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Toxic (song)

January 01, 1970

For other songs with similar names, see Toxic (disambiguation) § Music.

"Toxic" is a song by American singer Britney Spears, released as the second single from her fourth studio album, In the Zone (2003). It was written and produced by Bloodshy & Avant, with additional writing from Cathy Dennis and Henrik Jonback. It was initially offered to Kylie Minogue for her album Body Language, but she turned it down. A dance-pop and techno-pop song with elements of South Asian music, "Toxic" features varied instrumentation, such as drums, synthesizers and surf guitar. It is played in the key of C minor with a tempo of 143 beats per minute. It is accompanied by breathy vocals and high-pitched Bollywood strings, sampled from Laxmikant–Pyarelal's "Tere Mere Beech Mein" (1981). Its lyrics draw an extended metaphor of a lover as a dangerous and addictive drug.

"Toxic"
Single by Britney Spears
from the album In the Zone
B-side"Me Against the Music"
ReleasedJanuary 12, 2004 (2004-01-12)
Recorded2003
Studio
Genre
Length3:19
LabelJive
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Bloodshy & Avant
Britney Spears singles chronology
"Me Against the Music"
(2003) 		"Toxic"
(2004) 		"Everytime"
(2004)
Music video
"Toxic" on YouTube

"Toxic" received acclaim from critics, who praised its hook and chorus, with many deeming it among the highlights of the album. It won Best Dance Recording at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards, marking the first Grammy win of Spears' career. The song topped the charts in 11 countries, including Australia, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom, and reached the top five in 15 countries. In the United States, it became her fourth top-ten single, peaking at number nine. The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn and includes references to Blade Runner, The Seven Year Itch and John Woo films. It features Spears as a secret agent who poisons her boyfriend, and includes scenes of Spears naked with diamonds on her body. Following the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, the video was deemed too racy for MTV and was moved to late-night programming.

Spears has performed "Toxic" in live appearances, including the 2004 NRJ Music Awards and three of her concert tours. It was the opening number of the Onyx Hotel Tour (2004), where she sang atop a bus wearing a black catsuit. Spears also performed remixed versions of "Toxic" at the Circus Starring Britney Spears (2009), the Femme Fatale Tour (2011) and Britney: Piece of Me (2013). "Toxic" has been covered by artists such as Local H, Mark Ronson, A Static Lullaby, Reece Mastin and Ingrid Michaelson, and in the TV series Glee. It has also featured in films such as Knocked Up, You Again, Pitch Perfect 3, and TV series Doctor Who and Chuck. "Toxic" has become one of Spears' signature songs and is widely cited as among the most influential and innovative songs in pop music. The song has been included in multiple all-time lists of best songs, including by Pitchfork, NME and, in 2021, was ranked among Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Writing and recording edit

"Toxic" was written by Cathy Dennis, Henrik Jonback, Christian Karlsson, and Pontus Winnberg from production team Bloodshy & Avant. It was produced by Karlsson and Winnberg.[3]

The song was written with the American singer Janet Jackson in mind,[4] but was initially offered to the Australian singer Kylie Minogue, who turned it down.[5] Minogue said she "listened to a snippet of it in the record-company offices and decided against it". She said she was not angry when it became a hit for Spears: "It's like the fish that got away. You just have to accept it."[6]

"Toxic" was recorded at Murlyn Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, and Record Plant in Los Angeles.[when?] It was mixed by Niklas Flyckt at Khabang Studios in Stockholm.[3]

On June 5, 2017, a version of "Toxic" without the pitch-correcting software Auto-Tune on Spears's vocals was leaked to YouTube. Despite a general expectation that the leak would confirm suspicions of Spears' natural vocals being poor, it was positively received overall.[7][8][9]

Composition edit

 
"Toxic"
An 18-second sample of "Toxic", where the chorus is heard. The song is set in the key of C minor at 143bpm, and is primarily a dance song.
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"Toxic" is a classic dance-pop and techno-pop song, featuring elements of South Asian music.[10][11][12][13] It features varied instrumentation, such as drums, synthesizers, violins, and high-pitched strings.[14][15] It also contains surf guitar, that according to Caryn Ganz of Spin, "warps and struts like it's been fed into The Matrix." The music was also compared to the soundtracks of the James Bond film series.[14] The hook of "Toxic" samples a portion of "Tere Mere Beech Mein", from the soundtrack of the 1981 Bollywood film Ek Duuje Ke Liye.[16] However, it is not lifted verbatim from the score and mixes two different sections of the piece for the introduction section; later in the song, the cut-up sample is dropped in favor of a re-recorded string arrangement to improve the quality of the melody as evidenced by the multitrack recordings available on the internet.[17] Spears' vocals on the song are breathy.[15] Some of the refrains were inspired by pieces of classical music, such as "Flight of the Bumblebee", "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", and "Dumky Trio".[citation needed] NME described the song as presenting "piercing strings, hip-hop beats, eastern flavour and a dangerous escapade with temptation."[18]

According to the official sheet music on Music-Notes, "Toxic" is set in the key of C minor, and follows a fast tempo of 143 beats per minute, but the pre-chorus is based on the C Dorian mode.[19] Spears's vocal range spans from the low note of F3 to the high note of G5.[20] Lyrically, "Toxic" talks about being addicted to a lover.[21] Spears refers to her addiction in the lyrics and sings lines such as "Too high / Can't come down / Losing my head / Spinning round and round" in a falsetto. A reviewer from Popdust called the verse "The most representative lyric of the song's delirious, disorienting charm."[17][22] "Toxic" ends with an outro in which Spears sings the lines, "Intoxicate me now / With your lovin' now / I think I'm ready now."[22] Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine said the lyrics made Spears sound afraid of sex.[23]

Critical reception edit

 
Spears performing "Toxic" on the Circus Starring Britney Spears tour

"Toxic" received acclaim. Heather Richels of The Paly Voice complimented its hook and catchiness while deeming it the most appealing song on In the Zone.[24] While reviewing The Onyx Hotel Tour, Pamela Sitt of The Seattle Times called it the album's strongest single.[25] Eric Olsen of Today stated the song could be the biggest hit off of its parent album while calling it "powerfully addicting."[26] Caryn Ganz of Spin commented, "Spears hits pay dirt on 'Toxic'".[14] Christy Lemire of Associated Press stated it was one of Spears' greatest hits and deemed it "insanely catchy", remarking that the chorus alone "makes you want to forgive the Alias wannabe video that accompanies the song."[27] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called it along with "Showdown", "irresistible ear candy in what is surely Britney's most ambitious, adventurous album to date".[28] In a separate review of Spears' greatest hits album Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (2004), Erlewine selected it as one of the "track picks" and described it as "a delirious, intoxicating rush".[29] Jeffrey Epstein of Out compared the innovative sound of "Toxic" to Madonna's "Vogue".[30]

Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that "Toxic" and "(I Got That) Boom Boom", "find Britney dabbling in hip-hop, but it's clear her heart lies in the clubs."[31] Jamie Gill of Yahoo! Music Radio commented, "In the name of fairness, it will be noted that 'Toxic' and 'Showdown' could well have been good pop songs in the hands of any other singer than Spears."[32] Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe named it "a well-titled cascade of frantic, mechanized glissandos and dreadful canned strings that buries the album's coolest (only?) chorus under a joyless mass".[33] The song was ranked at number five in the 2004 Pazz & Jop poll by The Village Voice.[34] "Toxic" was nominated for Best Song at the 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards, but lost to Outkast's "Hey Ya!".[35] However, it won Best Dance Recording at the 2004 Grammy Awards, making it her first-ever won Grammy. It won Best Single at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards.[36] Pitchfork named "Toxic" the third-best single of 2004, writing tha "finally, [Spears] just acted like an adult, rather than constantly reminding us she wasn't a girl anymore".[37]

Commercial performance edit

 
Spears performing "Toxic" at the Femme Fatale Tour

In December 2003, it was announced by MTV News that after trying to choose between "(I Got That) Boom Boom" and "Outrageous" to be the second single from In the Zone, Spears had selected "Toxic" instead.[38] She described it as "an upbeat song. It's really different, that's why I like it so much."[39]

"Toxic" entered at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated January 31, 2004. It became the week's "Highest Debut".[40] On March 27, 2004, it peaked at number nine; it was her fourth single to reach the top-ten and became her first single to reach the top ten since "Oops!... I Did It Again" in 2000.[41][42] "Toxic" also topped both the Pop Songs and Hot Dance Club Songs charts.[43] On October 24, 2023, the song was certified 6× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for track-equivalent sales of six million units.[44] As of July 2016, "Toxic" has sold 2.3 million digital downloads in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[45] It is her fifth best-selling digital single in the country.[45] The song also topped the Canadian Singles Chart.[46] "Toxic" debuted at the top of the Australian charts on March 15, 2004, and stayed in the position for two weeks. The song received a gold certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) for shipments over 35,000 units.[47]

In New Zealand, "Toxic" debuted at number 38 on the issue dated February 16, 2004,[48] and peaked at number two on March 29, 2004. It stayed at the position the following week, held off from the top spot by Eamon's "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)".[48][49] On March 7, 2004, "Toxic" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending date March 13, 2004, becoming her fourth number-one hit in the United Kingdom.[50] In April 2004, it was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), with sales over 200,000 copies.[citation needed] According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 426,000 copies there.[51] "Toxic" also peaked inside the top-ten in every country it charted. The song topped the charts in Hungary and Norway; reached the top five in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Italy, France, Sweden and Switzerland; and the top ten in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Finland, and the Netherlands.[52][53][54] "Toxic" is Spears' most streamed single in the US, with over 448 million streams as of June 2020.[55] In July 2023, the song crossed one billion streams on Spotify, making it Spears' first billion-streaming song on the service. By that, she also became a member of Spotify's "Billions Club".[56][57]

Music video edit

Development and release edit

"That's part of her brilliance [...] She totally understands that she's naughty and nice, that she's the girl next door gone bad who is constantly titillating you".

