"Clumsy" is a song recorded by American recording artist Britney Spears for her ninth studio album, Glory (2016). It serves as the record's second promotional single, being released on August 11, 2016 for digital download and streaming by RCA Records and Sony Music. It was provided as an instant gratification track for those who pre-ordered Glory. "Clumsy" was written by Talay Riley, Warren "Oak" Felder and Alex Niceforo, while production was handled by Felder and Alex Nice; Mischke served as a vocal producer.

Musically, "Clumsy" portrays a "synth-laden" electro song which incorporates doo-wop hand claps, stomping drums, finger snaps, soulful vocal riffs and an electronic drop in its instrumentation. Spears also alludes to her 2000 single "Oops!... I Did It Again" during the track's breakdowns. The lyrical themes of the recording delve on sex and how the singer and her suitor are clumsy during intimate moments. Writers from AllMusic, The Boston Globe, musicOMH and Rolling Stone considered the track a highlight of Glory while the latter listed it as one of the best songs of 2016. Commercially, "Clumsy" charted at number 142 in France, where it remained for two weeks on the SNEP chart.

After the commercial lackluster of her eighth studio album, Britney Jean (2013), Spears started her Las Vegas residency show, Britney: Piece of Me, which attained commercial success. Later, in September 2014, the singer posted a picture of herself in a recording studio, hinting that she was recording new music. In an interview with Extra, a month later, she revealed that she was working "very slowly, but progressively" on a studio album. She also released the song "Pretty Girls" in 2015 with Iggy Azalea, which was met with moderate impact. This resulted in Spears heading back to the studio to record more songs without having plans to release a new album. In late 2016, during interviews to promote Glory, Spears declared that she wanted to explore new things on the record, and that it was her "most hip-hop album," explaining, "[...] there are like two or three songs that go in the direction of more urban that I've wanted to do for a long time now, and I just haven't really done that."Talay Riley, who was among the songwriters that worked with Spears on the album, previously co-wrote Iggy Azalea's "Bounce" (2013) and Nick Jonas' "Levels" (2015). After the release of first single "Make Me..." and the promotional single "Private Show" on August 8, 2016, Spears and website PopCrush announced that "Clumsy" was going to be made available as the second promotional track from the Glory as an instant grant for those who pre-ordered the album. It was subsequently released on August 11, 2016 for digital download and streaming.

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