Talk:Toxic (song)

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"the charts work better when seperated" (sic). How? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:10, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The USA Charts should be listed in one table because they all have something in common namely, they all come from the same region ie. USA. The International Charts also have a common element, namely they all come from regions outside the USA. Listing the two tables as one does not make sense because there are many USA charts and only one chart from each of the other regions. -South African User—Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.54.202.226 (talk) 19:23, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that this has just been deleted from the article:

"Toxic" has been voted the world's second favourite song in a global poll of 700,000 music fans (Source: BBC News).

Is that because it's untrue? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:45, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Toxic" has been voted the world's second favourite song in a global poll of 700,000 music fans What kind of article is this if it doesn't say what was number one? What was it?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.226.28.35 (talk) 07:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

1. 1 is "We Are The Champions" by Queen".—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.67.122.184 (talk) 02:46, 13 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4291614.stm Its true..Why was it removed?

1. We are the champions Queen 2. Toxic Britney Spears 3. Billie Jean Michael Jackson 4. Hotel California The Eagles 5. La Tortura Shakira 6. Smells like teen spirit Nirvana 7. Yesterday The Beatles 8. One U2 9. Imagine John Lennon 10. Sultans of swing Dire Straits

11 November Rain Guns n Roses 12 We Will Rock You Queen 13 La Noche Que La Luna Salio Tarde O91 14 Everytime Britney Spears 15 Angels Robbie Williams 16 Агония Линда 17 With Or Without You U2 18 Angel o demonio Carolina Soto 19 Thriller Michael Jackson 20 Le deseo Carolina Soto

21 Let it Be The Beatles 22 I will always love you Whitney Houston 23 Tunnel Of Love Dire Straits 24 Beat It Michael Jackson 25 Secret Of My Heart 倉木麻衣 26 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 27 I Promised Myself A*Teens 28 Sera Carolina Soto 29 Telegraph Road Dire Straits 30 Color of Love Snap!

31 Electric City Music Instructor 32 My Heart Will Go On Celine Dion 33 Del Odio Al Amor Miguel Angel 34 Summer of '69 Bryan Adams 35 Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin 36 Like a Virgin Madonna 37 Your Song Elton John 38 Baby One More Time Britney Spears 39 Confusion 666 40 Camino Lili Ivanova

1 We've Had Enough Michael Jackson 42 Sola Gisela 43 No Shakira 44 Más allá Gisela 45 For All That I Am A*Teens 46 Always Bon Jovi 47 Te Falta Un Hombre Miguel Angel 48 Wonderwall Oasis 49 No Me Enseñaste Thalía 50 Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson

51 La Camisa Negra Juanes 52 The Final Countdown Europe 53 Buen Perdedor Miguel Angel 54 Nothing Else Matters Metallica 55 Беги Линда 56 Clocks Coldplay 57 Amor Violento Ximena Abarca 58 You Rock My World Michael Jackson 59 Hasta El Limite Myriam 60 Endulzame el oido Nadia

61 They Don't Care About Us (Single Version) Michael Jackson 62 We Belong Together Mariah Carey 63 Hablando en sueños Jose Ignacio Lapido 64 Tengo Fe Gisela 65 El Juego De La Resistencia Ximena Abarca 66 The Scientist Coldplay 67 Sin ti no hay nada Myriam 68 Will You Be There Michael Jackson 69 Trampa De Cristal Daniela 70 Losing My Religion R.E.M.

71 Money For Nothing Dire Straits 72 Can't Get You Out of My Head Kylie Minogue 73 Like a Prayer Madonna 74 Цепи и кольца Линда 75 Who Is It Michael Jackson 76 Dueña De Mi Corazón Daniela 77 Earth Song Michael Jackson 78 Black Or White Michael Jackson 79 Killing Me Softly The Fugees 80 Bad Michael Jackson

81 Dirty Diana Michael Jackson 82 Porque Soy Mujer Myriam 83 Contigo Si Nadia 84 Creep Radiohead 85 The Way You Make Me Feel Michael Jackson 86 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson 87 Streets of Philadelphia Bruce Springsteen 88 You Are Not Alone Michael Jackson 89 Man In The Mirror Michael Jackson 90 The Wall Pink Floyd

91 Heal the World Michael Jackson 92 Ruégame Ximena Abarca 93 Someone's Watching Over Me Hilary Duff 94 Vertigo U2 95 I Will Survive Gloria Gaynor 96 Creep Radiohead 97 Como Acaban Los Sueños 091 98 Feel Robbie Williams 99 El Amor De Mi Vida Camilo Sesto 100 Candle in the Wind Elton John

