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Debate: How Teens Hear 'Promiscuous'

The song "Promiscuous Girl" has been everywhere lately: the top of the Billboard charts; the No. 1 iTunes download; and all across the radio dial.

The song is a dialogue between singer Nelly Furtado and the producer and musician Timbaland. Their flirting conversation in the song generated a conversation among several of the young men and women at Youth Radio.

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