Usher submitted the album to his label Arista Records after he felt it was completed. That's a song right there", and started writing.
They said, "Yo, you gotta let that burn . At that time, Usher's two-year relationship with TLC's Chilli was flaming out. During an early session for the album, Dupri and Cox talked about a situation which later became "Burn". Dupri contacted his frequent collaborator Bryan-Michael Cox, who had also made hits like the 2001 single " U Got It Bad" for Usher.
Kelly, among others, to work on his fourth studio album, Confessions (2004). Usher again enlisted record-producer Jermaine Dupri, who had collaborated on his two previous albums, along with The Neptunes and R. When Usher planned to make a new record after his third album, 8701 (2001), he decided to not branch out much with collaborators and continue building music with his previous producers. This song won the 2005 Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Song. In 2009 it was named the 21st most successful song of the 2000s on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs of the Decade. The song was well received by critics and garnered award nominations. "Burn" was certified platinum in Australia and United States and gold in New Zealand. Both singles gave Usher nineteen consecutive weeks at the top spot, longer than any solo artist of the Hot 100 era. "Burn" topped various charts around the world, including the Billboard Hot 100 for eight non-consecutive weeks it succeeded "Yeah!" at number one. "Burn" was released as the second single from the album on March 21, 2004. Originally planned as the album's lead single, "Burn" was pushed back after favorable responses for the song " Yeah!". The song was produced by Dupri and Cox for Usher's fourth studio album, Confessions (2004). Listen to yesterday's Song of the Day, and subscribe to the Song of the Day newsletter." Burn" is a song by American R&B singer Usher, which he wrote with American songwriters Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox. Listening to it now, knowing the bizarre behavior and unimaginable public scrutiny that was about to befall her, it's hard not to want to warn her - although if she hadn't fallen off, we wouldn't have had her defiant 2007 comeback single, "Piece of Me" Which just happens to be Spears' second-best song. Spears' best song to date, "Toxic" isn't a stranger to critical acclaim it got Spears' her only Grammy and hipster dance-floor credibility, and it became her fourth Top 10 hit in the U.S. Spears' breathy vocals grapple perilously and pleasurably with "Too high / Can't come down / It's in my head spinning round and round." The flirtatious dance with toxicity gives in and Spears coos, "Intoxicate me now / With your lovin' now / I think I'm ready now." Giving in sounds so good. The buzzing, rockabilly twang and now-classic four-note string interludes still sound fresh and futuristic. This is genuine fun.Ĭo-written and produced by Bloodshy & Avant, the Swedish duo responsible for the irresistible, stuttering synth that defined the decade's dance-pop, "Toxic" is as addictive as the "poison paradise" it imbibes. time slot (this was during the height of the Janet Jackson "nipple-gate" scandal), but Spears isn't calculatingly courting controversy. It was racy enough for MTV to move the video to the adult-friendly 5-10 p.m. She's sexy and comfortable, even when wearing nothing but diamond-encrusted skin. The campy video for "Toxic" captures the moment perfectly: Spears gleefully adopts different alter-egos and traipses through de Beauvoir's tropes of femininity to steal a poison, ride a motorcycle, steward an airplane and literally cover herself in diamonds. No longer apologetic or defensive for breaking away from her '90s virginal teeny-bopper image and sound, the Spears in "Toxic" is out to have a good time on her own terms.
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