 Jancee Dunn called the release of " Dirrty " as the lead single " a shame " and opined that it misrepresented the rest of the album . 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 . He added that the song 's R & B styles " fit [ Aguilera ] poorly " and negatively compared it to the " slinky sexiness " of " I 'm a Slave 4 U " . Michael Paoletta from Billboard called the song " horribly derivative " , while NME 's Jim Wirth said that " Dirrty " was " probably the pick of an inconsistent crop . " 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 . 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 . 
