The Parents Television Council is warning parents about the Britney Spears song "If U Seek Amy" and urging radio stations not to broadcast it because the nonprofit organization believes it "would violate the broadcast indecency law" if aired between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.

Saying the title phrase quickly out loud produces a sound akin to spelling out the F-word, said PTC president Tim Winter. "There is no misinterpreting the lyrics to this song, and it's certainly not about a girl named Amy," he said of the track, the third single from Spears' new Jive album, "Circus."

"It's one thing for a song with these lyrics to be included on a CD so that fans who wish to hear it can do so, but it's an entirely different matter when this song is played over the publicly-owned airwaves, especially at a time when children are likely to be in the listening audience," Winter says.


Founded in 1995, the PTC describes itself as "a nonpartisan education organization advocating responsible entertainment." Jive was unavailable for comment on the PTC's advisory.

The controversy isn't stopping U.S. radio from playing "If You Seek Amy." Six top 40 stations have the song in rotation this week, enough to place the track at No. 92 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. Leading the pack is WFLZ-Tampa, Fla., which has played it 19 times.

"We're confident the version of the song we air is not crossing any lines," program director Tommy Chuck told Billboard.com, adding that WFLX plays a Jive-created edit of the song that changes "Seek" to "See" as well as a jokey version in which morning host MJ shouts his name every time the word "Amy" appears.

Digitally, "Amy" has sold 107,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

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lol

like parents don't have bigger concerns for their kids than a stupid britney spears song.

I don't get it.

who would even pay attention of her.. i've heard the song, most ridiculous forced pop song ever.

With parents this ridciulously out of touch, do kids really have much of a chance?

F-U-C-K Me

That's how the song says the title. And the song is crap.

How's that any different from the classic Spinal Tip song "Big Bottoms"? With lyrics like this"

Big bottoms, big bottoms
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottoms drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind

I haven't really heard this song yet. If the rest of the lyrics in the song were clever like the old Vanity 6 music, then I could see when it would be extremely controversial, but considering Britney's history, they're probably really generic and boring.

you'd think rampant crack and meth use would be a little higher on the list of things to tackle before a Britney Spears song...

lalalalala
oh baby baby
have you seen amy tonight?
is she in the bathroom
is she smokin? up outside
oh
oh baby baby
does she take a piece of lime
for the drink that imma buy her
do you know just what she likes
oh
oh oh
tell me have you seen her
because i?m so
oh
i can?t get her off of my brain
i just want to go to the party she gon? go
can somebody take me home
haha hehe haha ho
love me hate me
say what you want about me
but all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
love me hate me
but can?t you see what i see
all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
(f**k me, f**k me)
lalalalalala
amy told me that she?s gonna meet me up
i don?t know where or when and now they?re closing up the club
oh
i?ve seen her once or twice before she knows my face
but it?s hard to see with all the people standing in the way
oh
oh oh
tell me have you seen her
?cause i?m so
oh
i can?t get her off of my brain
i just want to go to the party she?s gonna go
can somebody take me home
haha hehe haha ho
love me hate me
say what you want about me
but all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
love me hate me
but can?t you see what i see
all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
oh
say what you want about me
oh
but can?t you see what i see
oh
say what you want about me
so tell me if you?ve seen her (let me know what she was wearing and what she
was like)
cause i?ve been waiting here forever (let me know what she ws going out of
mind)
oh baby baby
if you seek amy tonight
oh
oh baby baby
we?ll do whatever you like
oh baby baby baby
oh baby baby baby
lalalalalala
lalalalalala
love me hate me
say what you want about me
but all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
love me hate me
but can?t you seek what i see
all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
love me hate me
say what you want about me (yeah)
love me hate me
but can?t you see what i see
all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy
oh (love me hate me)
say what you want about me
oh
but can?t you see what i see (love me hate me)
oh say what you want about me
all of the boys and all of the girls are begging to if you seek amy



it is pretty dirty

The lyrics are dirty but the music probably sucks so no thanks...

wildgoldenhoney said:

If U Seek Amy

If = Eff

U = U

Seek A.. = Seekay

...my = ME

Eff U Seekay Me

F U C K Me.

purplesweat said:

the children are doomed!!!

I thought they were protesting over how crappy it was. The whole idea just seems forced attempt at trying to be clever. If they're listening to Britney they were screweed long before this song.

I empathise with the parents. This song is obviously going to be listened to by Britney's fans, particularly the very young ones. They like the melody and sing it. It oversexualises them at a very young age. Spears is a puppet and i think the whole thing just reeks with peodophilic intentions. If it was Vanity singing a song like back in the day no problem as she probably meant it and her audience would be different. Britney spears(well her puppet masters) are just peddling sex to pre teens. Disgraceful but not surprising.

