Toxic (song)
| Country | Position |
|---|---|
| Austria [26] | 25 |
| Australia[27] | 38 |
| Germany [28] | 30 |
| Latvian Airplay[29] | 31 |
| New Zealand [30] | 11 |
| Swiss[31] | 17 |
| Tokio Hot 100[32] | 95 |
| USA [33] | 48 |
| United Kingdom [34] | 9 |
| United World Chart[35] | 5 |
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As soundtrack
The song was included in a 2005 episode of Doctor Who entitled The End of the World, where it was a recording on a jukebox that survived until the year 5 billion as an example of "a traditional ballad". It was used by the central villain of the story as background music for witnessing the destruction of the Earth.
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Cover versions
Along With …Baby One More Time, Toxic has become one of Britney Spears most covered songs. Cover versions include:
- The Jerusalem-based indie rock band missFlag[2] regularly covers the song in concert [3] and has a newer version on their MySpace page[4].
- Indie band Hard-Fi covered the song for the Radio 1. Established 1967. The song is fused with The Clash's Brand New Cadillac. Lead singer Richard Archer is quoted as saying their cover will "send Britney mad".[36]
- Juliet Turner on Even Better than the Real Thing Vol. 2.
- The song was covered by alternative rock band Local H and is available for free by clicking on the picture here (Link no longer works)
- The progressive rock band Marillion recorded a live version of the song for their 2007 album Friends.
- The PlayStation 2 video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 has a cover of the song, covered by WaveGroup Sound.
- The WaveGroup cover was remixed by Shoichiro Hirata for another PS2 game, beatmania.
- Progressive bluegrass group Nickel Creek is known to cover the song in concert, with mandolinist Chris Thile imitating Spears' dance moves at select parts of the song.
- The song was covered by Norwegian band Hurra Torpedo and is found on their album "Kollossus of Makedonia." Their version is played at roughly half speed on a variety of kitchen appliances.
- The Columbia University Marching Band regularly plays an in-house arrangement of the song at football and basketball games, as does Harvard's band.
- Mark Ronson uses a sample of Spears' "Toxic" in his own hip-hop version of the song (titled simply "Toxic"). It features Ol' Dirty Bastard, Tiggers and Nick Catchdubs and can be found on his second album Version.
- Israeli singer Shiri Maimon has made her own version of this song in Hebrew, a video was also produced.
- French-Israeli singer Yael Naim released a cover on her eponymous album.
- Toxic is sampled along with Linkin Park's Faint for a song known as "Toxic Faint".
- The Gainesville, Florida, based ska band One and Done performs Toxic as part of their normal show.
- Saskatchewan based baritone Nathan Plant performed a cover as part of a special charity album.
- Monsters From Mars has released an instrumental surf version.
- Yael Naïm has released a pop-soul acoustic version on her album "Yael Naïm". In Spain, this song is used to an official theme from 2008 TV serie "El Internado" on their third series.
- The Salem, Oregon band Moothart does a Techno / Hardcore version [5]
- EastEnders in the Episode Chelsea seeks solace
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Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Toxic".[11]
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UK CD Single (82876 602092)
UK DVD Single (82876 603669)
UK 12" Vinyl (82876 602091)
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Europe/Australia CD Single (82876 591732)
Germany Pock-It CD (82876 611132)
U.S. Promo CD (JDJ-591532)
U.S. 12" Vinyl (82876 592141)
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Tristan Prettyman while on tour with G.Love
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Remixes and other versions
These are (official) remixes and other versions of "Toxic":
- Album Version 3:24
- Instrumental 3:24
- Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix 8:01
- Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix Edit 6:44
- Peter Rauhofer Reconstruction Mix Radio Edit 4:29 - only available on B in the Mix: The Remixes Deluxe Edition
- Bloodshy & Avant's Intoxicated Remix 5:34
- Felix Da Housecat's Club Mix 7:12
- Felix Da Housecat Remix 7:01
- Lenny Bertoldo Mixshow Edit 5:46
- Lenny Bertoldo Radio Mix 3:32
- Armand Van Helden Remix 9:34
- Armand Van Helden Remix Edit 6:25
- Armand Van Helden Radio Edit 3:46
- A Cappella 3:11 - Leaked, never officially released.
A mix by DJ Sat One featuring a rap by Bahamadia (who some confuse with Penelope Magnet, a writer and background vocalist on the In The Zone album) which is considered by some to be official; however, it's not a commissioned release and is in fact a bootleg.
DJ Yiannis completed a bootleg tribal mix of his own, as well.
There are a further two remixes, the first nicknamed "Toxic Rhythm" released in the UK on the club circuit, involving rap style lyrics. This is an unofficial remix produced by Edinburgh DJ John Marr and as such can only be found on P2P file-sharing networks. The official title for this remix is John Marr - Toxic Rhythm. The second was released on MTV Mash Up and is a mix of Usher's "Yeah" with Spears' "Toxic".
- "Toxic" is the second track on the U.S. version of Now That's What I Call Music! 15 and marks the singers return to the compilation series since its tenth volume. The song also debuts the "In The Zone" album to the series.
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Public Use
- The song is used for a commercial for Chuck in Warner Channel Latin America. The song's chorus and a part of second verse can be heard.
- The song was used for the movie Knocked Up while Ben and Pete are driving to Las Vegas in their car.
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External links
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Notes
- ^ "'We Are The Champions' by legendary rock band Queen is voted the World’s Favourite Song in The Walkman phones 100 global poll." Sony Ericsson. September 28, 2005. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
- ^ a b Sheet music for "Toxic". Hal Leonard Corporation. 2003.
- ^ List of most expensive music videos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- ^ "The TRL Archive - Debuts". ATRL. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
- ^ "The TRL Archive - Number Ones". ATRL. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
- ^ "The TRL Archive - Hall of Fame". ATRL. Retrieved June 19, 2007.
- ^ Pazz & Jop 2004
- ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2000-04/singles/index.shtml
- ^ The Top 50 Singles: 2000-2005 - Article - Stylus Magazine
- ^ Acclaimed Music Forum
- ^ a b c UKBritney.tv Spears — Toxic (UK). Retrieved on May 27, 2007
- ^ BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Britney beats Kylie to number one
- ^ Kylie Minogue turned down "Toxic" for her Body Language album:
- ^ Index
- ^ RIANZ
- ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp
- ^ Top Latino's Year End Chart
- ^ Australia Certification
- ^ France Certification
- ^ Toxic chart positions around the world:
- Editors from Mariah-charts.com Chart Data: Britney Spears — Toxic Retrieved on June, 2004.
- Editors from acharts.us Toxic &mash; song performance 2004.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Toxic", various Singles Charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 29, 2008)
- ^ Editors from Billboard magazine. One-Time Aerobics Track Hits U.K. No. 1 Issue date: March 15, 2004.
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved March 29, 2008)
- ^ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved March 29, 2008)
- ^ a b c Editors from All Music Guide Billboard singles Billboard magazine
- ^ Jahreshitparade 2004 - austriancharts.at
- ^ aria.com
- ^ INFINITY CHARTS: German Top 20
- ^ Visatzītākās dziesmas Latvijā 2004. gadā / Latvian Airplay Chart, 2004
- ^ RIANZ
- ^ Swiss Year-End Charts 2004 - swisscharts.com
- ^ J-WAVE WEBSITE : TOKIO HOT100
- ^ The Oz Net Music Chart : Best of Billboard - 2004
- ^ The Oz Net Music Chart : Best of UK - 2004
- ^ [1]
- ^ NME: Hard-Fi: Our cover of 'Toxic will send Britney mad
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