Britney Spears Shoots Steamy Video for Controversial New Song 3

Cavorting with two men in a skimpy see-through lace outfit, this is Britney Spears filming scenes for her latest controversial song 3.The track has already claimed the top spot in the U.S. charts and is taken from her forthcoming album The Singles Collection, released next month.Masterminded by Max Martin - the producer who helped catapult 16-year-old Spears into the world spotlight with Hit Me Baby One More Time 10 years ago - the lyrics fall back on the Britney tried and tested sexy routine.

While the lyrics are less controversial than her last hit If you seek Amy (which refers to sexual intercourse), the song mentions 'Peter, Paul and Mary' - not a homage to the 60's folk group, but a sexual slangword for a threesome.On the track, Britney, 27, sings: 'Three is a charm, two is not the same, I don't see the harm, so are you game?'

And the video was also shot in true Britney style, with the mother of two spending most of her time grinding against two muscular male dancers in the lace outfit.She then switched to a flesh coloured leotard to continue the steamy routine, which she filmed in Los Angeles last week.

Britney, who is now being managed and mentored by her father Jamie Spears, seems well on the road to recovery after her well-documented breakdown last year.Millions of adoring fans watched her flashy Circus tour complete with big-top, acrobats, clowns and jugglers, which earned Britney $74.6million in its first 48 shows but was not loved by critics, who compared her to a miming robot.