"Me Against the Music" is a song performed by Britney Spears featuring Madonna. The song was written by Spears and Madonna along with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Penelope Magnet, Thabiso Nikhereanye, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, and Gary O'Brien for Spears' fourth studio album In the Zone, released as the first single of the album. It became Spears' first number one on the Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Me Against the Music" won the Billboard Music Award for Hot Dance Single of the Year.