dirrty

{{Quote box|width=35%||align=right|style=padding:8px|quote="Off the back of 'Lady Marmalade,' which I produced, we clicked and started hanging out. I didn't know she was breaking out of her shell and turning into 'Xtina.' We were out at a club (...), and she heard 'Let's Get Dirty' by Redman. She hops across the table and says, 'Oh my god, you make me a song like this and we're outta here!'. That's why she sings "'Let's Get Dirty,' that's my jam," on the song. Before that, I actually wasn't going to submit for that album because I was a hip-hop producer."|source=— Songwriter and producer Rockwilder on "Dirrty" and Aguilera.{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/christina-aguilera-stripped-album-oral-history|title=Christina Aguilera's Stripped: An Oral History|work=W|publisher=W Media|first=Gary|last=Grimes|date=October 24, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20221025063836/https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/christina-aguilera-stripped-album-oral-history|archive-date=October 25, 2022|access-date=May 6, 2023}}}}

File:Redman (Rapper) on stage.jpg (pictured)'s 2001 hip hop song "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)", who is later featured on the song.]]

Despite rising to prominence with the commercial success of her 1999 self-titled debut album,{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301144224/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2002-10-23-christina-aguilera_x.htm|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2002-10-23-christina-aguilera_x.htm|title=Aguilera's image is 'Stripped'|work=USA Today|first=Elysa|last=Gardner|date=October 23, 2002|archive-date=March 1, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/christina-aguilera-mn0000780258/awards|title=Christina Aguilera {{!}} Awards|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225200016/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/christina-aguilera-mn0000780258/awards|archive-date=December 25, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Christina+Aguilera&ti=Christina+Aguilera#search_section |title=Gold & Platinum: Christina Aguilera |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417094058/http://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Christina%2BAguilera&ti=Christina%2BAguilera |archive-date=April 17, 2016 |url-status=dead }} Aguilera was displeased with being marketed as her then-manager Steve Kurtz desired, and felt unable to control her image.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/aguilera_christina/news_feature_feb_02/|title=Not Your Puppet|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks|date=February 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020402020027/http://www.mtv.com/bands/a/aguilera_christina/news_feature_feb_02/|archive-date=April 2, 2002|first=Kim|last=Stitzel}} She explained to The Sydney Morning Herald her dissatisfaction with being a part of the late 1990s teen pop trend, "The label [RCA Records] wanted to push the cookie-cutter, [...] almost virginal kind of imagery that wasn't me. I really wanted to squirm away from that, because I really thought it was really fake and superficial and untrue of what I was about."{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/29/1035683410806.html|title=Aguilera sheds teen pop image, alongside clothes|date=October 30, 2002|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=April 18, 2016}}

"Dirrty" was among the last tracks to be recorded for Aguilera's 2002 album, Stripped. It was recorded at the Enterprise Studios in Burbank and Conway Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles by Oscar Ramirez, Wassim Zreik, and Dylan "3-D" Dresdow. Desiring to create a "down and dirty" song to complement her new image, she approached hip hop producer Rockwilder, who had worked with her on "Lady Marmalade", and suggested recording a song similar to Redman's 2001 hip hop song "Let's Get Dirty (I Can't Get in da Club)". "Dirrty" ultimately became a "near-remake" of its predecessor, as Entertainment Weekly said.{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012210342/http://ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C385297%2C00.html |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2002/10/29/inside-story-christina-aguileras-new-album |title='Dirrty' Work |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Brian |last=Hiatt |date=October 29, 2002 |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=live }} Rapper Redman, who previously appeared on Eminem's 2001 song "Off the Wall", in which Eminem disses Aguilera, is featured on the song. Aguilera intended to use a misspelled title to personalize the song, also considering "Dirtee" or "Dirrdy". The title reflects the music video, which Aguilera describes as "gritty, [with] underground, illegal stuff going on."{{cite web|last=Moss|first=Corey|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458662/20021112/aguilera_christina.jhtml|title=Y Kant Artists Spell? Christina, Jimmy Jam, K-Ci Explain|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks|date=November 13, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021115183909/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458662/20021112/aguilera_christina.jhtml|archive-date=November 15, 2002}}

"Dirrty" is a hip hop and R&B song.{{cite news|title=Aguilera sells 'Dirrty' image, but will her fans buy it?|first=Joan|last=Anderman|work=The Boston Globe|date=October 29, 2002}}{{cite news|title=Title: 'Stripped' / Artist: Christina Aguilera|work=Lodi News-Sentinel|first=Deepti|last=Haleja|quote=The risque video for her first single, 'Dirrty', a hip-hop collaboration with Redman and Rockwilder...|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=20021102&id=Ba1AAAAAIBAJ&pg=4707,319060|date=November 2, 2002|page=20}}{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA683|title=Jimmy Reed – The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|magazine=Rolling Stone|page=683|year=2004|access-date=April 17, 2016|first=Nathan|last=Brackett|isbn=9780743201698}} Composed in the key of G minor, it has a moderately fast tempo of 100 beats per minute. The lines in the refrain and Redman's rapping verses are emphasized by a pair of B♭ octave dyads. Aguilera's vocal range on the track spans F₃ to F#₅.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0043286|title=Sheet music for 'Dirrty'|publisher=Alfred Publishing|access-date=April 16, 2013|date=December 4, 2002}} Redman's original ape-like sounds from "Let's Get Dirty" are also featured on "Dirrty".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/08/arts/the-new-season-music-idol-returns-her-image-remade.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|title=Idol Returns, Her Image Remade|work=The New York Times|date=September 8, 2002|first=Kelefa|last=Sanneh|access-date=August 11, 2013}} According to Stylus Magazine's Todd Burns, the song features a bassline which "doesn't quite mesh with the song in a natural way" and an "effective" overdubbing technique. The song's lyrics detail sexual activities such as table dancing.{{cite magazine|last=Seymour|first=Craig|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2002/09/20/dirty|title='Dirty' (2002)|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 13, 2002|access-date=June 16, 2007|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182441/http://www.ew.com/article/2002/09/20/dirty|url-status=dead}} Jon Pareles noted that Aguilera was determined to shed her teen pop image that she achieved with her early works, and decided to show her sexuality and aggression in the "self-explanatory" "Dirrty".{{cite news|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/arts/music-in-their-new-albums-the-divas-try-to-be-divaesque.html?pagewanted=2&src=pm|title=In Their New Albums, the Divas Try to Be Divaesque|date=December 1, 2002|access-date=May 13, 2013|work=The New York Times}} A sequel to the song entitled "Still Dirrty" was recorded by Aguilera for her 2006 album, Back to Basics.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-kDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61|title=Featured Artiste of the Month|work=GameAxis Unwired|page=61|date=September 2006|volume=37|access-date=April 17, 2016}}

