Keeps Gettin' Better Released  2008 Label RCASony Music Songwriter(s) Christina AguileraLinda Perry Producer(s) Linda Perry Christina Aguilera singles chronology "Oh Mother" (2007) "Keeps Gettin' Better" (2008) "Not Myself Tonight" (2010) Music video "Keeps Gettin' Better" on YouTube Upon its release, "Keeps Gettin' Better" received generally mixed reviews from music critics. At a time when dance music was becoming increasingly prominent, the song was criticized for its lack of originality, but was deemed "catchy" and a welcome change from Aguilera's fifth studio album, Back to Basics (2006). It became Aguilera's highest debut on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number seven. "Keeps Gettin' Better" additionally topped the US Dance Club Songs chart. Elsewhere, the single peaked at number two in Turkey and number four in Canada, while charting within the top 20 in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Slovakia and the United Kingdom.The accompanying music video, directed by Peter Berg, features Aguilera in an editing room, producing the music video on a green screen. Using the equipment there, she creates several characters, including a blonde 1960's inspired hippie character, another based on Catwoman, and a futuristic blue-haired version of herself. Aguilera debuted the song during a live performance at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. Wearing a catsuit, she sang a remix of "Genie in a Bottle", before performing "Keeps Gettin' Better". Aguilera also performed the song during a promotional tour for the album, and as part of a medley of her greatest hits on the 36th Annual American Music Awards.bright boldness that was in that artwork. I'm a big collector of pop art and graffiti art at this point, too — D*Face and Banksy, also Roy Lichtenstein ... and it's been very fun venturing off into that zone.[3] Compositionthat's what I'm gonna be called by being assertive and knowing who I am and what I want out of life, then so be it. I will wear that label proudly. For me it's about turning that word into a positive.[1] Critical receptionbut it's a whole lot more routine than it pretends to be."[16] Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine commented on the possibly outdated dance theme. Responding to the new additions of the record including "Keeps Gettin' Better", he noted: "Not exactly what one would call original, but if it's true the singer's next studio album will reprise this electro-pop sound, Aguilera deserves credit for refusing to play it safe."[17] Bill Lamb from About.com awarded the track three stars. He noted Aguilera's dance-inspired effort, at a time of dance dominance in the industry, negatively and stated that "the catchy electro-pop vibe isn't enough to make it one of her more memorable efforts."[10] Rolling Stone noted that in the compilation, Aguilera's old singles are "weighed down by four bland attempts at 2008's trendy, Lady Gaga-jacking electropop".[18] Paul Thompson and Amy Phillips from Pitchfork Media said that the track was "basically a ripoff" of Goldfrapp's "Ooh La La".[19]Chart performance Edit "Keeps Gettin' Better" sold 143,895 legal downloads in its first week dated September 30, 2008, debuting at number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 a few weeks later.[20] This has become Aguilera's highest debut on the chart and became her first top ten hit since "Ain't No Other Man" in 2006.[20] As of August 2014, it has sold 1.156 million digital copies in the US.[21] The song has performed well on the Canadian Hot 100 chart; it debuted at number 16,[22] and a week later the song became the "Greatest Airplay, Sales Gainer", peaking at number four.[22] However, the track only spent one week within the top ten.[22] It debuted and peaked at number 21 in Swedish Singles Chart,[22] and reached number 14 in the United Kingdom.[22] On September 21, 2008, the song debuted and peaked on the Australian ARIA Charts at number 26.[22] "Keeps Gettin' Better" reached number two on the Turkish Singles Chart, as reported by Billboard Türkiye in November 2008.[23]Music video Edit Background Edit Directed by Peter Berg, the music video for the song is said to have been influenced by films Minority Report and the James Bond series, and was conceived to show Aguilera "through time and fashion in an homage to her 10-year career" according to a statement by her label.[24] Popjustice saw the music video in progress on October 22, 2008, in the edit they reported that the music video was produced on a green screen, but the concept of the video was to be Aguilera in an edit suite pressing various flashing buttons, editing what was her own music video.[25] Aguilera herself discussed the production of the video, saying "I really enjoyed making the video for 'Keeps Gettin' Better', being an artist who likes to play around with different looks, it was a lot of fun to portray various characters within the same shoot."[24] The music video debuted on iLike, an online music service on October 27, 2008.[24]