—Director Joseph Kahn on his work with Spears[58]

The music video for "Toxic" was filmed on a Los Angeles soundstage in December 2003. It was directed by Joseph Kahn, who had previously worked with Spears on the music video for her 2000 single "Stronger". The editor of the video was David Blackburn, who also edited "Womanizer" and "Do Somethin'". Brad Rushing was the cinematographer. Spears first approached Kahn with a story sketch of a secret agent out for revenge against an ex-lover, for which Kahn created a treatment. Her concept was almost fully formed and detailed, including for example the scene in which she drops a drink on the passenger's lap. Spears said she wanted to join the mile high club and be a stewardess that kissed a man in the bathroom. Kahn suggested making him a fat man, so the "common man" would feel represented. Spears also told him about a scene in which she would be naked and covered in diamonds. Kahn stated he was "not sure what I was thinking about when she told me about that scene, maybe those intros to James Bond movies, but every video needs an iconic image to remember, and that's it." The choreography was a collaboration between Brian Friedman and Spears, and every scene had a completely different, strictly structured routine. After the treatment was finished, Kahn proceeded to cast his friends and acquaintances, as in most of his projects. The plane passenger on whom Spears drops a drink was played by his longtime casting director, while the fat man in the bathroom was played by the casting director's assistant. Spears's ex-boyfriend is played by Martin Henderson, who starred in Kahn's directorial debut Torque.[58]

For the naked scenes, Spears cleared the set, leaving only Kahn, Blackburn, and Rushing with her to shoot the sequence. Spears also shot scenes in which she had to dance through a hallway of imaginary lasers in front of a green screen, something that Kahn deemed as "incredible to watch". The last few scenes of the video in which Spears murders her boyfriend concerned Kahn, who thought they would be censored. He explained, "the trick was to make it look pop at the same time" and told Henderson, "Would you like to be kissed by Britney Spears?". According to Kahn, the hint of a smile that appears on Henderson's face before Spears pours the poison into his mouth was what managed to get the shot past the censors. Although Spears was at first going to be involved in the editing process with Blackburn, she did not contact Kahn after the media scandal over her wedding in Las Vegas.[58] "Toxic" was Spears's most expensive music video to that point, at the cost of $1 million.[59][58] The music video premiered exclusively on MTV's Making the Video on January 13, 2004.[60] The following day, Spears appeared on TRL to premiere it on regular rotation.[61] The video was first released on the Britney Spears: In the Zone video album.[62] An alternate karaoke version featuring the diamonds scene was released on the Greatest Hits: My Prerogative DVD.[63]

Synopsis edit

 
Spears wears nothing but diamonds over her body in the music video for "Toxic"

The music video begins with an open shot of an airplane flying and preceded by three menacing dark birds, referencing the works of Hong Kong director John Woo.[58] Spears appears with blonde hair dressed as a flight attendant, lifting the in-flight intercom as if on a phone call. After serving some of the passengers, she "accidentally" spills a drink into the lap of a seated male passenger; later beckoning a middle-aged, overweight, bespectacled male passenger to the bathroom where she seduces him.[64] She peels off the man's mask to reveal an attractive man (Matthew Felker) underneath it and steals a black pass from his pocket as they passionately kiss.[58][65] Spears then appears, completely re-dressed and with red hair, standing in a futuristic Paris, similar to the film Blade Runner (1982),[58] and takes a ride on the back of a Ducati 999, driven by a shirtless male (Tyson Beckford). She wears a tight black catsuit and sports red hair, inspired by the character of Sydney Bristow from the television series Alias.[61] As they speed past a woman, the draft from the motorcycle lifts up her dress, a homage to the iconic Marilyn Monroe scene in the film The Seven Year Itch (1955).[58] They also pass two women, erotically frolicking in a store window.[64]

The action narrative is repeatedly intercut with scenes of Spears, on all fours on the floor, wearing only diamonds.[58] The look was compared to that of Kate Bush in the music video for her 1978 single, "The Man with the Child in His Eyes".[66] Spears then enters Toxic Industries and gains access to a vault from which she steals a vial of green poison. As she leaves, she accidentally triggers a Mission: Impossible-style laser trap, which she evades with elaborate dance moves, including a back handspring. Scenes are intercut of Spears' ex-boyfriend (Henderson) making out with another woman in the shower. Spears, now dressed as a black-haired super-heroine, scales a building and enters an apartment, where her ex-boyfriend is waiting for his lover who is in the shower. She pummels him to the floor and kisses him just before pouring the poison into his mouth, killing him. Spears kisses him again and flies from the window balcony. She appears back on the plane as the flight attendant and winks at the camera. The video ends with a shot of the airplane flying off, through clouds, towards the sun, followed by five menacing screeching blackbirds, as seen at the beginning.[58]

Response and impact edit

Jennifer Vineyard of MTV compared the video to Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River", saying that "Where her real-life ex just stalked his cheating lover in his clip, [...] Spears takes a more lethal approach."[67] On February 10, 2004, MTV announced that due to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy in which Janet Jackson's breast was exposed on live television, "Toxic" along with other five music videos would be moved from daytime to late-night programming from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. A spokeswoman for MTV announced that "given the particular sensitivity in the culture right now, we're erring on the side of caution for the immediate future."[68] The video was nominated at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards in the category of Best International Artist Video, but lost to Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love".[69] It was also nominated for four VMAs at the 2004 awards in the categories of Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video and Video of the Year, but lost all of them (Rumors spread on internet forums claiming the other winners were rigged due to her non-presence that year). Corey Moss of MTV said that Spears "remains the Susan Lucci of the VMAs."[70] Visual effects supervisors Chris Watts and Bert Yukich won the category of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video at the 3rd Annual Visual Effects Society Awards.[71]

In September 2009, the music video for "Toxic" was voted by users of the music video website MUZU TV as the sexiest music video.[72] The video was also used on Life Is Pornography, a 2005 video art by Jubal Brown.[73] Amy Schriefer of NPR noted that in the video, Spears was no longer trying to break away from her 1990s teen pop image and style; she was comfortable and having fun, not trying to generate any type of calculated controversy.[22] The anime music video for Spears's single "Break the Ice" (2008) was based on the secret agent character of "Toxic".[74] The video for "Womanizer" (2008) was created by Spears as a sequel to "Toxic".[75] In the 2010 Glee episode "Britney/Brittany", the character of Brittany Pierce danced in a diamond suit during a cover of "I'm a Slave 4 U".[76] In a 2011 poll by Billboard, the song's music video was voted the second-best music video of the 2000s, behind only Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (2009). Jillian Mapes of Billboard wrote that Spears "proved that she comes in every flavor [...] But the one role that stays constant through the dance-heavy clip: Sultry maneater."[77] Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" music video pays homage to the red-haired look Spears sports in the "Toxic" music video. Many comparisons were made about the similarities.[78]

"Toxic" is still widely credited for changing the face of dance-pop in the 2000s. It introduced an influx of electropop into the modern market, providing the blueprint for various smash hits.[79] As of January 2024, the music video of "Toxic" has over 646 million views on YouTube.