Anytime someone protests a song, especially a parent's group, the song is going to sell like hotcakes. I mean, what could be more cool than having your parents hate a song because of profanity or vulgarity? Back when the goodie two shoes were pissed at "Darling Nikki", I was absolutely loving it. I never had really paid much attention to the song before they got pissed at it but that was the ultimate cool having a bunch of goodie goods pissed at the song.

If they would just keep their mouths shut, the song might flop.

vainandy said:

Theres that too. Let's face it Britney Spears is going to be heard on the radio controversy or no controversy, this just adds to it. I do think it truly sad though that she's lowered herself to this knowing her fan base. She's just the lowest of the low.

the lyrics are very crappy, and seemed to be just an excuse to use that chorus

WildheartXXX said:

I think her label pushes these kind of songs onto her. She's never publically said she even likes any of her more sexual/$$$ type songs and she always says she likes the ballads best on her albums.

When she had a brief time away from Jive in 2005/2006, her sound matured a LOT in that short time. Blackout was made almost entirely without Jive hanging around and it was her most progressive and strictly adult album yet because she didn't have business execs thinking of ways to pander to pre teens (aka $$$$$).

Burn the Bitch!!

She is Evil and she must be Destroyed!

















plus she can't sing..

vainandy said:

i remember when the whole PMRC thing was hot and the stickers first started appearing on albums, it was a badge of coolness if a new album had a parental advisory sticker on it. it's true - nothing makes kids want to hear "harmful matter" more than being told it's "harmful matter". but does that ever soak through anyone's thick skulls? naaaah.

purplesweat said:

Thanks for the breakdown.
I hear it now.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Good. Then it's not just me.

I tried saying the damn title outloud several times and I don't hear anything dirty. Am I missing something?

purplesweat said:

Britney needs to take a lesson from the Last Boyband Standing (BSB, that is) and just tell the handlers and execs to fuck right off if they ask her to do songs she doesn't like. They're still with Jive and haven't had a dumbshit song like this one for years. Their last Gawdawful Piece of $hit (I apologize if I'm the only one who gets that reference ) came in '97.

Just an idea.

meow85 said:

I explained it further up.

She's spelling out the word "fuck" F-U-C-K me.



If she's under contract, there's always a limit to what she can and cannot do.

There's a BIG rumour they were threatening to stop visitations with her babies if she didn't go on tour or promote the album.

purplesweat said:[quote]

meow85 said:

How in the world are they going to do that? A record company may shut down promotion for the album but stop visitations?

paisleypark4 said:

With the conservatorship as strict as it is, and with her dad as seemingly weak as he is against her boss ("It was meant to be just a fun thing for her to do in her spare time...now here we are making a video") who knows?

From OK! Magazine :


Britney is featured as the main cover story on this week's issue of OK! magazine, in which the mag claims Britney "voluntarily" gave up time with her kids in order to tour.

"Last fall, as The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour was being organized, Britney's camp discovered that because of the star's troubled history, they could not purchase insurance to cover her tour unless she was still under the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears. Until that point, the plan was for the conservatorship to be lifted on December 31, followed immediately by Britney, 27, going into family court with a petition to regain custody of Preston and Jayden. But "the insurance situation changed everything."

So they're trying to make us believe the only reason the conservatorship, in which her father is receiving upwards of $16,000 a month (as well as millions in lawyer fees and the $200,000 she owes her brother Bryan), was made permanent is due to INSURANCE for a tour??? Just doesn't add up.

And on top of that, they say she "voluntarily" chose her TOUR over her KIDS? I'll bet you a million bucks if a paparazzo on the street asked Britney that question, she'd undoubtedly choose her children!

The article also features a very lengthy interview from Britney's former manager Johnny Wright.

Jamie Spears severed ties with the magazine shortly after this article came out. Yep, they had a deal before this article which means he most likely severed it because they revealed the truth.

Britney was seen crying after leaving a meeting with her judge just before she toured Europe and Japan. Why would that be?

Saying the title phrase quickly out loud produces a sound akin to spelling out the F-word,

Does it really? I think there are at least five other songs that would be better singles. I think they are only doing this in order to cause controversy (and it's working). This is good bad attention. I don't really like (or get) the song.

reality check people, Britney fans are past the teenage years at this point, her following now is not the kids that hung her poster on the wall from BOP magazine, Britney is going to be 28, and her average fan is about 23-27 and many are around 30 or so, and trust me, they go see movies that are PG13 and talk shit much much much worse and have more explicit sexual tone, so jump of this indecent bullshit, does anyone even give a shit about the RADIO anymore, its a thing that is not even relevant anymore.

lastdecember said:

Thank You!

I'm almost 19, have been listening to Britney since I was 9, I don't need to hear any more cheesy pop from her when I know she's now capable of mature pop like Unusual You, And Then We Kiss and Touch of my Hand.

But you'd be surprised how many fans ARE happy with this result. Of course they're too dumb to see the negative side (radio shunning it, as Z100 announced they would today) but most of em really love the song and think it'll be huge. Ugh.