"H.A.T.E.U." is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, taken from her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). It was written and produced by Carey, along with Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. The songs lyrics address the subject of a relationship that has ended and the other person has let go, however the protagonist finds it difficult to accept that it is the end of the relationship and move on. It was serviced to mainstream, rhythmic, and urban radio in the United States on November 1, 2009 through Island Records. The song debuted at number 76 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart on October 22, 2009, over a week and a half before it officially impacted radio. "H.A.T.E.U" was first unveilled at Island Def Jam's Spring Collection Event on May 20, 2009 and was revealled to be an abbreviation of "Having a Typical Emotional Upset". It was recorded by Carey for her twelfth studio album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (2009). In a YouTube interview, Carey revealed that "H.A.T.E.U." was one of the first tracks she wrote for Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, further commenting that its lyrical content "really hits people in their hearts because it's like... everybody has experienced when you love somebody, and they let you go, but you can't let them go. So 'I can't wait to hate you' is a strong statement." "H.A.T.E.U." was announced to be the third single from Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel on October 8, 2009, through a press release on Carey's official website. The song was officially serviced to mainstream, rhythmic, and urban radio in the United States on November 1, 2009. An official remix of the song featuring Atlanta-based rappers Big Boi, Gucci Mane and OJ Da Juiceman, and produced by Jermaine Dupri would have been featured on Carey's second remix collection, Angels Advocate. However soon after, the album was cancelled, and further promotion for the song was scrapped. DJ Jason Nevins produced a remix called "H.A.T.E.U. (Jason Nevins Loves U Remix)" which appears on the Just Dance 3 compilation. The song received mixed reviews. Michaelangelo Matos of The A.V. Club said that in the climax of "H.A.T.E.U", Carey is "still given to acrobatic vocal displays, [which are] alive and well, [such as] the seagull chirp of the 1991 hit 'Emotions'." Meanwhile a reviewer from The New York Post said "'H.A.T.E.U.' has some of the ease of her recent successes". Peter Paphides was slightly confused by the record, saying: "'I can’t wait to hate you/Make you pain like I do,' [is what] she sings on 'H.A.T.E.U.', a song whose funereal vanilla soul segues into the Prozac-soft reminiscences of first love on "Candy Bling".... When she slows the pace and relies on little more than a crisp digital fingerclick in lieu of a beat it isn’t always easy to discern what Carey is aiming for." Bill Lamb of About.com liked the song saying "In the sad, painfully slow 'H.A.T.E.U,' Mariah Carey delivers one of the key refrains in a lower range narcotized vocal haze that serves to emphasize the song's message of the emotional torment of lovers being torn apart." Although "H.A.T.E.U." failed to make an entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, the song debuted at number seventy-six on Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs through unsolicited airplay. With the debut of the song, Carey became one of only five women, including Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige, Diana Ross and Dionne Warwick, to reach fifty career entries in the history of the chart. Later, "H.A.T.E.U." peaked at number seventy-two on the week of January 2, 2010. The song stayed on the chart for ten weeks. (wiki)