Live performances edit

 
Spears performing "Toxic" at Britney: Piece of Me in 2014

"Toxic" was performed by Spears at Britney Spears: In the Zone, a concert special that aired in ABC on November 17, 2003.[80] She also performed "Toxic" as the headliner of the Jingle Ball on December 8, 2003, at Staples Center. It was the opening number of her set, and Spears appeared wearing a black top and a white fur cape. While the choreography was deemed as "erotic", Corey Moss of MTV commented that some of the effect was lost due to Spears's lip-synching and a stagehand fixing a prop during the song.[81] On January 24, 2004, Spears opened the 2004 NRJ Music Awards with a performance of "Toxic".[82] During the ceremony, she also presented the NRJ Award of Honor for the Career to Madonna.[83] Spears performed "Toxic" as the opening number of 2004's the Onyx Hotel Tour.[84] Previous to the beginning of the tour, she deemed it as the song she was most excited to perform, along with "Everytime".[85] After an introduction in which she briefly appeared on a large video screen, Spears took the stage standing on top of a hotel bus, wearing a tight black catsuit. She was surrounded by dancers dressed as employees and columns of LED lighting, suggesting the façade of a glitzy hotel on the Vegas Strip.[84] MTV UK commented, "OK, so she doesn't so much sing than mime along with Toxic, [...] But what do you expect when she's simultaneously performing a vigorous dance routine, ascending moving staircases and descending fireman poles?".[86]

"Toxic" was also performed as the last song of the concert during the M+M's Tour. After "Do Somethin'", in which Spears wore a hot pink bra, a white fur coat, and a jean skirt, she ended the set with "Toxic", with four female dancers in a Shakira-like style. Following the performance, she thanked the audience and introduced her dancers.[87] "Toxic" was also performed at 2009's the Circus Starring Britney Spears. Following an interlude in which the dancers showcased their individual moves, the stage was lit with green sci-fi effects, and Spears appeared over moving jungle gyms. Jerry Shriver of USA Today said that "fan-favorite Toxic [...] succeeded because the focus was solely on the star."[88] Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun named it one of the standout performances of the show, along with "...Baby One More Time" and "Womanizer".[89] Screen commented, "The high point of the show was the back to back performance of two of Britney's biggest hits, 'Toxic' and 'Baby One More Time' [sic], which had the crowd break out in wild applause."[90]

The song was performed at 2011's Femme Fatale Tour. After a video intermission in which Spears finds and captures the stalker that follows her, the show continues with a martial arts-inspired remix of "Toxic", in which Spears wears a kimono and battles dancing ninjas. Keith Caufield of Billboard felt the performance was comparable to Madonna's "Sky Fits Heaven" at 2001's Drowned World Tour.[91] Shirley Halperin of The Hollywood Reporter stated that "[the] mid-tempo numbers [...] seemed to stall out quickly, where faster offerings like 'Womanizer,' 'I Wanna Go' and 'Toxic' had the sold-out crowd jumping in place and pumping their number twos in the air."[92] August Brown of the Los Angeles Times said, "The set's only weak spots were sonic revisions of catalog staples – the Bollywood spy-flick vamp of 'Toxic' remains utterly groundbreaking and didn’t need an Ibiza-inspired revision.".[93] Spears performed the song during the last act from her 2013-17 Las Vegas residency Britney: Piece of Me. The number begins with a ballad version of "Toxic" and Spears is seen over a giant tree. Before the chorus begins, Spears jumps from the tree in a kind of bungee jump under a water curtain. As Spears lands in the stage, the first chords from the song starts and the performance keeps going on.[94] In the 2016 Billboard Music Awards, it was performed as the closing song of a greatest hits medley by Spears, with brand new choreography. The song was also included in Spears's setlist for the iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 24, 2016. Spears performed the song as part of her Apple Music Festival performance in London on September 27, 2016. The song was also streamed live along with "Work Bitch" from Spears' final Britney: Piece of Me show date on December 31, 2017, on ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve to a record audience of 25.6 million.[95]

Legacy edit

"The great pop song of this century. The ultimate Britney Spears classic. A taste of a poison paradise. "Toxic" is all that and more, summing up Britney at her best and brashest. Swedish studio wizards Bloodshy and Avant prove that they're the producers who understand her better than anyone. "Toxic" is a swirl of spaced-out glam-disco kicks, spy-movie strings, surf-guitar twang, a beat that should wear a warning, and Britney's distinctive slithery drawl. She doesn't just take "a sip from the devil's cup," she guzzles that bitch and crushes the cup on her forehead, slipping under the addictive spell of music itself, the one vice she'll never give up. Intoxicate her now? She's ready now."

– Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone on the legacy of "Toxic".[96]

"Toxic" won Spears her first, and to date only, Grammy Award at the 2005 ceremony in the Best Dance Recording category and gained her credibility amongst critics.[22] The song also won Most Performed Work at the 2004 Ivor Novello Awards.[97] "Toxic" was ranked at number fourteen on Stylus Magazine's Top 50 Singles between 2000 and 2005.[98] In a 2005 poll conducted by Sony Ericsson, "Toxic" was ranked as the world's second favorite song, only behind "We Are the Champions" by Queen. Over 700,000 people in 60 countries cast their votes.[99] The song was also included on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born list by Blender.[100] Pitchfork listed the song on The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s. Jess Harvell commented that Spears had great pop instincts and that "Toxic" showed how "Britney always had more individualist pep than her peers, important when you're dealing with steamroller productions from the mind of Max Martin."[101]

In 2009, NPR included "Toxic" on their Most Important Recordings of the Decade list. Amy Schriefer noted that the song's synths defined the sound of dance-pop for the rest of the decade while adding that it "still sound[s] fresh and futuristic."[22] "Toxic" was listed on several others end of the decade lists; at number forty-seven by NME, forty-four by Rolling Stone and seventeen on The Daily Telegraph.[102][103][104] NME called it the soundtrack to all of the fun of the decade, from "little girls at discos" to "gay clubs and hen nights."[102] NME critics also ranked "Toxic" at number 92 on their 500 Greatest Songs list, writing that the song "reinvented popular dance music."[18] In 2010, the song was voted in Rolling Stone's end of the decade readers poll as the fourth-best single of the decade.[105] In 2021, the song was ranked at number 114 on the list of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Pitchfork listed the song at number three on their Top 50 Singles of 2004 list. Bill Lamb of About.com listed the song at number 27 on the Top 40 Pop Songs.[106] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters commented that "Toxic" is a rare kind of song that transcends genre boundaries, and added that Spears delivered the track that defined her legacy.[107] In May 2010, Spears revealed via Twitter that "Toxic" is her favorite song in her catalog.[108] In 2022, in their ranking of every Spears' song, Rolling Stone ranked "Toxic" at number one.[96] In a 2024 article, Billboard's staff ranked "Toxic" at number one on their 100 Greatest Songs of 2004 list.[109]

Awards edit

Awards and nominations for "Toxic"
Award Year Category Result Ref(s).
ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2005 Most Performed Songs Won [110]
BDS Certified Awards 2004 50,000 Spins Won [111]
100,000 Spins Won [112]
200,000 Spins Won [113]
Comet Awards 2004 Best International Video Nominated [114]
Gaygalan Awards 2005 International Song of the Year Won [115]
Grammy Awards 2005 Best Dance Recording Won [116]
GV Music & Fashion Awards[a] 2004 Video of the Year Won [118]
[119]
International Dance Music Awards 2004 Best Pop Dance Track Nominated [120]
Best Dance Solo Artist Nominated
Ivor Novello Award 2005 PRS Most Performed Work Won [121]
J-Wave Awards 2004 Song of the Year Nominated [122]
MTV Australia Awards 2005 Best Dance Video Nominated [123]
Sexiest Video Nominated
MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 Best Song Nominated [124]
Best Pop Nominated
MTV Video Music Awards 2004 Best Female Video Nominated [125]
Best Dance Video Nominated
Best Pop Video Nominated
Video of the Year Nominated
MuchMusic Video Awards 2004 Best International Video Nominated [126]
Favorite International Artist Nominated
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2005 Favorite Song Nominated [127]
Now! Awards 2004 Most Essential Song Won [128]
[129]
[130]
[131]
Best Song Won
Best Video Won
2018 Best Song of the Decade 2000s Won
Phonographic Performance Company of Australia 2004 100 Most Broadcast Recordings of 2004 50th place [132]
Premios Oye! 2004 English Record of the Year Nominated [133]
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 2004 Favourite Ringtone Won [134]
Teen Choice Awards 2004 Choice Single Won [135]
[136]
Vevo Certified Awards 2014 Videos with over 100 million views on Vevo Won [137]
Visual Effects Society 2005 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video Won [138]

Homage edit

Ken Freedman devoted an entire three-hour radio show to cover versions of the song. It aired on WFMU on June 9, 2021.[139]

Usage in media edit

Cover versions edit

 
 
"Toxic" was covered by several artists, including the cast from Glee (top) in the "Britney/Brittany" episode, which was a tribute to Spears, and American singer Melanie Martinez (bottom) during her debut on The Voice.

