me Against the Music"

As Performed By

Glee

As Performed By

Britney

"Stronger"

As Performed By

Glee

As Performed By

Britney

"Toxic"

As Performed By

Glee

As Performed By

Britney

Britney vs. Glee: Who Did It Better?