How Bollywood Gave Britney Spears Her Greatest Hit

Toxic deconstructed: A musical analysis of how Bollywood and James Bond fueled Britney Spears 2003 hit song. We spoke to classical Carnatic vocalist Manasi Prasad and classicallytrained composer Adam Ragusea about the link between Indian music and spy music, and how these sounds are expertly weaved together in Toxic to create a campy pop masterpiece. From its instrumentation to its harmonic structure, Toxic is no ordinary pop hit. You know exactly what song it is as soon as you hear those highpitched orchestral violin riff that undeniably catchy hook that makes Toxic a DJ staple even today, over 15 years after its release. The secret to the songs infectious hook, though, lies farther back than the early 2000s long before Britney Spears, and even before Bloodshy and Avant, the hitmaking duo behind the songs production. The song gets its signature orchestral arrangement from Indian music, specifically from an 80s blockbuster Bollywood movie Ek Duuje Ke Liye. The instantly r