All-American Rejects Cover Britney Spears

12/23/08 3:28pm

by Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack)

The All-American Rejects put their own spin on a post-breakdown Britney Spears song during a recent online performance as part of Yahoo!'s Pepsi Smash series.

The Stillwater, Okla. pop-punk band covered Circus lead single "Womanizer" and, in an attempt to infuse it with some AAR (or at least Gogol Bordello) flair, they transformed the song from an electro-pop jam to a gypsy-influenced jig. You can watch the video here:

"It's because we can just do it better than Britney," is how vocalist Tyson Ritter explains the choice of "Womanizer."

Given the beer bottle percussion and accordion solos, we have to agree with him.

The All-American Rejects released their third album, When The World Comes Down, last week.