Global Top Ten Artists

1. Queen 2. Britney Spears 3. Michael Jackson 4. The Eagles 5. Nirvana 6. Dire Straits 7. U2 8. The Beatles 9. Linda 10. Shakira—Preceding unsigned comment added by Spark9270 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I always thought that this song made it to two in the netherlands (i live there) FANSTAR 20:10, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, only number four. See here for the full trajectory. ShadowHalo 00:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Toxic only made it to number two in New Zealand so i dont know why people keep changing it to number one! I should know i live in NZ!—Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.73.9.153 (talk) 05:54, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Someone stupid removed the right chart position and changed them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.128.194.151 (talk) 11:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A version of Toxic by the song's co-writer, 1990s pop star Cathy Dennis, has been circulated on the Internet. I can't seem to find any indication of a commercial release, but a homemade video can be found on Youtube here. We're not supposed to post Youtube links in articles, so I can't use that as a source. Can anyone provide a source to suggest the song has been commercially released by Dennis? The Youtube comments suggest it might be a demo. 68.146.41.232 17:17, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm from Germany and Toxic has never been number one in Germany. It peaked at numer 4. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.76.174.188 (talk) 16:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is there some proof somewhere that Josh Holloway is actual the guy in the video? It doesn't look like him... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.14.131.232 (talk) 04:41, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wheres the source for the paragraph which says she had the crystals stuck on her and only allowed 3 peeople in the room?Mc8755 (talk) 11:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure, the only thing I can think of is that if you saw the MTV Making The Video of "Toxic" they stated this as a fact and showed them kicking everyone out of the room except for the select few. That may help someone find a credible source knowing that information, hope it helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.186.68.73 (talk) 17:10, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sort of thing those programs ignore, like in Umbrella, which there is a source for there only being two people (one cried.. couldn't hit it). Also in this paragraph, the Piece of me article says its 500k, this article says 1.1m. The crystals stuff, I've always thought it was a net, body fishnet. --86.159.63.134 (talk) 16:43, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

^ Yes she is definitely wearing a body stocking or fishnet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.111.9 (talk) 01:08, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On the Yael Naim page (in wikipedia), it said she covered the song toxic in 2007—Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.242.67.48 (talk) 22:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This song is not rocket science. You want to analyse music? Start with Beethoven. And perhaps look at Lennon/McCartney. Publishing a section here called 'music and structure' only reveals your age and paltry lack of real music chops.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.221.39.137 (talk) 19:52, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

it was also number 1 on U.S Billoard Hot Dance Airplay: [[1]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Womanizer.81 (talk • contribs) 04:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The 4th track on the Japanese version of the "Toxic" single was actually "Me Against The Music (Gabriel & Dresden Radio Edit)" Heidijo236 (talk) 23:19, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

On 11:17, 23 January 2010 someone (84.196.180.134) removed the reference to a youtube video that claims the hook of the song is from a bollywood movie. why was that? and why without discussion? any objections to reinstate it (maybe with a better explanation). 79.180.32.43 (talk) 15:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Was perusing the recent changes and came across this little addition. As I'm not in the know about this subject, I've requested a citation, but you guys will probably know if it's true or not. Orphan Wiki 13:47, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

this pop-rock song. The song contains rock'n'roll elements listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7Tvge9Iv0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexZachem (talk • contribs) 23:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that a song was later covered by a rock band, doesnt make this single pop rock, anymore than Paul Anka's version of Wonderwall (song) makes that a swing-jazz song. Pop rock is pop music done in a rock format, usually a band with guitars, bass and drums and that is clearly not what Britney was doing here.--SabreBD (talk) 07:26, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"the charts work better when seperated" (sic). How? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:10, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think there was a dance song, most likely European, that had a very similar melody to the chorus of 'Toxic', including those dingling bass guitar notes at the end of each line. Anyone remembers what it was? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.152.32.17 (talk) 06:21, 4 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

this pop-rock song. The song contains rock'n'roll elements listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt7Tvge9Iv0 —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexZachem (talk • contribs) 23:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that a song was later covered by a rock band, doesnt make this single pop rock, anymore than Paul Anka's version of Wonderwall (song) makes that a swing-jazz song. Pop rock is pop music done in a rock format, usually a band with guitars, bass and drums and that is clearly not what Britney was doing here.--SabreBD (talk) 07:26, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In 'The Single's Collection' CD the cover page with all of the tracks and their composers and producers (I don't know the proper name for this) it says 'Toxic' was #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks. So, what do you think...? #1 or #9?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by InTheZon (talk • contribs) 02:36, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It was number one in Pop Songs for four weeks. A printing mistake. Xwomanizerx (talk) 02:47, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I tested that on Logic Pro 9 and it's actually 143 BPM. Not that it's that big of a deal. Just thought I'd say that it's 143 BPM on my music software. --Rainbowroad6w (talk) 18:41, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's listed as 144 on the source. Xwomanizerx (talk) 18:57, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, ok. It's 143 on Logic Pro 9, though. But ok. It's a small difference. --Rainbowroad6w (talk) 23:17, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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toxic is gold search before change and please dont chang again— Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.138.78.69 (talk) 14:18, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

or is gold in french and on the website toxic is or. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.64.124.150 (talk) 13:56, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Britney Spears said in her booklet that comes with the CD for "The Singles Collectipn" that "Toxic" debuted on January 31, 2004. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yc-q2J6ffXo/Vbg-HCk30VI/AAAAAAAAVcg/_RkXvU9sTqk/s1600/Imagen%2B%25288%2529.jpg DatBoy101 (talk) 02:52, 3 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There is a rendition of Toxic written for the trailer of "Promising Young Woman" motion picture. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i5kiFDunk8 Hope you guys will add this to "Usage in media" section. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.75.146.240 (talk) 19:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone please update Toxic Pony chart positions?

BritneyThePromoLover (talk) 17:53, 5 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 06:57, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Toxic Las Vegas has also charted on Dance/Electronics Digital Song Sales. Is that allowed to be apart of the chart section? BritneyThePromoLover (talk) 12:17, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hey is it worth it to add Beyonces 'Thique' sample of Toxic that she uses on her tour right now in legacy section? LimeSheep14 (talk) 21:03, 10 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]