"Dirrty" was released as the lead single from Stripped. RCA Records encouraged Aguilera to release the ballad "Beautiful" as the first single from Stripped. Aguilera insisted on releasing "Dirrty" as the lead single, as she felt that it represented her "real" persona.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2002/11/01/rump-shaken|title=Rump Shaken|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Brian|last=Hiatt|date=November 1, 2002|access-date=April 17, 2016}} RCA Records sent "Dirrty" to US pop and rhythmic radio stations on September 3, 2002.{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-08-30.pdf|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1468|page=28|date=August 30, 2002|access-date=May 5, 2021}} It debuted at number 64 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart on September 21, 2002, and rose to number 49 the following week.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78|title=Hot 100 Airplay|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=39|date=September 28, 2002|page=78|access-date=April 17, 2016}} It dropped one place to number 50 on the chart issue dated October 5, 2002.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA86|title=Hot 100 Airplay|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|issue=40|date=October 5, 2002|page=78|access-date=April 17, 2016}} RCA Records released it in the United States as a 12-inch single on September 24, 2002, and as a CD single with "I Will Be" as a B-side on October 14.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/dirrty-mr0002753068|title=Dirrty – 12 inch Vinyl Single|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Network|access-date=April 17, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/dirrty-mr0000456790|title=Dirrty – CD|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Network|access-date=April 17, 2016}} Another US CD featuring "Make Over" as its B-side was released on December 10.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/dirrty-make-over-mr0000409354|title=Dirrty/Make Over – CD|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Network|access-date=April 17, 2016}} "Dirrty" was also released as a CD single in Germany on October 14, and in the United Kingdom on November 11 by RCA and Sony Music Entertainment.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.de/Dirrty-Christina-Aguilera/dp/B00006J9RF|title='Dirrty' by Christina Aguilera|publisher=Amazon.de|language=de|access-date=April 16, 2013}}{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2002/Music-Week-2002-11-09.pdf|title=New Releases – For Week Starting 11 November 2002: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=25|date=November 9, 2002|access-date=August 30, 2021}}

"Dirrty" was Aguilera's first single to fail to enter the top 20 of the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 48 on October 5, 2002.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cw0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA87|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2002|access-date=May 13, 2013|volume=114|issue=40}} It debuted at number 67 on September 21, 2002, and rose to number 49 the following week.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BQ0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA79|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|date=September 28, 2002|access-date=May 13, 2013|page=79|volume=114|issue=39}} "Dirrty" additionally charted at number 14 on Top 40 Mainstream, number 20 on Rhythmic Top 40, and number 22 on Top 40 Tracks. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart in late December 2002.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RA0EAAAAMBAJ&q=Aguilera|date=December 28, 2002|title=The Year in Music: 2002|magazine=Billboard|volume=114|number=52|page=74|accessdate=September 20, 2023}} On October 14, 2022, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 1,000,000 copies.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Aguilera#search_section|title=Gold & Platinum Searchable Database|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America|accessdate=October 14, 2022}}

Outside of the United States, "Dirrty" debuted at number seven on the Canadian Singles Chart in Canada on November 30, 2002,{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|title=Hits of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=October 5, 2002|access-date=May 13, 2013|volume=114|issue=48}} and later peaked at number five on February 15, 2003.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA42|title=Hits of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=February 15, 2003|access-date=May 13, 2013|volume=115|issue=7}}

In the United Kingdom, the single debuted at the top of the UK Singles Chart on November 17, 2002—for the week ending date November 23, 2002—becoming Aguilera's third number one and remaining on the top spot for two weeks,{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=6|title=Number 1 Singles – 2000s|publisher=Official Charts Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112182444/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/all_the_no1_songs.php?show=6|archive-date=November 12, 2006}} and was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry.

The song reached the top 10 of the charts in many other European countries including Ireland (number one), Netherlands (number two), Norway, Spain, and Switzerland (number three), Belgian Flanders, Denmark, and Germany (number four), and Austria and Hungary (number five). Overall, the song peaked at number three on the European Hot 100 Singles chart on December 7, 2002.

"Dirrty" also peaked at number four on the ARIA Singles Charts in Australia and was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

"Dirrty" received mixed reviews from music critics, some praised its production, while others criticized the heavily sexual persona Aguilera adopted on the song. Cinquemani from Slant Magazine called it "the most instantly gratifying" song from Stripped.{{cite magazine|last=Cinquemani|first=Sal|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=223|title=Music Review: Christina Aguilera: 'Stripped'|magazine=Slant Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021106093941/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=223|archive-date=November 6, 2002}} Todd Burns from Stylus Magazine labeled it "one of the most interesting songs of the year" and compared its styles to Britney Spears' "image transformation" on "I'm a Slave 4 U".{{cite magazine|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/christina-aguilera/stripped.htm |title=Christina Aguilera – Stripped – Review |last=Burns |first=Todd |magazine=Stylus Magazine |date=September 1, 2003 |access-date=March 24, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202139/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/christina-aguilera/stripped.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2016 }} In a separate review, Burns deemed it the best single of 2002, writing, "That's what pop music is all about, appealing to as many people as possible."{{cite magazine|last=Burns|first=Todd|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/dirrty-the-best-single-of-the-year.htm|title='Dirrty': The Best Single of the Year?|magazine=Stylus Magazine|date=October 7, 2002|access-date=June 16, 2007|archive-date=August 14, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814102748/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/dirrty-the-best-single-of-the-year.htm|url-status=dead}} Writing for The Guardian, Betty Clarke described the song's lyrics as "majestically filthy."{{cite news|last=Clarke|first=Betty|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/oct/25/popandrock.artsfeatures1|title=Christina Aguilera: Stripped|work=The Guardian|date=October 25, 2002|access-date=June 17, 2007}} Dotmusic editor Ian Watson praised the song's production, noting that it is "interesting chiefly for the pneumatic rhythm and guttural cabaret".{{cite web|url=http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/October2002/reviews27052.asp|title=Albums Reviews: Christina Aguilera – Stripped|work=Dotmusic|publisher=BT|date=October 28, 2002|first=Ian|last=Watson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030617231156/http://www.dotmusic.com/reviews/Albums/October2002/reviews27052.asp|archive-date=June 17, 2003|access-date=February 27, 2025}} Carcy Magazine complimented the song as "raw" and "powerful".{{cite magazine|url=https://x.com/xtinaxclusive/status/1916980273108992218|title=Xtina|work=Carcy Magazine|issue=13|page=36|date=Spring–Summer 2025|first=Micha|last=Barban-Dangerfield|via=Twitter|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250509122354/https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gpp7XybWoAAE3fd?format=jpg&name=4096x4096|archive-date=May 9, 2025|access-date=May 9, 2025}} Reviewing Aguilera's 2008 compilation album Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits, Nick Levine from Digital Spy called "Dirrty" the "sluttiest, sweatiest club banger in recent memory."{{cite web|last=Levine|first=Nick|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a135367/christina-aguilera-keeps-gettin-better-a-decade-of-hits.html|title=Christina Aguilera: 'Keeps Gettin' Better – A Decade of Hits'|work=Digital Spy. Hearst Corporation|date=November 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207170444/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a135367/christina-aguilera-keeps-gettin-better-a-decade-of-hits.html|archive-date=December 7, 2009}}