The song was covered on the 2010 American series Glee episode "Britney/Brittany" by New Directions, in a Bob Fosse-inspired performance led by the character of Will Schuester.[76] In the United States, their version debuted at number sixteen on the Hot 100 and sold 109,000 copies on its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.[140] It also charted at number thirty-seven in Australia, fifteen in Canada, and seventeen in Ireland.[141][142][143] The song was covered again in Glee episode "100" by Dianna Agron, Heather Morris, and Naya Rivera. Northern Irish singer-songwriter Juliet Turner covered "Toxic" for the 2004 covers compilation, Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol. 2.[144] In 2005, American folk group Chapin Sisters recorded an acoustic cover of "Toxic", which was featured on PerezHilton.com and became one of the most requested songs of the year in KCRW. German country-rock band the BossHoss recorded a cover of "Toxic" for their debut album, Internashville Urban Hymns (2005).[145] American rock duo Local H covered the song for their first live album, Alive '05 (2005).[145] An instrumental rendition of the song was released by American surf rock band Monsters from Mars. Norwegian alternative rock band Hurra Torpedo covered "Toxic" in their fourth release, Kollossus of Makedonia (2006).[145] English producer Mark Ronson recorded a hip hop cover of the song, featuring American singer-songwriter Tiggers and a posthumous verse from American rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard. It was included in his second studio album, Version (2007).[146]

English indie rock band Hard-Fi covered the song for the compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967 (2007). The song was fused with the Clash's cover of "Brand New Cadillac".[147] American musician Shawn Lee covered the song in the album Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra (2007).[148] French-Israeli singer-songwriter Yael Naïm released a piano-driven version of the song in her eponymous debut album (2007).[149] British electronic music group Metronomy's cover was described as "something out of a "Weird Al" Yankovic polka medley, only not kidding." Israeli pop singer Shiri Maimon recorded a version of "Toxic" in Hebrew.[145] American comedy singer Richard Cheese recorded a cover for his eighth album, Viva la Vodka (2009).[150] American post-hardcore band A Static Lullaby released a cover in the compilation album, Punk Goes Pop 2 (2009). A music video was released, which featured different Spears look-alikes wearing iconic outfits from various music videos, such as "...Baby One More Time" and "Womanizer".[151]

A cover of the song by American singer-songwriter Christopher Dallman was included in an EP titled Sad Britney, released on November 9, 2009, along with covers of "...Baby One More Time", "Gimme More" and "Radar".[152] American acoustic trio Nickel Creek covered "Toxic" at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival.[145] Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke did an opera-pop version of "Toxic" during a mobile phone launch in Sydney in August 2007. She dedicated it to Spears, adding, "She's going through a bit of a hard time at the moment. ... This one's for you, mate."[153] American singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson covered "Toxic" regularly on her 2010 Everybody Tour. A cover version by The Hit Crew was used in Just Dance 2. Michaelson's version ends with her and the band doing a dance break set to Spears's original song.[154] American pop band Selena Gomez & the Scene performed a tribute to Spears during their 2011 We Own the Night Tour. The medley of hits included "...Baby One More Time", "(You Drive Me) Crazy", "Oops!... I Did It Again", "I'm a Slave 4 U" and "Toxic", mixed similar to the Chris Cox Megamix included in Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. They also performed a cover of "Hold It Against Me".[155] During her debut on American TV singing show The Voice, American singer Melanie Martinez sang "Toxic" playing an acoustic guitar and a tambourine with her foot. Three of the judges, Adam Levine, CeeLo Green, and Blake Shelton, hit the "I Want You" button for her.[156] In 2014, David J covered "Toxic" featuring Sasha Grey.[157] On December 2, 2016, Madonna covered the song during a live concert broadcast through Facebook Live.[158]

The song was also covered in 2019 by Scottish singer Nina Nesbitt and the Queercore band Dog Park Dissidents.[159] The song is also included in the "Backstage Romance" number of Moulin Rouge!, where it is sung in a medley with "Bad Romance", "Tainted Love", "Seven Nation Army", and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)".[160]

In 2021, the duo Altégo posted a snippet of a mashup of "Toxic" and Ginuwine's "Pony" on TikTok, that quickly went viral. In January 2022, the mashup was completed and officially released through Sony Music Entertainment under the title "Toxic Pony", being credited to Altégo, Spears and Ginuwine.[161] The mashup reached number 40 on the Billboard Pop Airplay chart.[162] English singer Mabel recorded an acoustic version of "Toxic" for the Apple Music edition of her second studio album, About Last Night... (2022).[163][164] In 2022, Spanish singer Lola Índigo covered the song during her Teatro Eslava Madrid concert.[165] American singer Beyoncé sampled the song at the opening night of her Renaissance World Tour (2023).[166][167]

In November 2023, Irish singer Lisa Hannigan covered the song for the 5th season of the TV show Fargo.[168]

Soundtrack appearances edit

In the 2005 episode "The End of the World" of the TV show Doctor Who, the character of Cassandra unveils an ancient jukebox that reproduced "Toxic" as an example of "a traditional ballad" from about 5 billion years prior.[169] NME stated that the inclusion of the song marked its cultural impact.[102] In the 2007 film Knocked Up, the song is played when Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd are driving to Las Vegas. Director Judd Apatow explained that he initially tried to use "Toxic" in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin in the scene where Leslie Mann is drunk driving.[170] "Toxic" was also featured in the 2010 film You Again.[171] A string arrangement of "Toxic" was featured in the 2020 American thriller film Promising Young Woman, with film score producer Anthony Willis saying that "'Toxic' is one of the greatest pop songs of the 2000s. It's such a fantastic track and has such an evocative lyric. And so if you hear that riff and you hear that tune, you're imagining the word 'toxic,' but you're not actually hearing it."[172] "Toxic" is featured on British soap opera Emmerdale in July 2021 when Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu) dances to the song after she murders Leanna Cavanagh (Mimi Slinger).[173] "Toxic" was remixed with Elvis Presley's "Viva Las Vegas" by Jamieson Shaw for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, and was released on January 6, 2023, as "Toxic Las Vegas".[174][175][176][177] "Toxic" was featured on Just Dance 2023 Edition, using the original version of the song instead of The Hit Crew's cover that was used in Just Dance 2 previously.[relevant?]

Track listings edit

Credits and personnel edit

Credits are adapted from the liner notes of In the Zone.[3]

Recording and management
Personnel

Charts edit

Weekly charts edit

Certifications and sales edit

Certifications and sales for "Toxic"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[252] Platinum 70,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[253] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[254] Platinum 300,000*
Germany (BVMI)[255] 3× Gold 450,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[256]
(since 2009) 		Platinum 70,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[257]
Full-length ringtone 		Platinum 250,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[258] Gold 5,000*
Norway (IFPI Norway)[259] Platinum 10,000*
Portugal (AFP)[260] Platinum 40,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[261]
(since 2015) 		Platinum 60,000‡
Sweden (GLF)[262] Gold 10,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[264] 2× Platinum 1,300,000[263]
United States (RIAA)[44] 6× Platinum 6,000,000‡
United States (RIAA)[265]
Mastertone 		Gold 500,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Release dates and formats for "Toxic"
Region Date Format(s) Version Label Ref.
United States January 12, 2004
Original Jive [266]
Japan January 28, 2004 Maxi CD Avex Trax [199]
Germany February 12, 2004 BMG [267]
Italy February 24, 2004 Digital download (EP) [268]
United States Jive
[269]
United Kingdom March 1, 2004
RCA [270]
Australia March 8, 2004 Maxi CD BMG [271]
France March 16, 2004 CD Virgin
[272]
Germany March 22, 2004 Mini CD BMG [273]
Various January 31, 2020
Y2K & Alexander Lewis remix RCA [274]
January 21, 2022 "Toxic Pony" Sony [275]
January 6, 2023 "Toxic Las Vegas" RCA [276]

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The GV Music & Fashion Awards, also known as Groovevolt was an online music award established by the Groovevolt.com. The website's leading music sites with more than 7.5 million page views and more than 500,000 uniqueusers each month.[117]

