"Toxic" | ||||
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Single by Britney Spears | ||||
from the album In the Zone | ||||
B-side | "Me Against the Music" | |||
Released | January 12, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2003 | |||
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Length | 3:19 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
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Producer(s) | Bloodshy & Avant | |||
Britney Spears singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Toxic" on YouTube |
"Toxic" is a song by American singer Britney Spears, taken as the second single from her fourth studio album In the Zone. The song is written in C Minor, according to MusicNotes.com. The song was written with Janet Jackson in mind before being offered to Australian singer Kylie Minogue, who turned down recording it.[1] It reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and went to #1 in the UK, Canada, Australia, Norway, and on Billboard’s Hot Dance/Club Play and Mainstream Top 40/Pop Songs airplay charts.
In 2006, the song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]