Jancee Dunn called the release of "Dirrty" as the lead single "a shame" and opined that it misrepresented the rest of the album.{{cite magazine|last=Dunn|first=Jancee|author-link=Jancee Dunn|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/stripped-20021105|title=Stripped|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 5, 2002|access-date=May 12, 2013}} Likewise, Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic was disappointed towards the track's being released as the lead single and found Aguilera's vocal range in the song too narrow.{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/stripped-mw0000662221|title='Stripped' Overview|access-date=May 12, 2013|publisher=AllMusic. All Media Network|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}} Michael Paoletta from Billboard called the song "horribly derivative",{{cite magazine|last=Paoletta|first=Michael|url=http://www.billboard.com/billboard/reviews/review_displayprint.jsp?vnu_content_id=1749128|title=Christina Aguilera: Stripped|magazine=Billboard|date=November 2, 2002|access-date=May 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220135838/http://www.billboard.com/billboard/reviews/review_displayprint.jsp?vnu_content_id=1749128|archive-date=December 20, 2002|url-status=dead}} while NME{{'s}} Jim Wirth said that "Dirrty" was "probably the pick of an inconsistent crop."{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/christina-aguilera/6842|work=NME|access-date=May 11, 2013|title=Aguilera, Christina: Stripped|last=Wirth|first=Jim|date=November 22, 2002}} Entertainment Weekly critic Seymour Craig gave it a D−, calling Aguilera's voice "desperate and shrill," and found it to be an unsuccessful attempt to gain street cred. "Dirrty" won the Best Single award at the 2003 Q Awards.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3157976.stm|title=Absent Radiohead win Q Awards|work=BBC News|date=October 3, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222092925/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3157976.stm|archive-date=December 22, 2008}} The song also earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals at the 45th Grammy Awards, but lost to Santana's "The Game of Love" featuring Michelle Branch.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Complete-list-of-Grammy-nominees-ceremony-set-2687689.php|title=Complete list of Grammy nominees; ceremony set for Feb. 23|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=January 8, 2003|access-date=April 17, 2016}}{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417140244/http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20030224grammylist0224fnp9.asp|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20030224grammylist0224fnp9.asp|title=Complete list of 2003 Grammy Award winners|date=February 24, 2003|archive-date=April 17, 2016|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}

In 2022, Billboard ranked "Dirrty" at number twenty-two on its list of the hundred greatest 2002 songs, calling it "a blueprint to reinvention in the pop game".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-2002-songs-hits/christina-aguilera-feat-redman-dirrty/|title=Best 2002 Songs: Top 100 Staff Picks|magazine=Billboard|date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323111732/https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-2002-songs-hits/christina-aguilera-feat-redman-dirrty/|archive-date=March 23, 2022|access-date=March 23, 2022|url-status=bot: unknown}}

File:Dirrty Slutdrop.jpg. The music video is credited as the origin of the slutdrop, which later became popular among female artists.{{cite news |last=Wilkinson|first=Sophie|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/dec/01/slutdropping-empowering-dance-move |title=Slutdropping: the dancefloor move that's bringing women together|date=December 1, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=May 3, 2013}}]]

The music video for "Dirrty" was directed by David LaChapelle. It was filmed on September 8–9, 2002, in Los Angeles, at an abandoned newspaper print building. Aguilera took boxing lessons to prepare for the video, and more than 100 dancers auditioned.{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2299381/christina-aguileras-dirrty-pop-up-video/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425053236/http://www.mtv.com/news/2299381/christina-aguileras-dirrty-pop-up-video/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 25, 2016 |title=Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' Video Makes Its Pop Up Video Debut |publisher=MTV News | first=Amber| last=Katz |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=April 2, 2015}} Aguilera wanted to make sure that she and LaChapelle had the same vision for the video, never wanted to be "glossy or pretty." A scene where Aguilera is lowered into a boxing ring in a cage and a dance routine in the ring were filmed on the first day. The following day, a foxy boxing scene, a table dancing part, a party scene with Redman's rapping his verse, and a shower scene were filmed. The video premiered on MTV on September 30, 2002, on Making the Video,{{cite episode|title=Christina Aguilera – Making of Dirrty video|series= MTV Making the Video|network=MTV |airdate=September 30, 2002 |season=6 |number=24 |minutes=15:40}} and was described as "a post-apocalyptic orgy."{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457893/christinas-dirrty-hot-disgusting.jhtml |title=Christina's 'Dirrty' Makes Some Fans Ill, Others Hot To Eat Her Toes |publisher=MTV News |date=October 2, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828203822/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1457893/christinas-dirrty-hot-disgusting.jhtml| archive-date=August 28, 2011}}

The video opens with Aguilera gearing up and riding a motorcycle into a nightclub. Wearing a bikini and chaps, she is lowered from a cage into a boxing ring and dances, accompanied by several backup dancers. A masked woman is lowered into the ring, and the two engage in foxy boxing. The scene is intercut with sequences of Aguilera dancing in a red belly top, which she later removes to reveal a bra, and a microskirt. Redman then proceeds down a hallway, passing people such as mud wrestlers, a contortionist, and furries. The video proceeds to a scene of Aguilera and backup dancers splashing and dancing while being sprayed with water in a room. It features several sexual fetishes, from mud wrestling to muscle worshipping.{{cite news|last=Edwards|first=Tanya L|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458275/20021022/aguilera_christina.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021025132807/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458275/20021022/aguilera_christina.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 25, 2002|title=How Dirty Is 'Dirrty'? X-posing The Kinks In X-tina's Video|publisher=MTV News|date=October 23, 2002|access-date=June 16, 2007}}

