Claim: In Britney Spears' 1998 hit song "... Baby One More Time," the line beginning "my loneliness is killing me" was an English translation of "ma solitude me tue, j'avoue que je continue de croire" in French author Alexandre Dumas' novel, "The Count of Monte Cristo."
Fact-check: Was This Britney Spears Lyric Originally Written by Alexandre Dumas?
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Jessica Lee
Date published: 2021-02-09T15:50:42