Day 2: Britney Spears, 3 | 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶

Britney Spears brings sex front and center on Day 2 of the 30-Day Song Challenge with the fun, irresistible, and totally naughty “3.” 

Embracing the trendiness of social media, The Musical Hype unleashes its own, month-long version of the 30-Day Song Challenge.

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Day 2 Prompt: A song you like with a number in the title

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“1,2, 3 / Not only you and me / Got 180º, and I’m caught in between.” Kinky for sure.  Day 2 asks for a song you like with a number in the title, so, I’m just following the 30-Day Song Challenge 🎶 like a good boy… 😉

Anyways, Psychology Today defines a paraphilia as “a condition in which a person’s sexual arousal and gratification depend on fantasizing about and engaging in sexual behavior that is atypical and extreme.” The paraphilia that Britney Spears sings about in her no. 1 hit “3” (The Singles Collection, 2009) is Troilism, described by Psychology Dictionary as a “carnal activity where three people are engaged.” ‘Shit just got real’, didn’t it?

Naturally, a threesome comes to mind.  There are parallels between the two, but ‘troilism’ seems to focus on the ‘troilist’ fulfilling their sexual desires. Given the selfishness of troilism, Britney Spears ensures she’s the beneficiary aka the troilist.

“…Counting 1, 2, 3
Peter, Paul and Mary
Getting down with 3P
Everybody loves counting.”

Let me make it crystal clear what I like about this song with a number in the title.  I mean, the number three is okay, but it’s not the ‘end all, be all.’ Really, it’s how utterly catchy and infectious “3” is and definitely NOT Britney’s freaky ways! Honestly, when “3” arrived, I didn’t read into the way I would as a much more analytic blogger and music critic; it’s far more risqué than it seemed at the time. It previously appeared on the quirky, risqué 12 Paraphilic, Fetish Songs –  one of those lists I continue to ask myself, ‘Why did you write that?’ It also appears on tamer, more reasonable lists: 9 Songs That Reference the Number ‘3’ and 11 Number Songs Selected with No Rhyme or Reason.

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Britney Spears • The Singles Collection • RCA • 2009

Day 2: Britney Spears, “3” (30-Day Song Challenge) [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, Jive, The Musical Hype, Pexels, RCA]

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