Billboard placed "Dirrty" at number twenty six on its 2018 list of the greatest music videos of the 21st century, saying it contained "one of the most explosive image resets in history".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8466543/100-greatest-music-videos-of-the-21st-century|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028234328/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/list/8466543/100-greatest-music-videos-of-the-21st-century|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 28, 2018|title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos of the 21st Century: Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|author=Feeney, Nolan|date=July 24, 2018|access-date=June 22, 2020}} Despite controversy, "Dirrty" is considered to be Aguilera's most recognized music video, with the singer herself calling it her "personal favorite from her catalog" in 2018,{{cite web|url=https://video.wmagazine.com/watch/christina-aguilera-breaks-down-her-most-iconic-music-video-looks/|title=Christina Aguilera Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Music Video Looks|work=W|date=May 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619131333/https://video.wmagazine.com/watch/christina-aguilera-breaks-down-her-most-iconic-music-video-looks/|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=June 19, 2020}}{{cite AV media|people=|date=May 16, 2018|title=Christina Aguilera Breaks Down Her Most Iconic Music Video Looks – W Magazine|medium={{small|video}}|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doXqDkzFEkQ|access-date=February 2, 2021|publisher=YouTube. Alphabet Inc.}}{{rp|at=2:50}} even wearing the infamous chaps from the video on both her Liberation Tour (2018){{cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/5-queerest-moments-so-far-from-christina-aguileras-liberation-tour/10/2018/|title=5 Queerest Moments (So Far) From Christina Aguilera's 'Liberation' Tour|publisher=Logo TV. ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks|first=Lamar|last=Dawson|date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009113510/http://www.newnownext.com/5-queerest-moments-so-far-from-christina-aguileras-liberation-tour/10/2018/|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=October 9, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://catwest.com/index.php/2018/12/11/christina-aguilera-liberation-tour-2018/|title=Christina Aguilera: Liberation Tour 2018 – Cat West|publisher=Cat West|date=December 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129160703/https://catwest.com/index.php/2018/12/11/christina-aguilera-liberation-tour-2018/|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=November 29, 2020}} and her Vegas residency Christina Aguilera: The Xperience (2019–2020).{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8514400/christina-aguilera-las-vegas-residency-interview|title=Christina Aguilera Talks Las Vegas Residency, Being Fans' 'Safe Space' & Making a New Latin Album 'The Right Way'|magazine=Billboard|first=Melinda|last=Sheckells|date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607145742/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8514400/christina-aguilera-las-vegas-residency-interview|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=June 7, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/06/01/christina-aguilera-las-vegas-residency-costumes-bodysuits-pics/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608112838/https://hollywoodlife.com/2019/06/01/christina-aguilera-las-vegas-residency-costumes-bodysuits-pics/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-06-08|title=Christina Aguilera, 38, Sizzles In PlungingBodysuit & More On Opening Night Of Vegas Residency|work=Hollywood Life|first=Beth|last=Shilliday|date=June 1, 2019|access-date=February 2, 2021}}

{{Quote box|width=30%|align=left|quote="With the Stripped album, Christina redefined the 21st century female pop performer. This album put to death the idea of compulsory 'chastity' of female singers that had taken hold in years prior. I mean, can you name a single big name who has felt the need to inform the world that she was a virgin in the music game since? Following Stripped, artists like Britney Spears and Beyoncé became more comfortable expressing sexuality and no longer felt the need to sell the notion of innocence. The cookie cutter lane had been closed."{{cite web|url=http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/revisiting-stripped.html#.VttLv-j7RPY|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305211218/http://www.hamptoninstitution.org/revisiting-stripped.html#.VttLv-j7RPY|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-03-05|title=Revisiting 'Stripped': How Christina Aguilera Challenged Notions of Feminism and Sexuality, and Spoke for the Youth of America|first=Terry Jr.|last=Young |date=May 22, 2014|publisher=The Hampton Institute|access-date=April 18, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/28/arts/28iht-chris.2322180.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title=Aguilera aims for edgy, but richer, sound|work=The New York Times|date=July 28, 2006|first=Lola|last=Ogunnaike|access-date=April 19, 2016}}|source=—Terry Young, Jr. of the Hampton Institute on the video's impact}}

"Dirrty" was picked as the fifth greatest music video throughout TRL history in the final countdown on November 16, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2574792/live-blogging-the-trl-finale-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418044324/http://www.mtv.com/news/2574792/live-blogging-the-trl-finale-all-good-things-must-come-to-an-end/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2016|title=Live-Blogging the 'TRL' Finale|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks|first=Jim|last=Cantiello|access-date=April 18, 2016|date=November 16, 2008}} LA Weekly selected it as the fourth greatest music video on TRL, writing: "Ass-less chaps: An underutilized pop star accessory."{{cite web|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/top-ten-greatest-videos-from-trls-heyday-2404672|title=Top Ten Greatest Videos from TRL's Heyday|work=LA Weekly|first=Ali|last=Trachta|date=August 3, 2011|access-date=April 18, 2016}} The video was nominated for Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Pop Video, and Best Choreography at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828092702/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2003/|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=2003 MTV Video Music Awards|publisher=MTV. Viacom Media Networks|access-date=April 18, 2016}} It also earned six nominations at the 2003 Music Video Production Association Awards, and won two: Best Styling and Best Make-Up.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gg0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46|title=Tuned In: Television|magazine=Billboard|page=46|date=April 19, 2003|access-date=April 18, 2016|first=Carla|last=Hay|volume=115|issue=16}}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/71136/2003-mvpa-award-winners|title=2003 MVPA Award Winners|date=May 9, 2003|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 18, 2016}} The video ranked at number 100 on Slant Magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time" in 2003.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/100-greatest-music-videos/205 |title=The 100 Greatest Music Videos | Feature| first1=Sal| last1=Cinquemani|first2=Ed|last2=Gonzalez|date=June 30, 2003|magazine=Slant Magazine|access-date=April 2, 2004}} In late 2008, the video was voted the ninth "Sexiest Music Video of All Time" by over a quarter of a million FHM readers in a poll the magazine ran worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.fhm.com/upgrade/christina-aguilera---dirrty-20081128 |title=Christina Aguilera – Dirrty {{!}} The 100 Sexiest Music Videos |work=FHM |date=November 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820045546/http://www.fhm.com/upgrade/christina-aguilera---dirrty-20081128 |archive-date=August 20, 2009 |url-status=dead }} It also appeared at number two on VH1 list of "Scandalously Sexy Music Videos" in 2013.{{cite web|last=Runtagh |first=Jordan |url=http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-08-11/25-most-scandalously-sexy-music-videos/12/ |title=The 25 Most Scandalously Sexy Music Videos Of All Time | publisher=VH1. Viacom Media Networks |date=August 11, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814121007/http://www.vh1.com/music/tuner/2013-08-11/25-most-scandalously-sexy-music-videos/12| archive-date=August 14, 2013}}

