Singer Britney Spears released her new song "3" on September 29, 2009. The song is one of several released on The Singles Collection album. This page provides information about and links to downloading "3" by Britney Spears.

While the song was wildly popular, debuting atop the Billboard Hot 100 list and selling 255,000 downloads in the first week alone, the track came under fire for the controversial lyrics. Some felt the song, which discusses threesomes, promoted promiscuity. Lyrics include "Merrier the more, triple fun that way" and "Three is a charm, two is not the same. I don’t see the harm, so are you game?" leading some to feel the content was inappropriate for all audiences.http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/09/29/britney-spears-courts-controversy-as-sexy-new-single-3-hits-radio/ Despite the lyrics, the song was selected as the eighth-best song of 2009 by A.J. Mayers of MTV, ranking with other top artists including Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Adam Lambert, the Black Eyed Peas and Miley Cyrus.http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/12/28/britney-spears-adam-lambert-2009/

A video for the song was later released featuring Spears dancing and singing. Spears announced the video on October 30, 2009, via her Twitter page.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/30/britney-spears-3-video-wa_n_340004.html The singer appears in black and white revealing clothing alongside men and women dressed in similar outfits and dancing on a stationary horizontal pole. During several scenes in the video, Spears appears to be dancing and touching two other dancers, both scenes with two women and two men.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTs6oQx1WJY