Quote:
Britney Spears claims to be the vocalist for her hit song Toxic. The song which won a Grammy in 2004 and reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 may not be sung by the person everyone thinks. Cathy Dennis, the writer of Toxic, recorded a solo version of Toxic long before Britney's version. Cathy's original vocals were used as the main vocal for the final song by 'Britney' with Britney adding little new vocals to the song. Cathy was credited only as a background vocalist for the song, although her vocals were more prominent than the supposed lead vocalist. Listen for yourself. The video compares Cathy's original version of "Toxic" to the final Britney version. Who do YOU think is the real singer?
|
Seriously? The "Toxic" conspiracy is so played out. Of course Cathy Dennis' vocals are present in the finished track, but Britney's vocals are
far more prominent and anyone who tries to argue otherwise is delusional. Anyone who listens to Britney regularly can easily distinguish her voice from her backup because she has a very distinct guttural quality to her voice. Cathy's vocals from the demo are only layered behind Britney's to give some sound depth, in other words, Cathy's demo version is merely being used as backup. It's not like they just turned on the track and told Britney to sit back and fart into the microphone because Cathy demo version was going to be used as lead and they didn't need her to do anything else. Additionally, all of the clips featured in that video are taken from the Chorus. Vocals are always layered in choruses, but not as commonly on verses. If you'd take the time to listen to the verses you'd realize that it is only Britney's voice that is featured for the majority of the song, so she's not just ghosting along with Cathy as so many would like to assume. And furthermore, would Cathy Dennis ever agree to have a track released under Britney Spears' name if Britney in fact did not do enough singing to qualify as the lead vocalist? Hell no. And don't try and give me any of this "well, the probably paid Cathy off to keep her mouth shut" ****.