# Talk:If U Seek Amy

A double entendre (French pronunciation: [dublɑ̃tɑ̃dʁə]) or adianoeta[1] is a figure of speech in which a spoken phrase is devised to be understood in either of two ways. Often the first (more obvious) meaning is straightforward, while the second meaning is less so: often risqué, inappropriate, or ironic.
Okay, I get the F-U-C-K me risque meaning, but what is the straightforward meaning?  I'm having a hell of a time parsing "All the girls and all the boys are begging to if you seek Amy" in a non-dirty manner. 66.27.169.123 (talk) 08:51, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

I don't really think there is a straightforward meaning. I think it was just intended to be a sneaky way of saying "fuck me" weather it makes sense another way or not. There is even a fake news report at the beginning and  the end of the video of the song in which the reporter says "If...you...seek...Amy. Doesn't make any sense does it?" Rouse52794 (talk) 20:42, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, I corrected all the mistakes and since i'm trying to nominate the article again for GA, i feel like this issue should be discussed. In my opinion, the genre should be pop as various sources said that it is just influenced by other pop genres like electropop and synthpop. Xwomanizerx (talk) 13:00, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
I agree as well that the genre should be Pop. I think it sounds more Pop than it does Electro. Songs like Womanizer, Shattered Glass and Mannequin have more of an electro pop vibe, and this song doesn't really fit that type of sound. Percxyz (Call me Percy,  it's easier) 18:22, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
The reason I think electropop should be in the genre is because electro style of music was obviously incorporated into the song. It's not about more pop or more elctro. It's pop and electro, hence the genre electropop. I don't think Shattered Glass sounds very electropop at all, and If U Seek Amy sounds much elctropop than Mannequin does IMO. I think the genre of this song would be fine with Pop, electropop. There is even a category in the article titled Electropop songs. Oh, can someone let me know why it's so vital to leave electropop out of the genre? Britney's song Break the Ice is 2% electropop at the most, but electropop is still listed in the genre. of that song. If U Seek Amy is much more electropop than Break the Ice, but electropop shouldn't be listed in it's genre? Surelyhuman (talk) 21:14, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Just my two cents, but I think the genre should be dance-pop. Chase wc91 21:43, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
So, should i list the article as Pop, Electropop?. Xwomanizerx (talk) 20:54, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
There's not enough electropop in the song to have it listed as a genre IMO. I'd just put it as dance-pop since it incorporates elements of pop and dance music. But whatever consensus turns out to be, I'm all for. Chase wc91 01:37, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, just checked the article and I guess "pop, electropop" is fine. As long as the genre warring stops, everything should be okay. Try for GA again in a few weeks. Chase wc91 01:38, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Interesting that she was holding a pink hammer during the live performance. That seems to be a reference to the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series, where a pink character called Amy has a giant cartoon hammer as her regular weapon. 86.131.98.77 (talk) 13:26, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, i noted the same and added that a while ago, but there are no references for it from a third party. Xwomanizerx (talk) 14:46, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Several years back, gothic rock band Evanescence wrote a song called "Everybody's Fool" as an insult to Britney Spears and other female dance-pop artists. Since the lead singer is named Amy Lee, could this song be a shoot-back at her?

Of course not, it's f-u-c-k me  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.191.43 (talk) 22:06, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Well, true, but I'm talking about the title itself, and what the "Amy" in the title refers to. Amy Lee was a notable hater of Britney Spears, stating that her younger sister, Carrie Lee, used to dress up like Spears, and Lee hated it, so she wrote the song "Everybody's Fool" about her. That's why I was thinking that this song may be a response to Evanescence.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.156.8.189 (talk) 19:16, 25 May 2011 (UTC) 

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just because someone writing for a newspaper claims that if u seek amy is a pun for fuck, hardly means we should be into such a ludicrous claim.  a little critical thinking here would at a minimum suggest that it's a rather failed example of paronomasia, and we should reject either the fevered and hopeful ruminations of the imaginative, or the rather poor play on words of the author.  in either case, it fails if the author truly meant it thus. -- chris

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