In this song, Britney Spears is mad for a man who is like her toxic addiction. The English songwriter Cathy Dennis wrote it in 2003 with Spears in mind. Dennis was the female voice of the group D-Mob, who had a hit in 1990 with "C'mon And Get My Love." She had some other hits as a solo artist, including "Too Many Walls" and "Just Another Dream," before writing songs for other artists. She wrote Kylie Minogue's 2002 hit "Can't Get You Out Of My Head."
The video was released around the same time Janet Jackson's breast was exposed at the Super Bowl. The uproar over indecent material caused MTV to banish the "Toxic" clip, and a few other highly sexual videos, to late-night rotation. In the Joseph Kahn-directed video, Spears is shown in a provocative pose wearing a flesh-colored body suit. Kahn also directed the clips for Spears' "Stronger" and "Womanizer."
This won a Grammy for Best Dance Recording. It was Spears' first Grammy.
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