# So I just figured out "If U Seek Amy" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 27, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763 "2009-05-27T01:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/1 "2009-05-27T01:44:35Z")
You know, the Britney Spears song. Quite a punchy little ditty, that I’ve happily bopped along to, singing at the top of my lungs in the car. And then halfway through the chorus today, the penny dropped. \*All of the boys and all of the girls are – \* Oh. My cluelessness is once again reaffirmed! Mindless and pointless, there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/2 "2009-05-27T01:52:05Z")
So share. I’m lost… If you C.K. me? ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/3 "2009-05-27T01:57:39Z")
When you sing “if you seek Amy” in it sounds like “f-u-c-k me” ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/4 "2009-05-27T01:58:24Z")
eff u c k me… ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/5 "2009-05-27T02:33:49Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > When you sing “if you seek Amy” in it sounds like “f-u-c-k me” . . . A fact I assume is obvious to many the first time they hear the song. Not including me, though. Although it’s hardly a double entendre – barely even a single entendre – it was still too deep for me. We were discussing in another thread the idea of situational or relative intelligence: the idea that you can be smart in one situation or area, and dumb in others. I offer myself as Exhibit A for the truth of that theory. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/6 "2009-05-27T02:40:37Z")
> [@Jodi](#): > > . . . A fact I assume is obvious to many the first time they hear the song. Not including me, though. Although it’s hardly a double entendre – barely even a single entendre – it was still too deep for me. > > We were discussing in another thread the idea of situational or relative intelligence: the idea that you can be smart in one situation or area, and dumb in others. I offer myself as Exhibit A for the truth of that theory. It wasn’t obvious to me either, sadly. My name is Ami and I thought “oh hey, my name!” and sang along. A friend had to point it out to me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/7 "2009-05-27T02:46:00Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > When you sing “if you seek Amy” in it sounds like “f-u-c-k me” Almost Swiftian in its rapier-like subtlety, don’t you agree? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/8 "2009-05-27T02:48:04Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > When you sing “if you seek Amy” in it sounds like “f-u-c-k me” ohhhhhhhhh. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/9 "2009-05-27T12:46:00Z")
Don’t feel too bad. I suspect it had to be explained to Britney as well. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Parker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/10 "2009-05-27T13:06:03Z")
If you see kay Tell him he may See you in tea Tell him from me. -_Ulysses_, James Joyce. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/11 "2009-05-27T13:11:49Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#): > > If you see kay > Tell him he may > See you in tea > Tell him from me. > > -_Ulysses_, James Joyce. I bet Britney cribbed it from Jimmy when she wrote it ('cuz you just \*know \*she was the lyricist and is clearly a huge Joyce fan - she especially likes his \*bildungsroman _“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Skank”). But Mr. J’s “see you in tea” - now THAT’s subtle…_ \*C U N…oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/12 "2009-05-27T13:13:10Z")
They could have bothered to make the pun work both ways. According to the lyrics I just Googled, it goes _All of the boys and all of the girls Are begging to if you seek Amy_ Huh? I get the f-u-c-k-me bit, but huh? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/13 "2009-05-27T13:16:53Z")
My problem with the song as well. The literal meaning of the words are nonsense. That’s just lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/14 "2009-05-27T13:33:29Z")
Hey Britney, I don’t give an essay chai tea. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/15 "2009-05-27T13:39:03Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > They could have bothered to make the pun work both ways. According to the lyrics I just Googled, it goes > > _All of the boys and all of the girls > Are begging to if you seek Amy_ > > Huh? I get the f-u-c-k-me bit, but huh? Exactamundo. It it a catchy little ditty, though, and especially humorous to hear my boyfriend’s five year old singing along :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/16 "2009-05-27T13:39:44Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > My problem with the song as well. The literal meaning of the words are nonsense. That’s just lazy. Exactly, which makes me wonder about **Jodi**. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/17 "2009-05-27T14:05:53Z")
I’d not clued on the frequently read **Sofa King** for several years until someone finally pointed it out. I guess I’m not very hooked on phonics as I’d figured he was simply a god among couch potatos. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/18 "2009-05-27T14:12:59Z")
I think it’s a poor rip-off of the much better song “If UC Jordan” by Something Corporate (2003) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/19 "2009-05-27T14:45:23Z")
I’ve not heard the song so I can’t comment on how she’s pronouncing it, but I’ve said this out loud at least a half a dozen times and still don’t really hear it as F U C K me ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763/20 "2009-05-27T14:51:50Z")
I didn’t need a reason to actively seek this song. Until now. Thanks. :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-figured-out-if-u-seek-amy/497763.md?page=2)