When Aguilera's collaborator Linda Perry first saw the video, she asked Aguilera: "Are you high? This is annoying. Why are you doing this?"Ogunnaike, Lola. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/arts/30ogun.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5088&en=88e53aecfcf6450b&ex=1311912000&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss "Christina Aguilera, That Dirrty Girl, Cleans Up Real Nice"]. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. July 30, 2006. Retrieved June 16, 2007. Protests also occurred in Thailand over Thai-language posters in the video that translate to "Thailand's Sex Tourism" and "Young Underage Girls". LaChapelle stated that he was unaware of what the posters stated, and Aguilera's recording company in the country banned Thai television stations from playing the video.{{cite web|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458223/20021018/aguilera_christina.jhtml|title='Dirrty' Christina Aguilera Video Thai-ed To Sex Industry|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks|date=October 18, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211063604/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458223/20021018/aguilera_christina.jhtml|archive-date=February 11, 2003}}

The public widely rejected Aguilera's new image so much that it began to overshadow her music.{{cite magazine|last=Tryangiel |first=Josh |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1376243-1,00.html |title=Welcome to my Bubble |magazine=Time |date=August 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012211218/http://time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C1376243-1%2C00.html |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=dead }} Tim Walker from The Independent wrote: "[Aguilera] simulated masturbation while wearing little more than a pair of leather chaps."{{cite news|first=Tim|last=Walker |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/nice-twerk-if-you-can-get-it-larry-rudolph--the-man-behind-that-miley-cyrus-dance--has-a-formula-for-turning-child-stars-into-adult-ones-8792296.html |title=Nice twerk if you can get it: Larry Rudolph – the man behind that Miley Cyrus dance – has a formula for turning child stars into adult ones|work=The Independent |date=August 30, 2013 |access-date=April 2, 2015}} Entertainment Weekly described Aguilera's image in the video as "the world's skeeziest reptile woman," and The Village Voice captioned her as a xenomorph from the Alien series.{{cite news|last=Dark |first=Jane |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-11-12/music/siren-wailing/ |title=Siren Wailing |work=The Village Voice |date=November 11, 2002 |access-date=June 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041209030356/http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0246/dark.php |archive-date=December 9, 2004 }} Aguilera's contemporaries Shakira, Kelly Osbourne, and Jessica Simpson expressed disapproval of the video. Time magazine commented that "she appeared to have arrived on the set... direct from an intergalactic hooker convention." Jancee Dunn of Rolling Stone dubbed the video Girls Gone Wild: Beyond Thunderdome.{{cite magazine|first=Jancee|last= Dunn |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/stripped-20021105 |title=Stripped |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=November 5, 2002 |access-date=August 3, 2013}} Writer Emma Forrest remarked: "What she's depicting is subcultures within sexuality, and to say that this is normal young woman's sexuality is just not fair. Even Madonna never did that to girls."{{Cite episode|title=100 Greatest Pop Videos|series=100 Greatest/100 Worst|episode-link=100 Greatest/100 Worst#100 Greatest|credits=Presenter: Jimmy Carr|network=Channel 4|airdate=February 6, 2005|minutes=130}} Aguilera responded to the criticism in Blender:

{{Blockquote|I like to shock—I think it's inspiring. I love to play and experiment, to be as tame or as outlandish as I happen to feel on any given day. When you are bold and open, artistically speaking, in music and in video, a whole bunch of people automatically feel threatened by you, especially in Middle America... OK, I may have been the naked-ass girl in the video, but if you look at it carefully, I'm also at the forefront. I'm not just some lame chick in a rap video; I'm in the power position, in complete command of everything and everybody around me. To be totally balls-out like that is, for me, the measure of a true artist.{{cite web|last=Duerden |first=Nick |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/67285/good-bad-dirrty.html |title=The Good, the Bad and the Dirrty |work=Blender |date=November 15, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090807060733/http://www.blender.com/guide/67285/good-bad-dirrty.html |archive-date=August 7, 2009 |url-status=dead }}}}

In 2017, Amy Roberts of Bustle noticed that Aguilera received a sexist, misogynistic backlash because of "Dirrty's" music video, while also remarked that it "wasn't made to specifically fulfill heterosexual male fantasies". According to Roberts, the video was "grimy and subversive, and it had an overbearing aggressive sexuality that wasn't accessible to the masses". She further praised the video as "raw", "visceral" and "ahead of time", and believed "it was exactly what the music industry needed to happen in the early '00s" because of its inappropriateness.{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/christina-aguileras-dirrrty-received-sexist-backlash-15-years-ago-we-still-havent-learned-our-lesson-79677|title=You Won't Believe The Sexist Things Critics Said About 'Dirrty' 15 Years Ago|work=Bustle|first=Amy|last=Roberts|date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=August 11, 2021}} In 2025, Carcy Magazine praised the video, saying that "Aguilera grabs the codes of a patriarchy that wants her 'dirty' and turns them against it, pushing the limits of a sexuality that had been, until then, deeply hypocritical".

Despite the criticism, the video was a number-one video on MTV's countdown series TRL in October 2002.{{cite AV media notes| title=Total Request Live| publisher=MTV. Viacom Media Networks| date=October 4, 2002| others=Presenter: Carson Daly, Damien Fahey}}{{cite magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418052552/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/the-science-of-trl.htm|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/the-science-of-trl.htm|title=The Science of TRL|magazine=Stylus Magazine|first=Gavin|last=Mueller|date=November 11, 2002|archive-date=April 18, 2016}}

File:DirrtyEdit.jpg in Dublin, November 21, 2006]]

