Ciara Says Hit Song ‘Goodies’ Almost Went To Britney Spears

Ciara reveals her hit song Goodies almost went to Britney Spears.

While on the Kelly Clarkson show Ciara revealed, “I learned about this later, but they were trying to give my song to Britney Spears,” Ciara said.

“I know Britney wasn’t the one trying to take my song, because I love Britney.” Ciara went on to explain how she recognized that she was a new artist in the game and understood why someone wanted Spears to have the track.

“That song was my baby. ‘Goodies’ is where everything began for me,” she said. “[I] had this record, but not knowing that behind the scenes, there was a conversation about this song being potentially taken from me and given to an artist like Britney Spears, who was on the same roster as me,” she explains.

“I learned about the story later, but the crazy thing for me is that if I would’ve known about it then, I would have fought tooth and nail.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Ciara opened up about how she knew Russell Wilson was the one.

“When you know, you know,” said the singer, 38. “From day one, we sat down, we talked. It’s so funny, ‘cause we always laugh about the first time we met. We were talking too long and having such a good time and in such great conversation, we forgot to eat.”

After the dated, Ciara says they’ve since shared their post-first-date stories with each other. “He told his friend in the elevator going down, ‘She’s the one.’”

“I called my best friend, Yolie, who’s my matron of honor, my makeup artist for legitimately 24 years — my best friend,” she continued. “I said, ‘Yolie, I don’t want to jinx anything, but I think…’ And she goes, ‘He’s the one?’ And I go, ‘Yes.’”