 " Whiplash " is a song by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene , from their third studio album When the Sun Goes Down ( 2011 ) . The song was originally written by Britney Spears ; after she started working on her sixth studio album Circus ( 2008 ) , Spears contacted Nicole Morier to write songs with her . Together , they wrote " W. Unterscheidung: "Whiplash ( Selena Gomez & the Scene " ist a song by American band Selena Gomez & the Scene. The song was originally written by Britney Spears ; after she started working on her sixth studio album Circus ( 2