Aguilera's first televised performance of "Dirrty" was for a program called TRL Presents: Christina Stripped in New York City in October 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407237/|title = TRL Presents: Christina Stripped in New York City|website = IMDb|date = October 19, 2002}} Next she performed the song at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards in Barcelona, recreating the music video's scenes and wearing the same chaps as she did in the video for the performance.{{cite news|last=D'Angelo|first=Joe|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458707/eminem-wins-most-mtv-europe-music-awards.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516092533/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1458707/eminem-wins-most-mtv-europe-music-awards.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 16, 2011|title=Eminem Wins Most MTV Europe Music Awards|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks|date=November 14, 2002|access-date=May 12, 2013}} She later performed the song on UK television shows CD:UK and Top of the Pops in 2002,{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/01/27/cduk-best-performances-video_n_9089788.html|title=9 'CD:UK' Performances That Will Have You Longing For The Saturday Morning Show's Return|first=Matt|last=Bagwell|work=The Huffington Post|date=January 27, 2016|publisher=AOL|access-date=April 17, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/totp/artists/a/aguilera_christina/clips/dirrty.shtml|title=From the '00s Christina Aguilera|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=May 12, 2013}} and then as part of a medley with "Fighter" at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards in August 2003, which was backed by guitarist Dave Navarro.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1477729/20030828/spears_britney.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030831023539/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1477729/20030828/spears_britney.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 31, 2003|title=Madonna Smooches With Britney And Christina; Justin, Coldplay Win Big At VMAs|last=Moss|first=Corey|date=August 23, 2003|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks|access-date=May 12, 2013}}

"Dirrty" was included on the setlists of Aguilera's three major concert shows. For the 2003 Justified & Stripped Tour and Stripped Tour, it was the opening song on the setlists. For the performance, Aguilera appeared in torso-baring black outfit and black hair, which, according to the San Francisco Chronicle{{'}}s Neva Cholin and MTV's Christina Fuoco, resembled Cher's styles.{{cite news|last=Chonin|first=Neva|url=http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/Aguilera-Timberlake-aging-well-Sexy-soulful-2611168.php|title=Aguilera, Timberlake aging well / Sexy, soulful show in Oakland|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 3, 2003|access-date=May 13, 2013}}{{cite web|last=Fuoco|first=Christina|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1472336/justin-christinas-tour-kicks-off.jhtml|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121107232902/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1472336/justin-christinas-tour-kicks-off.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=Christina Does Her Cher Impression, Justin Fights The Screams At Tour Kickoff|date=June 5, 2003|access-date=May 12, 2013|publisher=MTV News. Viacom Media Networks}} The performance at the Wembley Arena in London was recorded for the 2004 video release Stripped Live in the U.K..{{cite video| people=Julia Knowles (director), Sharon Ali (producer) and Christina Aguilera (singer-songwriter, producer) | title=Stripped Live in the U.K. | location=United Kingdom | publisher=RCA Records |date=October 12, 2004 }} "Dirrty" was also included on the setlist of Aguilera's 2006–2008 Back to Basics Tour, as part of the circus segment. The performance incorporated elements of "Cell Block Tango" from the Broadway musical Chicago, and "Entrance of the Gladiators" by Julius Fučík, and featured a carousel horse.{{cite news|last=Simpson|first=Dave|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/nov/24/popandrock.christinaaguilera?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Christina Aguilera, MEN Arena, Manchester|work=The Guardian|date=November 24, 2006|access-date=May 13, 2013}} Ben Walsh from The Independent highlighted "Dirrty" as the best song of the concert.{{cite news|last=Walsh|first=Ben|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/christina-aguilera-wembley-arena-london-428909.html|title=Christina Aguilera, Wembley Arena, London|date=December 17, 2006|access-date=May 13, 2013|work=The Independent}} However, The Observer{{'}}s Kitty Empire called it "blushery."{{cite news|last=Empire|first=Kitty|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/dec/03/popandrock.christinaaguilera?INTCMP=SRCH|title=Christina Aguilera, MEN Arena, Manchester|work=The Observer|date=December 3, 2006|access-date=May 13, 2013}} The performance at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide was recorded for the 2008 video release Back to Basics: Live and Down Under.{{cite video| people=Christina Aguilera (singer-songwriter, producer) | title=Back to Basics: Live and Down Under | location=Australia | publisher=RCA Records | date=February 8, 2008}}

