"3" is such a unique song in her career, tbfqh. There is nothing like it, before and after.

[Maryy]

i mean... it has such an upbeat vibe and style... it's so fun and catchy...

it's SCREAMS Britney style and attitude... it's a very good song. it has reached million of views, it achieved #1 and so many more recognition...

this is the typical Britney song imo.  

it's kinda surprising that she didn't went with this type of sound in her albums (Femme Fatale, Britney Jean...) after releasing this song. 

i think '3' it's probably the last catchy-to-dead song she released until now. 

[IUSAtonight]

I love 3 but i don't think FF is far from that sound

[Britneybbhmm]

livin' in sin is the new thing...

[Maryy]

2 minutes ago, IUSAtonight said:

I love 3 but i don't think FF is far from that sound

it doesn't have that distinguish beat and bass on it, imo. 

Just now, Britneybbhmm said:

livin' in sin is the new thing...

such an iconic sentence 

[5HINee]

it's not a career defining song but that doesn't mean it's bad

I still listen to it 

[Screamous]

I listen to "Manhattan Clique Club Remix" more than the original. I love it, still listen to it regularly 

[Lou M. Taylor]

meh...

[Delicious Pork Chops]

I love how max reused the saxophone from his older songs like oops and crazy and lucky in 3.

 

[falka]

3 is in my top ten with her other twenty best bops  tbh 

[The Dream]

I want a 3 2.0 tbh!

[jordeezy river red]

reminds me of IUSA and Up N Down mixed, tbh.  

[Hypnotherapy]

Never loved it. It's a fine song with a **** video and ok performance. Doesn't stand out for me.

[IamMax]

I think it's kinda overrated. The vocals are so edited, the robotic effect on the voice is just too much, and the instrumental is kind of weak for me (coming from Max Martin and Shellback it could be a way better instrumental). The lyrics are cool though, and the line "living in sin is the new thing" is just flawless. 

[PieceofBritney]

I'm not a fan of 3 tbh. 

I only enjoy watching the video because she looks so cute in those close up scenes. 

[BoyToySoldier]

"3" would fit perfectly on Femme Fatale.

"I Wanna Go", "Criminal" and "Up n' Down" were all recorded at that same time in mid 2009.

[Soni]

I think they were trying out how the audience would react to that song..or they just decided they should do similar songs like that for her next album..and that's how FF came?

imo they were testing the waters with PG and we would have similar songs to PG on Glory if it wasn't for the uproar but that probably isn't the full truth because there are other stuff behind PG

 

3 is awesome tho...only I Wanna Go comes close from FF imo

[Puppy]

[glorified.ho]

I love '3' and I think she's so stunning in this video, you can't stop starting at her awesome face. Love her style and dance. As you said, it's very, very Britney!

[mauureee]

Never loved it, when it was released i hated how filtered or autotuned she sounded

now I got used to that but it's not my fav song neither on my top 20, there are so much better ones 

[alexdaily]

Ugh I wish we had more songs like 3 and less midtempos 

3 is my favorite Britney song and I'll never stop dancing my *** to it