More Words, Deeper Hole

Six people are credited on a lyric sheet posted by Spears today, and people have been laughing about it, but (IMHO) only because they don't realize how many musicians are usually involved in writing a song but don't get credited. A producer makes a suggestion here, studio musician there, and they're often left out of the credits altogether. In fact, Sebastian Ingrosso, one of the credited people, said "I just helped put together beats, I didn't write it."

Having spent a lot of time researching a 70s pop star who never credited people -- he was one of the "I'm the boss, you're my employee and I pay you, therefore what you create musically is under my name" types -- it's actually kind of refreshing to see credits like the ones Spears instagrammed.

But (a) I'm in the minority and (b) you weren't looking for an answer like this, anyway.