What Do You Mean?
Justin Bieber
2015
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2015
Release: 2015Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original recording is documented in the 2015 release history of What Do You Mean?. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2015.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Purpose - original Def Jam program
Original 2015 studio program and preceding single fields for What Do You Mean, Sorry and Love Yourself. Company was already public on this album before the 2016 annual cycle. The original What Do You Mean is separate from the named Remix bonus.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Bieber wrote the song about the confusion and mixed signals in relationships.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2015.html, position 82
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2015.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
Browse by year
1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.