The lie is you pretending that it is a lie. “Loverboy” was not -- I repeat: NOT -- the first time a Mariah Carey single was sold for 49¢. By the time time “Loverboy” came out, Mariah’s two-quarter singles had long become a standard thing with her. You lambs kill me thinking that because it’s 15 years later you can act like it was a one time thing or she hadn’t been notorious for that stunt. Her super cheap priced singles was the most talked about thing with her for her first 10 years on the scene. The vast majority of her Sony singles had that price tag. Virgin simply followed suit when it became obvious that “Loverboy” wouldn’t chart high without the same low price her previous singles had had. Please. I was there. Don’t tell me. I used to work for Sam Goody and Blockbuster Music in the 90s. Sony would send Mariah single displays for stores to set up at their registers with a big bright red 49¢ sticker already plastered on her CD/Cassette single while in the box. They knew exactly what they were doing and they wanted to get out of it.