The first ever live performance of the song was at the " Singapore Jazz Festival " in Singapore , the May 16th 1998 . At this show , she also performs for the first time ever , the song " Sometimes " . Britney performed " ... Baby One More Time " on several occasions . She performed the song on July 6 , 1999 , during her appearance at the Woodstock 99 festival . Neil Strauss , from '' The New York Times '' , noted that " all the backing music was on tape , and most of the vocals were recorded , with Ms. Spears just reinforcing selected words in choruses and singing an occasional snippet of a verse " . It was also performed at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards ; after a classroom roll call ended , Spears appeared on the stage and began performing the song . Halfway through , she was joined by Justin Timberlake and the members of NSYNC for a dance routine . Afterwards , the band performed their hit " Tearin ' Up My Heart " . The song was also performed at the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards , along with " ( You Drive Me ) Crazy " , the 1999 Billboard Music Awards , the 1999 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party , the Christmas Day edition of Top of the Pops and the Greenwich Millennium concert on 31 December 1999 , she also performed it with broadcasters David Dimbleby and Michael Buerk on 2000 Today . Spears performed the song in a medley with " From the Bottom of My Broken Heart " at the 42nd Grammy Awards . Spears was wearing a turtleneck and a full tulle skirt at the beginning of the performance , while dancers surrounded her with enormous hand fans . After singing a shortened version of the song , she then took a few moments to shuffle into a form-fitting red rhinestone outfit ( with side cutouts ) and emerged onto a stage to perform " ... Baby One More Time . " Spears was also criticized of lipsynching the song during her performance . Later , in 2003 , Spears performed the song in a remixed form at '' Britney Spears : In the Zone '' , a concert special that aired in ABC on November 17 , 2003 . " ... Baby One More Time " was also performed at the 2003 NFL Kickoff Live on September 4 , 2003 , at the National Mall , in a medley with " I 'm a Slave 4 U " ( 2001 ) , which included pyrotechnics . She sported shoulder-length blond hair and was dressed in black football pants , a black-and-white referee halter top and boots from Reebok . Her outfit was later auctioned off to benefit the Britney Spears Foundation
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
1999 MTV Video Music Awards
...Baby One More Time (song)