Janet Jackson was originally intended to record Britney Spears’ worldwide hit ‘Toxic,‘ according to the hit’s songwriter Cathy Dennis.
Read what the British hitmaker had to say on the matter below…
Divulging details in a new interview, Dennis reveals that ‘Toxic’ was written during a 7-day stint in Sweden with the ‘Nasty‘ singer in mind. Having met with Ms. Jackson previously in London (or perhaps New York, she ponders), the talented songwriter made the decision to work on Jackson’s fifth studio album ‘Damita Jo.‘
Speaking on ‘Toxic’, the ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head‘ writer shares:
“That [‘Toxic’] was written in Sweden with Bloodshy & Avant [Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg] and Henrik Jonback. I went over there to write with Janet Jackson in mind. I was there for about ten days in total.I’d had a meeting with Janet, I think in London, but it may have been in New York. I thought I’d have a go at writing something that would work for her and it didn’t come out at the time. We did have this song Toxic, though.It was started on day one of seven… then took part of day two to try to finish it. And because I couldn’t quite finish it, I said: ‘Look, let’s start on something else.’ So we wrote another three songs that week and in my spare time while I was in my hotel room I was very busy editing my lyrics on Toxic. Eventually on day seven, which was the day I was flying back to England, I had run out of time.”
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Wow! With Brit citing JJ as one of her biggest influences as a young girl, we imagine that ‘Toxic’ would have fit nicely into Janet’s discography! Though she didn’t get the song, Dennis went on to write ‘Island Life’ for Jan’s ‘Damita Jo‘ instead, as well as ‘I’m Here‘ on the Japanese edition of the album.
We wonder if Ms. Jackson’s version would have fared as well as Spears’…
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That’s very interesting. Wish I can hear Janet’s toxic demo version. 💋💋 one thing in common is Janet n bri bri did bang JT😂🤣😂
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Britney Spears whole career is influenced by Janet Jackson. But I think it went to the right artist.
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@tyty: I agree with you. I can’t see the song as a Janet track, but I loved Britney’s version.
She seems to be changing her story. I’m pretty sure she said for years it was originally intended for Kylie Minogue.
We are tired of hearing “this song was written for this artist in mind but she turned it down, this song nearly went to this artist” stories
Maybe you are but I find it interesting
Glad britney had the toxic song. Janet is dated since all for u
Like Britney
Toxic came out only 2 years after All For You. You sound stupid
Aren’t half her songs Janet rejects. She was a decent white washed daughter of Janet up until s**** 4 u tho
It’s funny u say that cause janet actually turned down s**** 4 u for the obvious reason 😂😂😂😂
The song selection for Damita Jo would’ve had to be very different to make “Toxic” fit. It was pefect for Brtiney, the video and everything.
Lies this was originally meant for Kylie Minogue
im confused because this was also sent to kylie minogue…???
I think toxic wouldnt have worked for Damita Jo only because its furst album after superbowl, might have sounded like a slap back at the incidents
Slow news day I see. Who cares about that old ass song. We been knew Britney was whispering Janet’s leftovers she made a whole career of it.
Britney ATE this tho