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Music video

When is the music video coming out--Maester Seymour (talk) 03:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No date yet. --Efe (talk) 01:40, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The-Dream discussion

I shortened the section a bit because I don't think it's necessary to quote multiple sentences from him. The important stuff is there, and the section after it expands on the Eminem connection. Any objections? SKS (talk) 19:26, 17 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Critical Reception

Is the opinion from Bill Lamb from about.com really significant enough to post on the article--Maester Seymour (talk) 23:03, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

We can't only post positive reviews. About.com is a fairly reliable source, in my opinion. I mean, if it was some random blog, then no. Wikipedia is supposed to be neutral and that means putting in negative and positive reviews. However, in this case, reviews were generally positive, which is why there's more positive than negative reviews. It would be biased if, for example, I limited positive reviews but put in every single negative review I could find. So that's why it's in there. I hope that makes sense. If you feel that about.com is not a good source, please explain. SKS (talk) 16:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand where your coming from, so how about this, when more reviews come out well replace it but for now lets leave it so we have a balnce of positive and negative reviews.thanks..:)--Maester Seymour (talk) 17:09, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

iTunes Top 100

Why was the iTunes mention in the "Charts Performance" section removed? It is a chart, and it is as important as the other charts. The only reason behind the removal, that I can think of, is that "Obsessed," will, most likely, keep climbing, thus it would have to be changed quite frequently. However, I think there should be a mention of iTunes.67.80.139.45 (talk) 10:25, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Read WP:BADCHARTS. MS (Talk|Contributions) 10:30, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Music video premiere drama

This source proves what's written.......so whats the problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellycya (talk • contribs) 21:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It only proves that the video leak. It doesn't say that it was available on Yahoo! Music, nor does it say that the video was taken down. Find a source that says Yahoo! Music posted the video and then removed it. MS (Talk|Contributions) 21:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1. When u click play on the video, you can clearley see the Yahoo logo , so that's proof.........

2.if u go to yahoo music now, the video is not there....... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kellycya (talk • contribs) 21:55, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But that doesn't mean it leaked on Yahoo! Music. It could have leaked elsewhere and then posted on Yahoo! Music. So that's not proof. Proof is saying Yahoo! Music leaked the video. So? That doesn't mean anything. Find a source that says it was removed from Yahoo! Music. Because all the link to Yahoo! Music proves is that the link does not work. MS (Talk|Contributions) 22:06, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Leaks are not encyclopedic under wikipedia guidelines unless they have a major impact on the media, song success, artist, etc. and very few leaks do. All that is accomplished by mentioning leaks in articles is encouraging readers to seek our the leaked song or video and obtain it illegally since they know it's out there. and before anyone replies with 'everyone already knows'.. that's bull.. diehard fans will already know, the general public wouldn't, and no reason to promote it to them. Alankc (talk) 14:05, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Genre

can we please have a consensus on the genre of the song? itunes says that it is a pop song but some users remove pop and replace with hip-hop whilst others think it is hip-hop, pop and r&b. What do you classify it as? bare in mind that on Mariah Carey's own page her musical style is described as r&B and pop. please also bare in mind that if "Heartless" and "lovelockdown" by Kanye West are hip-hop does obsessed really fall into the same catagory?

In the article it states that the single will rise based on physical single sales. In "Ask Billboard" dated August 14th 2009 it states that "physical sales no longer have a large impact on the Hot 100, which combines songs' digital sales, physical sales, all-format radio airplay (according to Nielsen BDS) and streaming data" and accounts for only .06% of total point percentages. Just thought I'd let you know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.57.138.4 (talk) 03:12, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jump Smokers Version?

Wasn't sure where to include in this page so I figured a new subheading would be best. Should we mention that Jump Smokers did a remix of the song? The news is available on their site as well as some leaked versions of the song on youtube. Just wondering.--62.209.29.0 (talk) 05:34, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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