In May 2016, Aguilera performed the song during the Mawazine music festival in front of a crowd of 250,000 people.{{cite web|url=https://www.rttnews.com/2655362/christina-aguilera-breaks-record-at-morocco-concert.aspx|title=Christina Aguilera Breaks Record At Morocco Concert|work=RTTNews|date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611180742/https://www.rttnews.com/2655362/christina-aguilera-breaks-record-at-morocco-concert.aspx|access-date=March 13, 2021|archive-date=June 11, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://thatgrapejuice.net/2016/05/christina-aguilera-250000-fans-attend-morocco-concert/|title=Christina Aguilera Breaks Record After 250,000 Fans Attend Morocco Concert|work=That Grape Juice|publisher=Townsquare Music|date=May 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731173651/https://thatgrapejuice.net/2016/05/christina-aguilera-250000-fans-attend-morocco-concert/|access-date=March 13, 2021|archive-date=July 31, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://8gossip.com/2016/05/29/xtina-travels-to-morocco-to-perform-at-the-mawazine-festival-slays-in-the-process/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160529095552/http://8gossip.com/2016/05/29/xtina-travels-to-morocco-to-perform-at-the-mawazine-festival-slays-in-the-process/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-05-29|title=Xtina Travels To Morocco To Perform At The Mawazine Festival; Slays In The Process|work=8gossip.com|date=May 29, 2016|access-date=March 13, 2021}} In July 2021, she performed "Dirrty" for two nights at the Hollywood Bowl with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/concerts/9602622/christina-aguilera-philharmonic-hollywood-bowl-recap/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717181511/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/concerts/9602622/christina-aguilera-philharmonic-hollywood-bowl-recap/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-07-17|title=Christina Aguilera Reimagines Her Biggest Hits With the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl|magazine=Billboard|first=Rania|last=Aniftos|date=July 17, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/christina-aguilera-performs-with-orchestra-at-hollywood-bowl-20210718|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718042318/https://www.noise11.com/news/christina-aguilera-performs-with-orchestra-at-hollywood-bowl-20210718|url-status=dead|archive-date=2021-07-18|title=Christina Aguilera Performs With Orchestra At Hollywood Bowl|publisher=Noise11.com. The Noise Network|first=Paul|last=Cashmere|date=July 18, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2021}} Aguilera also sang excerpts from the song during the 47th People's Choice Awards,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/christina-aguilera-performance-2021-pcas-1235006952/|title=Christina Aguilera Delivers Dazzling Performance at 2021 People's Choice Awards|last=Nazareno|first=Mia|date=December 7, 2021|magazine=Billboard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208072250/https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/christina-aguilera-performance-2021-pcas-1235006952/|archive-date=December 8, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=December 8, 2021}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-christina-aguilera-perform-a-gothic-version-of-genie-in-a-bottle-at-the-2021-peoples-choice-awards-1268476/|title=Watch Christina Aguilera Perform a Gothic Version of 'Genie in a Bottle' at the 2021 People's Choice Awards|last=Kaplan|first=Ilana|date=December 8, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208071924/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-christina-aguilera-perform-a-gothic-version-of-genie-in-a-bottle-at-the-2021-peoples-choice-awards-1268476/|archive-date=December 8, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=December 8, 2021}} and selected it as a show opener for her Expo 2020 concert in Dubai.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/03/31/christina-aguilera-and-norah-jones-keep-it-high-and-low-at-expo-2020-dubai/|title=Christina Aguilera and Norah Jones keep it high and low at Expo 2020 Dubai|work=The National|publisher=International Media Investments (IMI)|first=Saeed|last=Saeed|date=March 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401012303/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/music/2022/03/31/christina-aguilera-and-norah-jones-keep-it-high-and-low-at-expo-2020-dubai/|archive-date=April 1, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2022|url-status=bot: unknown}} In May 2023, Aguilera and Redman performed the song during Usher's Lovers & Friends music festival in Las Vegas,{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/christina-aguilera-and-redman-perform-on-stage-during-the-news-photo/1488069636|title=Lovers & Friends Music Festival|publisher=Getty Images|date=May 6, 2023|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230507090530/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/christina-aguilera-and-redman-perform-on-stage-during-the-news-photo/1488069636|archive-date=May 7, 2023|access-date=May 7, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://remezcla.com/music/watch-christina-aguilera-lil-kim-reunite-for-lady-marmalade-performance/|title=Watch: Christina Aguilera & Lil' Kim Reunite for "Lady Marmalade" Performance|publisher=Remezcla|date=May 8, 2023|first=Alex|last=Ocho|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230511190537/https://remezcla.com/music/watch-christina-aguilera-lil-kim-reunite-for-lady-marmalade-performance/|archive-date=May 11, 2023|access-date=May 11, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/christina-aguilera/2023/las-vegas-festival-grounds-las-vegas-nv-bb841a2.html|title=Christina Aguilera Concert Setlist at Lovers & Friends 2023 on May 6, 2023|publisher=Setlist.fm|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230507090554/https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/christina-aguilera/2023/las-vegas-festival-grounds-las-vegas-nv-bb841a2.html|archive-date=May 7, 2023|access-date=May 7, 2023|url-status=live}} and in September 2023 Aguilera sang "Dirrty" at the EuroPride concert in Malta.{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/christina-aguilera-dazzles-europride-concert-energetic-performance.1055623|title=Christina Aguilera dazzles in Europride concert with energetic performance|work=Times of Malta|publisher=Allied Newspapers Limited|date=September 17, 2023|first=Giulia|last=Magri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925173829/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/christina-aguilera-dazzles-europride-concert-energetic-performance.1055623|archive-date=September 25, 2023|access-date=September 25, 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}{{cite web|url=https://maltadaily.mt/christina-aguilera-shines-at-maltas-europride-2023-valletta-concert/|title=Christina Aguilera Shines at Malta's EuroPride 2023 Valletta Concert|work=Malta Daily|date=September 17, 2023|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20230925180933/https://maltadaily.mt/christina-aguilera-shines-at-maltas-europride-2023-valletta-concert/|archive-date=September 25, 2023|access-date=September 25, 2023|url-status=live}}

Slant ranked "Dirrty" at number sixty-two on its list of the best singles of the 2000s — Sal Cinquemani called it "more of a statement than an actual song".{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-singles/214/page_4|title=Best of the Aughts: Singles|work=Slant Magazine|publisher=Slant Magazine, LLC|date=January 25, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515014721/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-of-the-aughts-singles/214/page_4|archive-date=May 15, 2010|access-date=September 9, 2024}} Freaky Trigger listed it at number sixty-four on its compilation of the Top 100 [Greatest] Songs of All Time.{{cite web|url=https://freakytrigger.co.uk/freaky-triggers-top-100-songs-of-all-time|title=Top 100 Songs of All Time|work=Freaky Trigger|date=September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323114435/https://freakytrigger.co.uk/freaky-triggers-top-100-songs-of-all-time|archive-date=March 23, 2010|access-date=September 9, 2024}} Covers of the song were recorded by Ed Sheeran and Hanson.{{cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/ed-sheeran-hanson-christina-aguileras-dirrty-cover/|title=Ed Sheeran vs. Hanson: Who Covers Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' Better?|work=PopCrush|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=February 24, 2015|first=Michael|last=McGahan|access-date=January 18, 2024}} "Dirrty" was featured the sixth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, performed by Kylie Sonique Love and Manila Luzon.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/rupauls-drag-race-all-stars-6-kylie-sonnique/|title=RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 6 Recap: Kylie Sonique Love on Top|work=Screen Rant|publisher=Valnet Inc.|date=July 25, 2021|first=Tim|last=Murray|access-date=January 29, 2024}} In the How I Met Your Father episode titled "Dirrty Thirty" a Christina Aguilera-themed birthday party is planned, focusing on the song and its music video.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/how-met-father-robin-sparkles-link-setup-valentina/|title=How I Met Your Father Perfectly Sets Up A Robin Sparkles Connection|work=Screen Rant |first=Jordan|last=Williams|date=February 2, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220206153434/https://screenrant.com/how-met-father-robin-sparkles-link-setup-valentina/ |archive-date=February 6, 2022 |access-date=February 6, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://decider.com/2022/02/03/how-i-met-your-father-josh-peck-is-bae/|title='How I Met Your Father' Is Turning Josh Peck Into a Hunk|work=Decider |first=Kayla |last=Cobb |date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220206153742/https://decider.com/2022/02/03/how-i-met-your-father-josh-peck-is-bae/|archive-date=February 6, 2022|access-date=February 6, 2022}} In 2020, the British magazine i-D ranked the song at number four on a list of the Best Pop Comebacks of the 21st Century, calling the choice to release it as a single "immaculate".{{cite web|url=https://i-d.co/article/the-best-pop-music-comebacks-of-the-21st-century-so-far/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201113095851/https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/akdgmb/the-best-pop-music-comebacks-of-the-21st-century-so-far|url-status=live|archive-date=2020-11-13|title=Best pop comebacks of the 21st century so far, ranked|work=i-D |date=November 12, 2020|first=Douglas|last=Greenwood|access-date=November 13, 2020}} Carcy Magazine opined that "Dirrty" "changed the trajectory" in the history of pop music.

