 RCA Records sent " Dirrty " to American radio stations in September 2002 as the lead single from Stripped . RCA and Sony Music Entertainment later released the song as a CD single . The single was Aguilera 's first to fail to enter the top twenty of the US Billboard Hot 100 , where it peaked at number 48 . In Europe and Oceania , it reached the top five of charts in countries including Australia , Denmark , Ireland , Netherlands , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . 
