"Break the Ice" was released as the third and final single from "Blackout". Critics praised the track, with some calling it an album highlight. The song reached the top ten in Belgium, Canada, Finland, Ireland and Sweden and charted within the top forty in Australia, New Zealand and many European countries. In the United States, the song reached number forty-three on the "Billboard" Hot 100, while peaking at number one on the Hot Dance Club Songs. An accompanying music video, directed by Robert Hales, was released on March 12, 2008. The anime video was based on the superheroine character of Spears' "Toxic" music video, and portrays her destroying a highly secured laboratory with several clones, including one of herself.