Playboy placed "Dirrty" at number eight on its list of "the 40 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time".{{cite web|url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/sexiest-music-videos-of-all-time|title=The 40 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time|last=Fee|first=Rob|date=December 31, 2014|work=Playboy|access-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102195504/http://www.playboy.com/articles/sexiest-music-videos-of-all-time|archive-date=January 2, 2015|url-status=dead}} Wrestler Liv Morgan wore outfits that paid tribute to Aguilera's "Dirrty" attire at the Royal Rumble in 2021 and 2024.{{cite web|url=https://whatculture.com/wwe/10-hidden-meanings-behind-wwe-royal-rumble-2021-attires?page=10|title=10 Hidden Meanings Behind WWE Royal Rumble 2021 Attires: Liv Morgan – Christina Aguilera|work=WhatCulture|date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202094712/https://whatculture.com/wwe/10-hidden-meanings-behind-wwe-royal-rumble-2021-attires?page=10|access-date=February 2, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021}} Troye Sivan's 2023 music video for "Rush" was compared to "Dirrty",{{cite web|url=https://www.justjared.com/2023/07/13/troye-sivans-euphoric-rush-introduces-new-album-something-to-give-each-other-see-the-music-video/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230807211226/https://www.justjared.com/2023/07/13/troye-sivans-euphoric-rush-introduces-new-album-something-to-give-each-other-see-the-music-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2023-08-07|title=Troye Sivan's Euphoric 'Rush' Introduces New Album 'Something To Give Each Other' – See the Music Video!|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=July 13, 2023|access-date=August 7, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/article/troye-sivan|title=Troye Sivan Feeling the Rush|work=Metal Magazine|publisher=Jazzmetal S.L.|first=Arnau|last=Salvadó|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230807211347/https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/article/troye-sivan|archive-date=August 7, 2023|access-date=August 7, 2023}} and his previous video for "My My My!" was directly inspired by scenes from "Dirrty", as he confirmed in his interview for WPST.{{cite magazine|last=Daw|first=Stephen|title=Christina Aguilera & Troye Sivan Meet and Snuggle Up For An Instagram Photo|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8280580/christina-aguilera-troye-sivan-meet-pic|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200110114630/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8280580/christina-aguilera-troye-sivan-meet-pic|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2020|accessdate=10 January 2020|magazine=Billboard|date=2 April 2018}} Similarly, Halsey's music video for "You Should Be Sad" was noted to resemble a video for "Dirrty" by Aguilera, whom the singer confirmed as a source of inspiration.{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/halsey-you-should-be-sad-music-video-inspirations-homages-2020-1?IR=T|title=Halsey channels Christina Aguilera's 'Dirrty' with sexy hoedown in new music video inspired by her 'idols'|work=Business Insider|publisher=Axel Springer SE|date=January 10, 2020|first=Callie|last=Ahlgrim|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241114131612/https://www.businessinsider.com/halsey-you-should-be-sad-music-video-inspirations-homages-2020-1|archive-date=November 14, 2024|access-date=November 14, 2024}} The music video for Tate McRae's 2023 single "exes" also drew comparisons to "Dirrty" for having similar scenes, outfits, and choreography.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tate-mcrae-greedy-exes-new-album-204739620.html|title=Tate McRae made a splash on 'SNL.' What to know about the buzzy pop star and her new album, 'Think Later.'|work=i-D |date=December 8, 2023|first=Megan|last=Johnson|access-date=April 12, 2024}} Other music stars and celebrities such as Miley Cyrus, Kylie Jenner, and Aguilera herself have also worn outfits inspired by the music video years later.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/christina-aguilera-stripped-anniversary-influence-8014854/|title=How Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped' Album Is Influencing the Pop Scene 15 Years Later'|magazine=Billboard |date=October 29, 2017|first=Jeff|last=Benjamin|access-date=April 12, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kylie-jenner-most-viewed-instagram-video|title=Kylie Jenner's Christina Aguilera Costume Is Instagram's Most-Viewed Video'|work=Teen Vogue|date=November 23, 2016|first=Ella|last=Cerón|access-date=April 12, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/christina-aguilera-channeled-dirrty-music-115707540.html|title=Christina Aguilera channeled the 'Dirrty' music video look 19 years later at the People's Choice Awards'|work=Yahoo!|date=December 8, 2021|first=Mikhaila|last=Friel|access-date=April 12, 2024}}

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• American 12" vinyl single{{cite web| url=https://www.amazon.com/Dirrty-Vinyl-Christina-Aguilera/dp/B00006LWS5| title=Christina Aguilera – Dirrty [Vinyl]| website=Amazon| access-date=April 18, 2016}}

1. "Dirrty" {{small|[no rap edit]}} – 4:01
2. "I Will Be" – 4:12
3. "Dirrty" – 4:58

• European CD maxi single{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirrty-Christina-Ft-Redman-Aguilera/dp/B00006J9RF|title=Dirrty: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=April 16, 2013}}

1. "Dirrty" {{small|[no rap edit]}} – 4:01
2. "I Will Be" – 4:12
3. "Dirrty" – 4:58
4. "Dirrty" (video) – 4:49

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• American CD single

1. "Dirrty" – 5:00
2. "Make Over" – 4:12

• Dance Vault Mixes digital EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/dance-vault-mixes-dirrty-ep/209989300|title=Dance Vault Mixes: Dirrty – EP by Christina Aguilera|date=September 12, 2006|publisher=iTunes Store (US). Apple Inc|access-date=April 18, 2016}}

1. "Dirrty" {{small|[Tracy Young Radio]}} – 4:06
2. "Dirrty" {{small|[Tracy Young Club]}} – 8:40
3. "Dirrty" {{small|[MaUVe Remix]}} – 8:11

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Credits are adapted from the liner notes of Stripped.{{cite AV media notes|others=Christina Aguilera|title=Stripped|year=2002|type=CD liner notes|publisher=RCA Records}}

Recording location

• Recorded at The Enterprise Studios, Burbank, California and Conway Studios, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Personnel

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• Songwriting – Christina Aguilera, Dana Stinson, Balewa Muhammad, Reginald Noble, Jasper Cameron
• Production – Rockwilder, Christina Aguilera
• Vocals – Christina Aguilera, Redman
• Background vocals – Redman
• Recording – Oscar Ramirez, Wassim Zreik, Dylan "3-D" Dresdow
• Mixing – Dave "Hard Drive" Pensado
• Assistant mixing – Ethan Willoughby

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