Originally posted by Shady

That isn't impact as much as it is critical acclaim. That statement by NPR, Toxic never set any trends... what kind of delusion?

Toxic is overrated by her fans.

Originally posted by Lucyyyyyyyyy

"The song has been included in lists by Pitchfork, NME and Rolling Stone as one of the best songs of the decade. It has been noted for redefining the sound of dance-pop music.

In 2009, NPR included "Toxic" on their Most Important Recordings of the Decade list. Amy Schriefer noted that the song's synths defined the sound of dance-pop for the rest of the decade, while adding that it "still sound[s] fresh and futuristic."[12] "Toxic" was listed on several others end of the decade lists; at number forty-seven by NME, forty-four by Rolling Stone and seventeen on The Daily Telegraph.[82]
Bill Lamb of About.com listed the song at number twenty-seven on the Top 40 Pop Songs of All Time.[109] Evan Sawdey of PopMatters commented that "Toxic" is a rare kind of song that transcends genre boundaries, and added that Spears delivered the track that defined her legacy.[110]

In addition, the song was voted in Rolling Stone's end of the decade readers poll as the fourth best single of the decade.[108]"


don't let your obvious hatred for Britney blind you sis.

I answered your question, now tell me what impact Hips Don't Lie had

Originally posted by SeanET

so toxic's impact is based on some critics????

Lmao hips's impact is based on millions of people,views,radio/club plays,sales etc

Originally posted by SeanET

so toxic's impact is based on some critics????

Lmao hips's impact is based on millions of people,views,radio/club plays,sales etc

Originally posted by SeanET

so toxic's impact is based on some critics????

Lmao hips's impact is based on millions of people,views,radio/club plays,sales etc

Originally posted by Ash12345

Let's not act as tho toxic doesn't have millions of sales/airplay as well, but it also has influence on future hits as well as the critics praise.

Originally posted by SeanET

much less in everything u said except for critics (nobody cares about them?)

Originally posted by phatty033

i thought i already clocked this?

views? not when toxic already had a video with over 100 million views that was deleted when vevo was introduced.

radio? not when toxic gets more recurrent airplay, at least once a day from big stations like kiis while HDL is rarely played.

club plays? a cute fable, how exactly are you measuring this?

and as far as sales, we have already established that HDL was a bigger hit but it certainly does not mean it has more impact. It speaks volumes when toxic, a dance song, is still being covered on singing competitions all the time

Originally posted by phatty033

i thought i already clocked this?

views? not when toxic already had a video with over 100 million views that was deleted when vevo was introduced.

radio? not when toxic gets more recurrent airplay, at least once a day from big stations like kiis while HDL is rarely played.

club plays? a cute fable, how exactly are you measuring this?

and as far as sales, we have already established that HDL was a bigger hit but it certainly does not mean it has more impact. It speaks volumes when toxic, a dance song, is still being covered on singing competitions all the time

Originally posted by phatty033

i thought i already clocked this?

views? not when toxic already had a video with over 100 million views that was deleted when vevo was introduced.

radio? not when toxic gets more recurrent airplay, at least once a day from big stations like kiis while HDL is rarely played.

club plays? a cute fable, how exactly are you measuring this?

and as far as sales, we have already established that HDL was a bigger hit but it certainly does not mean it has more impact. It speaks volumes when toxic, a dance song, is still being covered on singing competitions all the time

Originally posted by SeanET

you'll be sorry to hear that you didn't clock anything

let me get this straight...one of you is claiming just a few critics and now you are claiming x factor and American idol auditions?? is that primary school?

as for the views...every video that had views before Vevo has on its description "Pre-VEVO play count......."
just look at katy's first 6 videos...got any proof for Toxic?

of course you don't want sales to be part of a song's impact...why would you, when hips outsold toxic by millions... had toxic sold 10 million and hips 3, y'all would mention it

Originally posted by Inverted

Hips Don't Lie. There's a reason why it has almost double the amount of Toxic's views.



Why is Blink 182 still available for request? Are you going to argue that All the Small Things has more impact as well?

Originally posted by SeanET

so toxic's impact is based on some critics????

Originally posted by phatty033

no i didn't take any screenshots from 4 years ago, but you won't argue with a britney stan on how many views her videos had. Womanizer was also at over 100 million views and then it was deleted, do you really think womanizer which was britney's huge comeback would only have a little over 100 million views today? Regardless Shakira just like JLo get a lot of youtube views, that doesn't mean ****. Run the world has more views than HDL, it has more impact then? hell even CRTFY has 250 million views, you really think that has impact?