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For other songs with similar names see Toxic disambiguation Music Toxic is a song by American singer Britney Spears released as the second single from her fourth studio album In the Zone 2003 It was written and produced by Bloodshy amp Avant with additional writing from Cathy Dennis and Henrik Jonback It was initially offered to Kylie Minogue for her album Body Language but she turned it down A dance pop and techno pop song with elements of South Asian music Toxic features varied instrumentation such as drums synthesizers and surf guitar It is played in the key of C minor with a tempo of 143 beats per minute It is accompanied by breathy vocals and high pitched Bollywood strings sampled from Laxmikant Pyarelal s Tere Mere Beech Mein 1981 Its lyrics draw an extended metaphor of a lover as a dangerous and addictive drug Toxic Single by Britney Spearsfrom the album In the ZoneB side Me Against the Music ReleasedJanuary 12 2004 2004 01 12 Recorded2003StudioMurlyn Stockholm Record Plant Los Angeles GenreDance pop techno pop breakbeat 1 disco 2 Length3 19LabelJiveSongwriter s Cathy Dennis Christian Karlsson Pontus Winnberg Henrik JonbackProducer s Bloodshy amp AvantBritney Spears singles chronology Me Against the Music 2003 Toxic 2004 Everytime 2004 Music video Toxic on YouTube Toxic received acclaim from critics who praised its hook and chorus with many deeming it among the highlights of the album It won Best Dance Recording at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards marking the first Grammy win of Spears career The song topped the charts in 11 countries including Australia Canada Hungary Ireland Norway and the United Kingdom and reached the top five in 15 countries In the United States it became her fourth top ten single peaking at number nine The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn and includes references to Blade Runner The Seven Year Itch and John Woo films It features Spears as a secret agent who poisons her boyfriend and includes scenes of Spears naked with diamonds on her body Following the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy the video was deemed too racy for MTV and was moved to late night programming Spears has performed Toxic in live appearances including the 2004 NRJ Music Awards and three of her concert tours It was the opening number of the Onyx Hotel Tour 2004 where she sang atop a bus wearing a black catsuit Spears also performed remixed versions of Toxic at the Circus Starring Britney Spears 2009 the Femme Fatale Tour 2011 and Britney Piece of Me 2013 Toxic has been covered by artists such as Local H Mark Ronson A Static Lullaby Reece Mastin and Ingrid Michaelson and in the TV series Glee It has also featured in films such as Knocked Up You Again Pitch Perfect 3 and TV series Doctor Who and Chuck Toxic has become one of Spears signature songs and is widely cited as among the most influential and innovative songs in pop music The song has been included in multiple all time lists of best songs including by Pitchfork NME and in 2021 was ranked among Rolling Stone s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Contents 1 Writing and recording 2 Composition 3 Critical reception 4 Commercial performance 5 Music video 5 1 Development and release 5 2 Synopsis 5 3 Response and impact 6 Live performances 7 Legacy 7 1 Awards 7 2 Homage 8 Usage in media 8 1 Cover versions 8 2 Soundtrack appearances 9 Track listings 10 Credits and personnel 11 Charts 11 1 Weekly charts 11 2 Monthly charts 11 3 Year end charts 12 Certifications and sales 13 Release history 14 See also 15 References 15 1 Notes 15 2 Citations 15 3 BibliographyWriting and recording edit Toxic was written by Cathy Dennis Henrik Jonback Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg from production team Bloodshy amp Avant It was produced by Karlsson and Winnberg 3 The song was written with the American singer Janet Jackson in mind 4 but was initially offered to the Australian singer Kylie Minogue who turned it down 5 Minogue said she listened to a snippet of it in the record company offices and decided against it She said she was not angry when it became a hit for Spears It s like the fish that got away You just have to accept it 6 Toxic was recorded at Murlyn Studios in Stockholm Sweden and Record Plant in Los Angeles when It was mixed by Niklas Flyckt at Khabang Studios in Stockholm 3 On June 5 2017 a version of Toxic without the pitch correcting software Auto Tune on Spears s vocals was leaked to YouTube Despite a general expectation that the leak would confirm suspicions of Spears natural vocals being poor it was positively received overall 7 8 9 Composition edit nbsp Toxic source source track An 18 second sample of Toxic where the chorus is heard The song is set in the key of C minor at 143bpm and is primarily a dance song Problems playing this file See media help Toxic is a classic dance pop and techno pop song featuring elements of South Asian music 10 11 12 13 It features varied instrumentation such as drums synthesizers violins and high pitched strings 14 15 It also contains surf guitar that according to Caryn Ganz of Spin warps and struts like it s been fed into The Matrix The music was also compared to the soundtracks of the James Bond film series 14 The hook of Toxic samples a portion of Tere Mere Beech Mein from the soundtrack of the 1981 Bollywood film Ek Duuje Ke Liye 16 However it is not lifted verbatim from the score and mixes two different sections of the piece for the introduction section later in the song the cut up sample is dropped in favor of a re recorded string arrangement to improve the quality of the melody as evidenced by the multitrack recordings available on the internet 17 Spears vocals on the song are breathy 15 Some of the refrains were inspired by pieces of classical music such as Flight of the Bumblebee Eine kleine Nachtmusik and Dumky Trio citation needed NME described the song as presenting piercing strings hip hop beats eastern flavour and a dangerous escapade with temptation 18 According to the official sheet music on Music Notes Toxic is set in the key of C minor and follows a fast tempo of 143 beats per minute but the pre chorus is based on the C Dorian mode 19 Spears s vocal range spans from the low note of F3 to the high note of G5 20 Lyrically Toxic talks about being addicted to a lover 21 Spears refers to her addiction in the lyrics and sings lines such as Too high Can t come down Losing my head Spinning round and round in a falsetto A reviewer from Popdust called the verse The most representative lyric of the song s delirious disorienting charm 17 22 Toxic ends with an outro in which Spears sings the lines Intoxicate me now With your lovin now I think I m ready now 22 Nick Southall of Stylus Magazine said the lyrics made Spears sound afraid of sex 23 Critical reception edit nbsp Spears performing Toxic on the Circus Starring Britney Spears tour Toxic received acclaim Heather Richels of The Paly Voice complimented its hook and catchiness while deeming it the most appealing song on In the Zone 24 While reviewing The Onyx Hotel Tour Pamela Sitt of The Seattle Times called it the album s strongest single 25 Eric Olsen of Today stated the song could be the biggest hit off of its parent album while calling it powerfully addicting 26 Caryn Ganz of Spin commented Spears hits pay dirt on Toxic 14 Christy Lemire of Associated Press stated it was one of Spears greatest hits and deemed it insanely catchy remarking that the chorus alone makes you want to forgive the Alias wannabe video that accompanies the song 27 Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called it along with Showdown irresistible ear candy in what is surely Britney s most ambitious adventurous album to date 28 In a separate review of Spears greatest hits album Greatest Hits My Prerogative 2004 Erlewine selected it as one of the track picks and described it as a delirious intoxicating rush 29 Jeffrey Epstein of Out compared the innovative sound of Toxic to Madonna s Vogue 30 Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that Toxic and I Got That Boom Boom find Britney dabbling in hip hop but it s clear her heart lies in the clubs 31 Jamie Gill of Yahoo Music Radio commented In the name of fairness it will be noted that Toxic and Showdown could well have been good pop songs in the hands of any other singer than Spears 32 Joan Anderman of The Boston Globe named it a well titled cascade of frantic mechanized glissandos and dreadful canned strings that buries the album s coolest only chorus under a joyless mass 33 The song was ranked at number five in the 2004 Pazz amp Jop poll by The Village Voice 34 Toxic was nominated for Best Song at the 2004 MTV Europe Music Awards but lost to Outkast s Hey Ya 35 However it won Best Dance Recording at the 2004 Grammy Awards making it her first ever won Grammy It won Best Single at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards 36 Pitchfork named Toxic the third best single of 2004 writing tha finally Spears just acted like an adult rather than constantly reminding us she wasn t a girl anymore 37 Commercial performance edit nbsp Spears performing Toxic at the Femme Fatale Tour In December 2003 it was announced by MTV News that after trying to choose between I Got That Boom Boom and Outrageous to be the second single from In the Zone Spears had selected Toxic instead 38 She described it as an upbeat song It s really different that s why I like it so much 39 Toxic entered at number 53 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the issue dated January 31 2004 It became the week s Highest Debut 40 On March 27 2004 it peaked at number nine it was her fourth single to reach the top ten and became her first single to reach the top ten since Oops I Did It Again in 2000 41 42 Toxic also topped both the Pop Songs and Hot Dance Club Songs charts 43 On October 24 2023 the song was certified 6 platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA for track equivalent sales of six million units 44 As of July 2016 Toxic has sold 2 3 million digital downloads in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan 45 It is her fifth best selling digital single in the country 45 The song also topped the Canadian Singles Chart 46 Toxic debuted at the top of the Australian charts on March 15 2004 and stayed in the position for two weeks The song received a gold certification by the Australian Recording Industry Association ARIA for shipments over 35 000 units 47 In New Zealand Toxic debuted at number 38 on the issue dated February 16 2004 48 and peaked at number two on March 29 2004 It stayed at the position the following week held off from the top spot by Eamon s Fuck It I Don t Want You Back 48 49 On March 7 2004 Toxic debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending