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Britney Spears Music Used to Repel Pirates Britney Spears' music is apparently being used by British Navy security teams on the ocean to ward off pirates. Turns out, they dislike the western world so much that Spears' music repels them. As one naval officer put it, one blast of a Spears song is all it takes to send the pirates packing.