If U Seek Amy
| If U Seek Amy | |
|---|---|
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| Britney Spears | |
| publication | March 10, 2009 |
| length | 3:35 min. |
| Genre (s) | Electropop , dance pop |
| Author (s) | Max Martin, Shellback, Savan Kotecha, Alexander Kronlund |
| album | Circus |
If U Seek Amy (English for: " If you seek Amy ") is a song by American pop - singer Britney Spears from her album Circus , which by Max Martin produced.
background
Contrary to much speculation in the media that either Out from Under or Unusual You and thus a ballad would be chosen for the third single from Circus , the choice fell on the beat- heavy pop song If U Seek Amy . This was announced on January 7, 2009 on Spears' official website.
The song was produced and written by Max Martin, who was responsible for Spears' debut and breakthrough ... Baby One More Time , but also for many other commercially successful songs at the beginning of the singer's career. Even before the circus album If U Seek was released , Martin described Amy as his best work ever.
In the chorus of the single Spears sings: " [...] love me, hate me, [...] all of the boys and all of the girls are beginning to if you seek Amy " which doesn't seem to make sense at first. In the song, however, “If you seek Amy” is sung so quickly and without a break between the individual words that this passage sounds like “ FUCK Me”. By critics, who were aware of this even before the album was released, the single became a topic of conversation. With the announcement of the third single release and thus automatic radio release, moderators, journalists, parents and lawyers from the USA spoke up, according to which radio release in the same country should be prohibited. The song was "dangerous to the public" and would endanger the youth. In the end it was decided to play the song as If U See Amy on the radio.
reception
When the album was released at the beginning of December, If U Seek Amy was able to reach number 86 on the US Billboard Hot 100 thanks to the high number of downloads.
With increasing download sales and airplay numbers, the single climbed to 19th place on the US Billboard charts and achieved gold status for over 700,000 copies sold . To date, the single has been certified platinum in the United States and has sold more than a million times. In Great Britain the single could reach number 20 in the charts.
If You Seek Amy reached number 1 in the singles charts in Brazil , Georgia and Singapore .
Charts and sales
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
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36 (8 weeks) | 8th |
 Austria (Ö3)
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34 (4 weeks) | 4th |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
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61 (4 weeks) | 4th |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
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20th (12 weeks) | 12 |
 United States (Billboard)
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19th (20 weeks) | 20th |
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
||
 Australia (ARIA)
|
 gold
|
35,000 |
|
United States (RIAA)
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- | 1,300,000 |
| All in all |
1 × gold |
1,335,000 |
Main article: Britney Spears / Music Sales Awards
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Breaking News: Britney's 3rd Single! It's official: 'If U Seek Amy' is the third single off Circus to be released . In: Britney Spears Official Website. January 7, 2009; archived from the original on December 31, 2010 ; accessed on May 13, 2017 .
- ^ Max Martin Works on Best Song Ever for Britney. In: kissnation.961kiss.com. September 27, 2008, archived from the original on December 17, 2008 ; accessed on May 13, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3466036&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/
- ↑ http://acharts.co/song/40921
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from March 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from June 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: Britney Spears's Career Sales. In: Billboard. March 24, 2015, accessed August 11, 2015 .