--- title: Dog Sings Britney Spears Toxic in Viral Barking Video description: A dog has gone viral for appearing to sing Britney Spears' early-aughts classic "Toxic" with his surprisingly on-key barks. canonical: https://time.com/5346190/dog-sings-toxic-britney-spears-viral-video/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-23T23:29:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:59.166Z og:title: Dog Sings Britney Spears 'Toxic' in Viral Barking Video og:description: A dog like this should wear a warning og:url: https://time.com/5346190/dog-sings-toxic-britney-spears-viral-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0266c48f3b8080a8/698935fd8fd2ee456835c311/dog-sings-britney-spears-toxic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Britney Spears "Piece of Me" Summer Tour Opener - National Harbor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Sings Britney Spears 'Toxic' in Viral Barking Video twitter:description: A dog like this should wear a warning twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0266c48f3b8080a8/698935fd8fd2ee456835c311/dog-sings-britney-spears-toxic.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Dog Sings a Spot-On Rendition of Britney Spears' 'Toxic' > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/BCU18/Getty Images ) Kevin Mazur/BCU18—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 23, 2018 11:29 PM UTC There are many [Britney Spears](http://time.com/5341044/britney-spears-new-fragrance-prerogative-gender-neutral/) superfans in this world who show their love for the pop princess in [decidedly over-the-top displays of affection](http://time.com/3924269/britney-spears-pregnancy-announcement/), but none have made quite the impression that an adorable pooch named Riley did when he appeared to sing a perfect rendition of Spears’ early-aughts classic, [“Toxic.”](http://time.com/4706529/fan-recreates-britney-spears-toxic/) A Twitter user by the handle of @matthardn shared a video of very good boy (and apparent Brit’s #1 canine fan) Riley barking his heart out, in what sounds like a dulcet performance of the chorus of “Toxic,” something that tickled the Internet so much that the post received over 170k retweets and 4.6 million views as of Monday since it was posted on Saturday. Move over, [Chris Crocker](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/leave-britney-alone-chris-crocker-10-years-later-111918/) — it looks like there’s a new viral Britney stan in town. 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