The single cover artwork for "Obsessed" features Carey leaning against a dirty concrete wall. An official remix of the song, featuring rapper Gucci Mane, premiered on the same day. The song was transmitted digitally to radio stations on June 16, 2009, for immediate airplay and made its debut on Chicago radio station B96 at 2:00 pm. Later that week, The-Dream, who co-wrote the song with Carey, claimed that the song was definitely aimed at someone in particular, and that it would upset them greatly. I can't wait for you to hear it", and announced its title as "Obsessed". On June 9, 2009, she wrote on her official Twitter account: "Seriously, this is one of my favorite songs ever. She explained how plans for a ballad to be released were put on hold, because a new song she had written "needed to be heard". During the later stages of the project, Carey released the title, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, that would serve as the singer's twelfth studio album. Ĭarey then opted to record a new album, that would be released during the summer of 2009. The singer had later admitted that she was pregnant during that time period, and had suffered a miscarriage, leading to the cancellation of the tour. There was heavy speculation in the media that Carey had become pregnant, and had abandoned the plans for a tour as a result. In 2008, Carey had suddenly cancelled a concert tour supporting her eleventh studio album, E=MC². The-Dream, discussing "Obsessed" prior to its release Mariah Carey has a record, and somebody's going to be very upset. It's going to light the blogs up too because you don't know who she talking about, what she talking about, but she talking about something. I don't think anybody is going to expect her to come out punching like she is going to come out. And we have been blasting it out all day. "The most anticipated is the Mariah project, and she just released a fire record in the building today. Both the song and video contain references to the 2004 film Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan. Carey performed the song live on the fourth season of America's Got Talent, Today, and throughout her Angels Advocate Tour (2009–10). After several photographs of Carey dressed as the stalker were leaked, tabloids immediately compared Carey's costume to Eminem's usual attire. The video was shot predominantly at the Plaza Hotel and on the streets of New York City. Two videos were filmed for "Obsessed", one for the original version and one for the remixed version, which features rapper Gucci Mane. Throughout the video, Carey plays both herself and the character of the male stalker, dressed in a bellhop uniform, as well as a gray hoodie and sweatpants. The accompanying music video for "Obsessed" was directed by Brett Ratner, who Carey has previously worked with on many of her videos.
"Obsessed" peaked within the top-ten in France and Italy and in the top 20 in Australia, Belgium, Canada and Japan. Internationally, the song was not released throughout parts of Europe, as Island Records decided to give priority to the album's second single, Carey's cover of Foreigner's hit " I Want to Know What Love Is". In terms of total top-ten chart entries among all artists in the chart's history, Carey tied for fifth place after the song's peak, with Janet Jackson and Elton John. "Obsessed" peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Carey's 27th top-ten hit on the chart. Eminem released a song called " The Warning" in response. At the time of the song's release, "Obsessed" was the center of controversy, as critics and the media suggested Carey was aiming it at Eminem, who had negatively referenced her several times in his songs. Many reviewers complimented its clever lyrics and strong beat, while others criticized the song's usage of Auto-Tune on Carey's vocals. "Obsessed" was well-received by music critics who highlighted it as a stand-out track from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel.
Lyrically, the song describes Carey's dilemma regarding constant claims of a prior relationship from rapper Eminem, although he is not specifically mentioned. Additionally, the song is accentuated by hand claps, while Carey's voice is processed with Auto-Tune. The song draws musical influences from contemporary R&B and hip hop music, and is built around a thumping bassline. The song was written and produced by Carey, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, and was released as the album's lead single on June 16, 2009, by Island Records. " Obsessed" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009).
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