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This page is definitely unimportant and should be deleted. No references or anything.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.81.101.13 (talk • contribs) 00:07, 16 December 2009

canada & imma be.

there's been a lot of disagreements about the single's "release" in canada. i was the first one to state the single's airplay gain in canada. when i edited the article, i added:
Although it has not been officially released outside of the United States, it's been added to Canadian radio stations in January 2010.^[1]^[2]^[3]

user Lil-unique1 disagreed with me, and consequently left a message on my talk page. here's our conversation:

As the details your trying to add to the article where never there before you should discuss this on the talk page because it is controversial and makes it seem as if Imma Be is a single in canada.

you mentioned that it confused the article. how so, exactly? to avoid confusion, i clearly wrote "Although it has not been officially released outside of the United States." it gained airplay in canada, which means that it's got a chance of becoming a hit. the fact that it's got a chance of becoming a hit is significant. radio stations have been playing it on a regular basis, many times a day. this is pretty much a song that's been released as a single's treatment. i'm not saying it's a single in canada, i'm saying that it's getting played a lot. not only that, but people actually find airplay information interesting. the chart i linked helps people predict which song has got a chance of becoming a hit. other songs/singles' pages have airplay information too.

the source you provided doesn't really explain this and you need more than one source to make the claims your making. If you really want to include it in the article (and if we decide to do so) it certainly shouldn't be in the introduction.

* http://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z1
at the bottom of the page, it says "ABOUT MEDIABASE MUSIC CHARTS: YELLOW HIGHLIGHT DENOTES CHART DEBUT. BULLET INDICATES INCREASE IN AIRPLAY OVER PREVIOUS WEEK. Mediabase electronically monitors more than 1,700 radio stations in the top 150 U.S. metro markets, 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week. Those radio stations are broken out into specific radio "panels," and included in the most appropriate "format" above. Songs moving downward for a pre-specified number of weeks are removed from the charts. All charts are based on radio spins, with the exception of Country which is points based. Mediabase is the leading radio monitoring service with broadcast companies in the US. Mediabase also serves virtually every significant recording company, and associated entertainment industries. Copyright, Mediabase 2010. All rights reserved." this is an airplay chart. as it shows on the canadian top 40 page, "imma be" got added to the list this week. it got spinned 183 times. also, i had added two more references to two radio station playlists that were playing "imma be" throughout the day.
* http://hot899.com/songhistory.asp * http://www.1013thebounce.com/playlist.asp
might as well add these links too (you have to be a member to access these pages. registration is free):
* http://www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/sevenDay/format/Z1/panel/C/detail/C/reportType/R * http://www.allaccess.com/mediabase/q/report/leaders/song/BLACIB2+/format/Z1

why can't it be put on top? it's technically been released. but to avoid disagreements, there's a "Release history" section at the bottom. the information could be put there.

added some information about the song on Canadian radio. Are you satisified with what i've added? btw we don't use sources where you have to register.

the edits:

Initially released in May as a promotional single it was then fully released on December 15, 2009^[4] to the United States as the fourth official single^[5] and was also sent to Canadian radio^[6] whilst "Rock That Body" is released as the official fourth single in Canada and internationally.

Region Format Date Label

Worldwide Promotional
iTunes download
May 19, 2009 Interscope, Universal Music

North America Mainstream radio December, 15 2009 Interscope Records

i was satisfied with the edits, even though they were still arguable.
the edits were undone by user Chele9211. our conversation on the history page:

Less than 500 spins isn't heavy airplay

it is gaining airplay nonetheless.

Look kid, you've got to stop. It was NEVER sent to radio, it doesn't have heavy airplay, and you're just making the article confusing. Stop. Imma Be isn't a single in Canada.

the disagreement was settled yesterday with proof: link to airplay chart & links to radio station playlists. canadian airplay is not as big as american airplay; check the charts.

It's obvious you don't understand how the music industry works. Just because a song has airplay doesn't mean it's been "sent" to radio. I am Canadian myself so don't lecture me: 500 spins isn't heavy

it gained airplay in canada, which means it's got a chance of becoming a hit. we can't ignore the fact that it is getting played in another country, as it is significant.

we can modify what's been stated. we could reformulate the statement so that it explains that although it has not been officially released in canada, it's been gaining airplay. once again, airplay is important, as it helps determine which song has got potential to become a hit.
also, since we can't use sources where people need to register, i took a screenshot of one of the pages i wanted to link: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11vmxar&s=6
thoughts? (RouletteGoddess (talk) 04:40, 22 January 2010 (UTC))

References

^ http://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z1
^ http://hot899.com/songhistory.asp
^ http://www.1013thebounce.com/playlist.asp
^ "Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!". FMQB. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
^ "Radio1 - Forthcoming USA Singles". Radio1.gr. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
^ http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11vmxar&s=6

lyle childs ??

What? Could someone plse. correct this? 99.11.160.111 (talk) 19:03, 28 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That line came from this edit. I removed it because I can't find anything about wild lyle childs. If it was indeed correct then we can restore it, but I highly doubt it. --Afc0703 (talk) 23:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Canada again

If "Rock That Body" is 4th canadian single, why si "Imma Be" #5 on Canadian Hot 100?--SveroH (talk) 14:25, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

because it's getting the single treatment in canada. people really need to realize this instead of being complete ignorants, ffs. check the first section. RouletteGoddess (talk) 04:01, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ok--SveroH (talk) 09:38, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

title is not slang

hi,

The title of the song is not a slang expression. It's a legitimate African American Vernacular English phrase. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American_Vernacular_English the section on tense and aspect. "I'm a" is the standard way for AAVE speaker to say "I'm going to be." Advise correcting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.40.166.42 (talk) 19:38, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Do you even like this song?

i Love this song!!! Wahoo!!! Applemac54321 (talk) 13:51, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] ttp://www.americasmusiccharts.com/index.cgi?fmt=Z1

[2] ttp://hot899.com/songhistory.asp

[3] ttp://www.1013thebounce.com/playlist.asp

[4] "Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Arbitron Ratings, Music News and more!". FMQB. Retrieved 2009-12-10.

[5] "Radio1 - Forthcoming USA Singles". Radio1.gr. Retrieved 2009-12-10.

[6] ttp://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11vmxar&s=6

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