date March 13 2004 becoming her fourth number one hit in the United Kingdom 50 In April 2004 it was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry BPI with sales over 200 000 copies citation needed According to the Official Charts Company the song has sold 426 000 copies there 51 Toxic also peaked inside the top ten in every country it charted The song topped the charts in Hungary and Norway reached the top five in Austria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Portugal Italy France Sweden and Switzerland and the top ten in Belgium Flanders and Wallonia Finland and the Netherlands 52 53 54 Toxic is Spears most streamed single in the US with over 448 million streams as of June 2020 55 In July 2023 the song crossed one billion streams on Spotify making it Spears first billion streaming song on the service By that she also became a member of Spotify s Billions Club 56 57 Music video editDevelopment and release edit That s part of her brilliance She totally understands that she s naughty and nice that she s the girl next door gone bad who is constantly titillating you Director Joseph Kahn on his work with Spears 58 The music video for Toxic was filmed on a Los Angeles soundstage in December 2003 It was directed by Joseph Kahn who had previously worked with Spears on the music video for her 2000 single Stronger The editor of the video was David Blackburn who also edited Womanizer and Do Somethin Brad Rushing was the cinematographer Spears first approached Kahn with a story sketch of a secret agent out for revenge against an ex lover for which Kahn created a treatment Her concept was almost fully formed and detailed including for example the scene in which she drops a drink on the passenger s lap Spears said she wanted to join the mile high club and be a stewardess that kissed a man in the bathroom Kahn suggested making him a fat man so the common man would feel represented Spears also told him about a scene in which she would be naked and covered in diamonds Kahn stated he was not sure what I was thinking about when she told me about that scene maybe those intros to James Bond movies but every video needs an iconic image to remember and that s it The choreography was a collaboration between Brian Friedman and Spears and every scene had a completely different strictly structured routine After the treatment was finished Kahn proceeded to cast his friends and acquaintances as in most of his projects The plane passenger on whom Spears drops a drink was played by his longtime casting director while the fat man in the bathroom was played by the casting director s assistant Spears s ex boyfriend is played by Martin Henderson who starred in Kahn s directorial debut Torque 58 For the naked scenes Spears cleared the set leaving only Kahn Blackburn and Rushing with her to shoot the sequence Spears also shot scenes in which she had to dance through a hallway of imaginary lasers in front of a green screen something that Kahn deemed as incredible to watch The last few scenes of the video in which Spears murders her boyfriend concerned Kahn who thought they would be censored He explained the trick was to make it look pop at the same time and told Henderson Would you like to be kissed by Britney Spears According to Kahn the hint of a smile that appears on Henderson s face before Spears pours the poison into his mouth was what managed to get the shot past the censors Although Spears was at first going to be involved in the editing process with Blackburn she did not contact Kahn after the media scandal over her wedding in Las Vegas 58 Toxic was Spears s most expensive music video to that point at the cost of 1 million 59 58 The music video premiered exclusively on MTV s Making the Video on January 13 2004 60 The following day Spears appeared on TRL to premiere it on regular rotation 61 The video was first released on the Britney Spears In the Zone video album 62 An alternate karaoke version featuring the diamonds scene was released on the Greatest Hits My Prerogative DVD 63 Synopsis edit nbsp Spears wears nothing but diamonds over her body in the music video for Toxic The music video begins with an open shot of an airplane flying and preceded by three menacing dark birds referencing the works of Hong Kong director John Woo 58 Spears appears with blonde hair dressed as a flight attendant lifting the in flight intercom as if on a phone call After serving some of the passengers she accidentally spills a drink into the lap of a seated male passenger later beckoning a middle aged overweight bespectacled male passenger to the bathroom where she seduces him 64 She peels off the man s mask to reveal an attractive man Matthew Felker underneath it and steals a black pass from his pocket as they passionately kiss 58 65 Spears then appears completely re dressed and with red hair standing in a futuristic Paris similar to the film Blade Runner 1982 58 and takes a ride on the back of a Ducati 999 driven by a shirtless male Tyson Beckford She wears a tight black catsuit and sports red hair inspired by the character of Sydney Bristow from the television series Alias 61 As they speed past a woman the draft from the motorcycle lifts up her dress a homage to the iconic Marilyn Monroe scene in the film The Seven Year Itch 1955 58 They also pass two women erotically frolicking in a store window 64 The action narrative is repeatedly intercut with scenes of Spears on all fours on the floor wearing only diamonds 58 The look was compared to that of Kate Bush in the music video for her 1978 single The Man with the Child in His Eyes 66 Spears then enters Toxic Industries and gains access to a vault from which she steals a vial of green poison As she leaves she accidentally triggers a Mission Impossible style laser trap which she evades with elaborate dance moves including a back handspring Scenes are intercut of Spears ex boyfriend Henderson making out with another woman in the shower Spears now dressed as a black haired super heroine scales a building and enters an apartment where her ex boyfriend is waiting for his lover who is in the shower She pummels him to the floor and kisses him just before pouring the poison into his mouth killing him Spears kisses him again and flies from the window balcony She appears back on the plane as the flight attendant and winks at the camera The video ends with a shot of the airplane flying off through clouds towards the sun followed by five menacing screeching blackbirds as seen at the beginning 58 Response and impact edit Jennifer Vineyard of MTV compared the video to Justin Timberlake s Cry Me a River saying that Where her real life ex just stalked his cheating lover in his clip Spears takes a more lethal approach 67 On February 10 2004 MTV announced that due to the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy in which Janet Jackson s breast was exposed on live television Toxic along with other five music videos would be moved from daytime to late night programming from 10 p m until 6 a m A spokeswoman for MTV announced that given the particular sensitivity in the culture right now we re erring on the side of caution for the immediate future 68 The video was nominated at the 2004 MuchMusic Video Awards in the category of Best International Artist Video but lost to Beyonce s Crazy in Love 69 It was also nominated for four VMAs at the 2004 awards in the categories of Best Female Video Best Dance Video Best Pop Video and Video of the Year but lost all of them Rumors spread on internet forums claiming the other winners were rigged due to her non presence that year Corey Moss of MTV said that Spears remains the Susan Lucci of the VMAs 70 Visual effects supervisors Chris Watts and Bert Yukich won the category of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video at the 3rd Annual Visual Effects Society Awards 71 In September 2009 the music video for Toxic was voted by users of the music video website MUZU TV as the sexiest music video 72 The video was also used on Life Is Pornography a 2005 video art by Jubal Brown 73 Amy Schriefer of NPR noted that in the video Spears was no longer trying to break away from her 1990s teen pop image and style she was comfortable and having fun not trying to generate any type of calculated controversy 22 The anime music video for Spears s single Break the Ice 2008 was based on the secret agent character of Toxic 74 The video for Womanizer 2008 was created by Spears as a sequel to Toxic 75 In the 2010 Glee episode Britney Brittany the character of Brittany Pierce danced in a diamond suit during a cover of I m a Slave 4 U 76 In a 2011 poll by Billboard the song s music video was voted the second best music video of the 2000s behind only Lady Gaga s Bad Romance 2009 Jillian Mapes of Billboard wrote that Spears proved that she comes in every flavor But the one role that stays constant through the dance heavy clip Sultry maneater 77 Taylor Swift s Bad Blood music video pays homage to the red haired look Spears sports in the Toxic music video Many comparisons were made about the similarities 78 Toxic is still widely credited for changing the face of dance pop in the 2000s It introduced an influx of electropop into the modern market providing the blueprint for various smash hits 79 As of January 2024 the music video of Toxic has over 646 million views on YouTube Live performances edit nbsp Spears performing Toxic at Britney Piece of Me in 2014 Toxic was performed by Spears at Britney Spears In the Zone a concert special that aired in ABC on November 17 2003 80 She also performed Toxic as the headliner of the Jingle Ball on December 8 2003 at Staples Center It was the opening number of her set and Spears appeared wearing a black top and a white fur cape While the choreography was deemed as erotic Corey Moss of MTV commented that some of the effect was lost due to Spears s lip synching and a stagehand fixing a prop during the song 81 On January 24 2004 Spears opened the 2004 NRJ Music Awards with a performance of Toxic 82 During the ceremony she also presented the NRJ Award of Honor for the Career to Madonna 83 Spears performed Toxic as the opening number of 2004 s the Onyx Hotel Tour 84 Previous to the beginning of the tour she deemed it as the song she was most excited to perform along with Everytime 85 After an introduction in which she briefly appeared on a large video screen Spears took the stage standing on top of a hotel bus wearing a tight black catsuit She was surrounded by dancers dressed as employees and columns of LED lighting suggesting the facade of a glitzy hotel on the Vegas Strip 84 MTV UK commented OK so she doesn t so much sing than mime along with Toxic But what do you expect when she s simultaneously performing a vigorous dance routine ascending moving staircases and descending fireman poles 86 Toxic was also performed as the last song of the concert