Rolling Stone's 500 Best Songs Of All Time (2021 Edition): #114 "Toxic"

[V For Vendetta 7,269]

114.

Britney Spears, 'Toxic' (2003)

WRITER(S):Cathy Dennis, CKS Garage, Henrik Jonback, Pontus Winnberg

 

After years of maximalist hits, the pop princess went for something a little more subtle with producers Bloodshy and Avant, who piled on James Bond guitar, Bollywood strings, and robo-funk vocoders

— making for a different kind of song that felt sticky-sweet but also global and avant-garde.

“Toxic” redefined Spears’ image and sound, but it almost wasn’t hers.

“That was written in Sweden,” co-writer Cathy Dennis explained. “I went over there to write with Janet Jackson in mind.”

The song didn’t end up making it to Jackson, and was then passed up by Kylie Minogue before getting into Spears’ hands.

500 Best Songs of All Time - Rolling Stone

[Mario Spears 5,235]

ICONIC bop

[Teenage Wet Dream 2,909]

Deserved on the list but not sure if it should be higher than BOMT (even though I prefer Toxic) 

[Mikey Likey 2,217]

To be honest she deserves to be a lot higher on that list