during the M M s Tour After Do Somethin in which Spears wore a hot pink bra a white fur coat and a jean skirt she ended the set with Toxic with four female dancers in a Shakira like style Following the performance she thanked the audience and introduced her dancers 87 Toxic was also performed at 2009 s the Circus Starring Britney Spears Following an interlude in which the dancers showcased their individual moves the stage was lit with green sci fi effects and Spears appeared over moving jungle gyms Jerry Shriver of USA Today said that fan favorite Toxic succeeded because the focus was solely on the star 88 Jane Stevenson of the Toronto Sun named it one of the standout performances of the show along with Baby One More Time and Womanizer 89 Screen commented The high point of the show was the back to back performance of two of Britney s biggest hits Toxic and Baby One More Time sic which had the crowd break out in wild applause 90 The song was performed at 2011 s Femme Fatale Tour After a video intermission in which Spears finds and captures the stalker that follows her the show continues with a martial arts inspired remix of Toxic in which Spears wears a kimono and battles dancing ninjas Keith Caufield of Billboard felt the performance was comparable to Madonna s Sky Fits Heaven at 2001 s Drowned World Tour 91 Shirley Halperin of The Hollywood Reporter stated that the mid tempo numbers seemed to stall out quickly where faster offerings like Womanizer I Wanna Go and Toxic had the sold out crowd jumping in place and pumping their number twos in the air 92 August Brown of the Los Angeles Times said The set s only weak spots were sonic revisions of catalog staples the Bollywood spy flick vamp of Toxic remains utterly groundbreaking and didn t need an Ibiza inspired revision 93 Spears performed the song during the last act from her 2013 17 Las Vegas residency Britney Piece of Me The number begins with a ballad version of Toxic and Spears is seen over a giant tree Before the chorus begins Spears jumps from the tree in a kind of bungee jump under a water curtain As Spears lands in the stage the first chords from the song starts and the performance keeps going on 94 In the 2016 Billboard Music Awards it was performed as the closing song of a greatest hits medley by Spears with brand new choreography The song was also included in Spears s setlist for the iHeartRadio Music Festival on September 24 2016 Spears performed the song as part of her Apple Music Festival performance in London on September 27 2016 The song was also streamed live along with Work Bitch from Spears final Britney Piece of Me show date on December 31 2017 on ABC s Dick Clark s New Year s Rockin Eve to a record audience of 25 6 million 95 Legacy edit The great pop song of this century The ultimate Britney Spears classic A taste of a poison paradise Toxic is all that and more summing up Britney at her best and brashest Swedish studio wizards Bloodshy and Avant prove that they re the producers who understand her better than anyone Toxic is a swirl of spaced out glam disco kicks spy movie strings surf guitar twang a beat that should wear a warning and Britney s distinctive slithery drawl She doesn t just take a sip from the devil s cup she guzzles that bitch and crushes the cup on her forehead slipping under the addictive spell of music itself the one vice she ll never give up Intoxicate her now She s ready now Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone on the legacy of Toxic 96 Toxic won Spears her first and to date only Grammy Award at the 2005 ceremony in the Best Dance Recording category and gained her credibility amongst critics 22 The song also won Most Performed Work at the 2004 Ivor Novello Awards 97 Toxic was ranked at number fourteen on Stylus Magazine s Top 50 Singles between 2000 and 2005 98 In a 2005 poll conducted by Sony Ericsson Toxic was ranked as the world s second favorite song only behind We Are the Champions by Queen Over 700 000 people in 60 countries cast their votes 99 The song was also included on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born list by Blender 100 Pitchfork listed the song on The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s Jess Harvell commented that Spears had great pop instincts and that Toxic showed how Britney always had more individualist pep than her peers important when you re dealing with steamroller productions from the mind of Max Martin 101 In 2009 NPR included Toxic on their Most Important Recordings of the Decade list Amy Schriefer noted that the song s synths defined the sound of dance pop for the rest of the decade while adding that it still sound s fresh and futuristic 22 Toxic was listed on several others end of the decade lists at number forty seven by NME forty four by Rolling Stone and seventeen on The Daily Telegraph 102 103 104 NME called it the soundtrack to all of the fun of the decade from little girls at discos to gay clubs and hen nights 102 NME critics also ranked Toxic at number 92 on their 500 Greatest Songs list writing that the song reinvented popular dance music 18 In 2010 the song was voted in Rolling Stone s end of the decade readers poll as the fourth best single of the decade 105 In 2021 the song was ranked at number 114 on the list of Rolling Stone s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time Pitchfork listed the song at number three on their Top 50 Singles of 2004 list Bill Lamb of About com listed the song at number 27 on the Top 40 Pop Songs 106 Evan Sawdey of PopMatters commented that Toxic is a rare kind of song that transcends genre boundaries and added that Spears delivered the track that defined her legacy 107 In May 2010 Spears revealed via Twitter that Toxic is her favorite song in her catalog 108 In 2022 in their ranking of every Spears song Rolling Stone ranked Toxic at number one 96 In a 2024 article Billboard s staff ranked Toxic at number one on their 100 Greatest Songs of 2004 list 109 Awards edit Awards and nominations for Toxic Award Year Category Result Ref s ASCAP Pop Music Awards 2005 Most Performed Songs Won 110 BDS Certified Awards 2004 50 000 Spins Won 111 100 000 Spins Won 112 200 000 Spins Won 113 Comet Awards 2004 Best International Video Nominated 114 Gaygalan Awards 2005 International Song of the Year Won 115 Grammy Awards 2005 Best Dance Recording Won 116 GV Music amp Fashion Awards a 2004 Video of the Year Won 118 119 International Dance Music Awards 2004 Best Pop Dance Track Nominated 120 Best Dance Solo Artist Nominated Ivor Novello Award 2005 PRS Most Performed Work Won 121 J Wave Awards 2004 Song of the Year Nominated 122 MTV Australia Awards 2005 Best Dance Video Nominated 123 Sexiest Video Nominated MTV Europe Music Awards 2004 Best Song Nominated 124 Best Pop Nominated MTV Video Music Awards 2004 Best Female Video Nominated 125 Best Dance Video Nominated Best Pop Video Nominated Video of the Year Nominated MuchMusic Video Awards 2004 Best International Video Nominated 126 Favorite International Artist Nominated Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2005 Favorite Song Nominated 127 Now Awards 2004 Most Essential Song Won 128 129 130 131 Best Song Won Best Video Won 2018 Best Song of the Decade 2000s Won Phonographic Performance Company of Australia 2004 100 Most Broadcast Recordings of 2004 50th place 132 Premios Oye 2004 English Record of the Year Nominated 133 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 2004 Favourite Ringtone Won 134 Teen Choice Awards 2004 Choice Single Won 135 136 Vevo Certified Awards 2014 Videos with over 100 million views on Vevo Won 137 Visual Effects Society 2005 Outstanding Visual Effects in a Music Video Won 138 Homage edit Ken Freedman devoted an entire three hour radio show to cover versions of the song It aired on WFMU on June 9 2021 139 Usage in media editCover versions edit nbsp nbsp Toxic was covered by several artists including the cast from Glee top in the Britney Brittany episode which was a tribute to Spears and American singer Melanie Martinez bottom during her debut on The Voice The song was covered on the 2010 American series Glee episode Britney Brittany by New Directions in a Bob Fosse inspired performance led by the character of Will Schuester 76 In the United States their version debuted at number sixteen on the Hot 100 and sold 109 000 copies on its first week according to Nielsen SoundScan 140 It also charted at number thirty seven in Australia fifteen in Canada and seventeen in Ireland 141 142 143 The song was covered again in Glee episode 100 by Dianna Agron Heather Morris and Naya Rivera Northern Irish singer songwriter Juliet Turner covered Toxic for the 2004 covers compilation Even Better Than the Real Thing Vol 2 144 In 2005 American folk group Chapin Sisters recorded an acoustic cover of Toxic which was featured on PerezHilton com and became one of the most requested songs of the year in KCRW German country rock band the BossHoss recorded a cover of Toxic for their debut album Internashville Urban Hymns 2005 145 American rock duo Local H covered the song for their first live album Alive 05 2005 145 An instrumental rendition of the song was released by American surf rock band Monsters from Mars Norwegian alternative rock band Hurra Torpedo covered Toxic in their fourth release Kollossus of Makedonia 2006 145 English producer Mark Ronson recorded a hip hop cover of the song featuring American singer songwriter Tiggers and a posthumous verse from American rapper Ol Dirty Bastard It was included in his second studio album Version 2007 146 English indie rock band Hard Fi covered the song for the compilation album Radio 1 Established 1967 2007 The song was fused with the Clash s cover of Brand New Cadillac 147 American musician Shawn Lee covered the song in the album Shawn Lee s Ping Pong Orchestra 2007 148 French Israeli singer songwriter Yael Naim released a piano driven version of the song in her eponymous debut album 2007 149 British electronic music group Metronomy s cover was described as something out of a Weird Al Yankovic polka medley only not kidding Israeli pop singer Shiri Maimon recorded a version of Toxic in Hebrew 145 American comedy singer Richard Cheese recorded a cover for his eighth album Viva la Vodka 2009 150 American post hardcore band A Static Lullaby released a cover in the compilation album Punk Goes Pop 2 2009 A music video was released which featured different Spears look alikes wearing iconic outfits from various music videos such as Baby One More Time and Womanizer 151 A cover of the song by American singer songwriter Christopher Dallman was included in an EP titled Sad Britney released on November 9 2009 along with covers of Baby One More Time Gimme More and Radar 152 American acoustic trio Nickel Creek covered Toxic at the 2006 Bonnaroo Music Festival 145 Australian singer songwriter Kate Miller Heidke did an opera pop version of Toxic during a mobile phone launch in Sydney in August 2007 She dedicated it to Spears adding She s going through a bit of a hard time at the moment This one s for you mate 153 American singer songwriter Ingrid Michaelson covered Toxic regularly on her 2010 Everybody Tour A cover version by The Hit Crew was used in Just Dance 2 Michaelson s version ends with her and the band doing a dance break set to Spears s original song 154 American pop band Selena Gomez amp the Scene performed a tribute to Spears during their 2011 We Own the Night Tour The medley of hits included Baby One More Time You Drive Me Crazy Oops I Did It Again I m a Slave 4 U and Toxic mixed similar to the Chris Cox Megamix included in Greatest Hits My Prerogative They also performed a cover of Hold It Against Me 155 During her debut on American TV singing show The Voice American singer Melanie Martinez sang Toxic playing an acoustic guitar and a tambourine with her foot Three of the judges Adam Levine CeeLo Green and Blake Shelton hit the I Want You button for her 156 In 2014 David J covered Toxic featuring Sasha Grey 157 On December 2 2016 Madonna covered the song during a live concert broadcast through Facebook Live 158 The song was also covered in 2019 by Scottish singer Nina Nesbitt and the Queercore band Dog Park Dissidents 159 The song is also included in the Backstage Romance number of Moulin Rouge where it is sung in a medley with Bad Romance Tainted Love Seven Nation Army and Sweet Dreams Are Made of This 160 In 2021 the duo Altego posted a snippet of a mashup of Toxic and Ginuwine s Pony on TikTok that quickly went viral In January 2022 the mashup was completed and officially released through Sony Music Entertainment under the title Toxic Pony being credited to Altego Spears and Ginuwine 161 The mashup reached number 40 on the Billboard Pop Airplay chart 162 English singer Mabel recorded an acoustic version of Toxic for the Apple Music edition of her second studio album About Last Night 2022 163 164 In 2022 Spanish singer Lola Indigo covered the song during her Teatro Eslava Madrid concert 165 American singer Beyonce sampled the song at the opening night of her Renaissance World Tour 2023 166 167 In November 2023 Irish singer Lisa Hannigan covered the song for the 5th season of the TV show Fargo 168 Soundtrack appearances edit In the 2005 episode The End of the World of the TV show Doctor Who the character of Cassandra unveils an ancient jukebox that reproduced Toxic as an example of a traditional ballad from about 5 billion years prior 169 NME stated that the inclusion of the song marked its cultural impact 102 In the 2007 film Knocked Up the song is played when Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd are driving to Las Vegas Director Judd Apatow explained that he initially tried to use Toxic in the 2005 film The 40 Year Old Virgin in the scene where Leslie Mann is drunk driving 170 Toxic was also featured in the 2010 film You Again 171 A string arrangement of Toxic was featured in the 2020 American thriller film Promising Young Woman with film score producer Anthony Willis saying that Toxic is one of the greatest pop songs of the 2000s It s such a fantastic track and has such an evocative lyric And so if you hear that riff and you hear that tune you re imagining the word toxic but you re not actually hearing it 172 Toxic is featured on British soap opera Emmerdale in July 2021 when Meena Jutla Paige Sandhu dances to the song after she murders Leanna Cavanagh Mimi Slinger 173 Toxic was remixed with Elvis Presley s Viva Las Vegas by Jamieson Shaw for Baz Luhrmann s Elvis and was released on January 6 2023 as Toxic Las Vegas 174 175 176 177 Toxic was featured on Just Dance 2023 Edition using the original version of the song instead of The Hit Crew s cover that was used in Just Dance 2 previously relevant Track listings editEuropean CD single Toxic album version 3 19 Toxic instrumental 3 19 German CD single Toxic 3 21 Me Against the Music LP version video mix 3 44 Australian and European CD maxi single Toxic album version 3 21 Toxic album instrumental 3 19 Toxic Bloodshy amp Avant s intoxicated remix 5 35 Toxic Armand Van Helden remix edit 6 25 Japanese CD maxi single Toxic album version 3 21 Toxic album instrumental 3 19 Toxic Bloodshy amp Avant remix 5 35 Me Against the Music Gabriel amp Dresden radio edit 3 38 UK CD maxi single Toxic album version 3 21 Toxic Lenny Bertoldo mix show edit 5 46 Toxic Armand Van Helden remix edit 6 25 Toxic Felix Da Housecat s club mix 7 09 Toxic album mix instrumental 3 19 DVD single Toxic 3 21 In the Zone Special 4 50 Toxic Lenny Bertoldo mix show edit 5 46 UK 12 inch vinyl Toxic 3 21 Toxic Felix Da Housecat s club mix 7 09 Toxic Armand Van Helden remix edit 6 25 Toxic Lenny Bertoldo mix show edit 5 46 US 12 inch vinyl and digital three track remix maxi single Toxic Armand Van Helden remix 9 34 Toxic Felix Da Housecat s club mix 7 09 Toxic Lenny Bertoldo mix show edit 5 46Credits and personnel editCredits are adapted from the liner notes of In the Zone 3 Recording and management Recorded at Murlyn Studios Stockholm Sweden and Record Plant Studios Hollywood Los Angeles California Mixed at Khabang Studio Stockholm Sweden Mastered at Sterling Sound New York City New York Colgems EMI Music Incorporated EMI Music Publishing Ltd and Murlyn Songs AB administered by Universal Polygram Int Publishing Incorporated Personnel Britney Spears vocals Cathy Dennis songwriting and background vocals Henrik Jonback songwriting guitar Bloodshy amp Avant songwriting production recording arrangements all instruments programming digital editing Steve Lunt A amp R arrangements Janson amp Janson strings conductors strings arrangement Stockholm Session Strings Bollywood strings Thomas Lindberg bass Emma Holmgren background vocals BlackCell background vocals Niklas Flyckt mixing J D Andrew engineering assistant Jonas Ostman engineering assistantCharts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Toxic Chart 2004 Peakposition Australia ARIA 178 1 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 179 5 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 180 6 Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 181 6 Canada Nielsen SoundScan 182 1 Chile Notimex 183 4 CIS TopHit 184 6 Croatia HRT 185 1 Czech Republic Radio Top 100 186 1 Denmark Tracklisten 187 4 European Hot 100 Singles Billboard 188 1 European Radio Top 50 Billboard 189 2 Finland Suomen virallinen lista 190 8 France SNEP 191 3 Germany Official German Charts 192 4 Greece IFPI 193 7 Hungary Single Top 40 194 1 Hungary Radios Top 40 195 7 Hungary Dance Top 40 196 7 Ireland IRMA 197 1 Italy FIMI 198 4 Japan Oricon 199 146 Mexico Reforma 200 4 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 201 4 Netherlands Single Top 100 202 6 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 203 2 Norway VG lista 204 1 Paraguay Notimex 205 3 Peru Notimex 206 1 Portugal AFP 207 1 Romania Romanian Top 100 208 4 Russia Airplay TopHit 209 35 Scotland OCC 210 1 Spain PROMUSICAE 211 5 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 212 2 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 213 4 UK Singles OCC 214 1 Uruguay Notimex 215 2 US Billboard Hot 100 216 9 US Dance Club Songs Billboard 217 Remixes 1 US Dance Singles Sales Billboard 218 Remixes 3 US Hot Digital Tracks Billboard 219 1 US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 162 1 US Rhythmic Billboard 220 16 Venezuela Notimex 206 5 Chart 2017 Peakposition Ukraine Airplay TopHit 221 96 Weekly chart performance for Toxic Pony Chart 2022 Peakposition Canada CHR Top 40 Billboard 222 39 Canada Hot AC Billboard 223 45 Finland Airplay Radiosoittolista 224 83 US Hot R amp B Songs Billboard 225 25 US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 226 40 US R amp B Digital Song Sales Billboard 7 US R amp B Hip Hop Digital Song Sales Billboard 17 Weekly chart performance for Toxic Las Vegas Jameison Shaw Remix Chart 2023 Peakposition US Hot Dance Electronic Songs Billboard 227 26 Monthly charts edit Monthly chart performance for Toxic Chart 2004 Peakposition CIS TopHit 228 7 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Toxic Chart 2004 Position Australia ARIA 229 38 Austria O3 Austria Top 40 230 25 Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 231 33 Belgium Ultratop 50 Wallonia 232 27 Brazil Crowley Broadcast Analysis 233 34 European Hot 100 Singles Billboard 234 10 France SNEP 235 38 Germany Official German Charts 236 37 Hungary Radios Top 40 237 35 Ireland IRMA 238 7 Italy FIMI 239 10 Netherlands Dutch Top 40 240 51 Netherlands Single Top 100 241 16 New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 242 10 Russia Airplay TopHit 243 195 Sweden Sverigetopplistan 244 22 Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 245 17 Taiwan Hito Radio 246 50 UK Singles OCC 247 9 US Billboard Hot 100 248 48 US Dance Radio Airplay Billboard 249 16 US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 250 10 US Rhythmic Top 40 Billboard 251 74Certifications and sales editCertifications and sales for Toxic Region Certification Certified units sales Australia ARIA 252 Platinum 70 000 Denmark IFPI Danmark 253 Platinum 90 000 France SNEP 254 Platinum 300 000 Germany BVMI 255 3 Gold 450 000 Italy FIMI 256 since 2009 Platinum 70 000 Japan RIAJ 257 Full length ringtone Platinum 250 000 New Zealand RMNZ 258 Gold 5 000 Norway IFPI Norway 259 Platinum 10 000 Portugal AFP 260 Platinum 40 000 Spain PROMUSICAE 261 since 2015 Platinum 60 000 Sweden GLF 262 Gold 10 000 United Kingdom BPI 264 2 Platinum 1 300 000 263 United States RIAA 44 6 Platinum 6 000 000 United States RIAA 265 Mastertone Gold 500 000 Sales figures based on certification alone Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRelease dates and formats for Toxic Region Date Format s Version Label Ref United States January 12 2004 Contemporary hit radiorhythmic contemporary radio Original Jive 266 Japan January 28 2004 Maxi CD Avex Trax 199 Germany February 12 2004 BMG 267 Italy February 24 2004 Digital download EP 268 United States Jive 269 United Kingdom March 1 2004 12 inch vinylmaxi CD RCA 270 Australia March 8 2004 Maxi CD BMG 271 France March 16 2004 CD Virgin 272 Germany March 22 2004 Mini CD BMG 273 Various January 31 2020 Digital downloadstreaming Y2K amp Alexander Lewis remix RCA 274 January 21 2022 Toxic Pony Sony 275 January 6 2023 Toxic Las Vegas RCA 276 See also editList of most expensive music videosReferences editNotes edit The GV Music amp Fashion Awards also known as Groovevolt was an online music award established by the Groovevolt com The website s leading music sites with more than 7 5 million page views and more than 500 000 uniqueusers each month 117 Citations edit Pitchfork Staff August 21 2009 The 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