Talk:What's Your Country Song
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 29, 2021. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Thomas Rhett's "What's Your Country Song" contains lyrical references to 16 other country songs? |
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Reviewer: K. Peake (talk · contribs) 13:08, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
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Soon --K. Peake 13:08, 15 June 2021 (UTC)
Infobox and lead
- Infobox looks good!
- You should mention in the opening sentence that the song was recorded by the singer "for his fifth studio album, Country Again: Side A (2021)."
- Move the release sentence to being before the one about the song's lyrics
- "It was released on November 11, 2020, as the lead single from..." → "The song was released by Victory on November 11, 2020, as the lead single from the album." with the wikilink and pipe
- Remove father introduction to Rhett Atkins since that being in the body only is sufficient
- Add a sentence about the song being inspired by Rhett's road travels across the United States after the writing/production info
- "and produced by Frasure" → "while produced by Frasure"
- "The lyrics of "What's Your Country Song" directly reference the titles" → "Its lyrics include a series of questions and directly reference the titles"
- The critical reception sentence should be at the end of the first para; info from the second needs moving because it's too short
- "reviews from critics," → "reviews from music critics," with the pipe, but more reviews need adding to back this up
- "It reached number one" → "The song reached number one" plus move this and the following sentence to starting the para below
- "the US Billboard Hot Country Songs, and the Canada" → "Billboard Hot Country Songs, and Canada" plus specify which chart(s) it was his 17th number one on
- Wikilink music video
This is the first song article I've worked on, so I appreciate your expertise and comments so far and look forward to addressing the remainder of the review! DanCherek (talk) 21:58, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
Writing and production
- Retitle to Background and production
- "while he was promoting his fourth studio album," → "for promotion of his fourth studio album"
- Add release year of the album in brackets
- Mention the song being the first written on the trip per 4
- Add a mention of the chorus being oddly written first for the singer per Variety
- Remove wikilink on Country Again: Side A
- "as a return to the type of music that he made in his teenage years," → "as venturing towards making the type of music that he wanted to," per the source
- Mention that the song originated as a piano vocal before production was added and the singer was ultimately happy per the source
Music and lyrics
- "whose lyrics reference the titles of" → "which includes lyrics referencing the titles of" on the audio sample text
- Remove the ref from the sample text, as the info is written in prose and the source adds nothing else
- ""What's Your Country Song" is two minutes and 51 seconds long,[8] and has been characterized as country[9] and country rock." → "Musically, "What's Your Country Song" is a country and country rock track,[8][9] and has a length of two minutes and 51 seconds long." with the appropriate refs being moved around
- "and additional instrumentals including" → "and additional instrumentals, including"
- Pipe acoustic to Acoustic guitar
- Pipe steel to Steel guitar
- Wikilink bass guitars
- The culmination part is not sourced
- "Explaining the intent of the lyrics," → "Explaining the intent,"
- You should also mention Rhett's "It really is just about, what is your country song?" quote per 1
- Merge the second para with the first one
- "The lyrics of "What's Your Country Song" reference the titles" → "Rhett references the titles"
- "Its lyrical style has" → "The song's lyrical style has"
Release and promotion
- On the img text, use the surname only, wikilink lead single and remove wikilink on Country Again: Side A
- Slow-tempo part is not sourced
- "from country singers," → "from fellow country singers,"
- "teased the cover art on his social media accounts on" → "teased the song's cover art via his Twitter account on" with the wikilink
- "from Rhett's fifth studio album Country Again: Side A on November 11, 2021," → "from Country Again: Side A on November 11, 2020,"
- Mention after stating the release was on the same day as the ceremony that he received nominated at it
- "It was the first television performance of" → "This marked the first performance of"
- Add a sentence mentioning that Rhett transitioned from "Country Again" into a performance of the song, rising from his chair and being accompanied by a backing band per Billboard
- "as a musical guest on" → "as a musical guest for"
Critical reception
- Retitle to Reception, merging with commercial performance since they are one para each; keep in current place though
- "and favorably comparing it to" → "and favorably making a comparison to"
- British country music review website introduction is not needed for Off the Record
- "In a review for" → "Providing a mixed review for"
- "that it was" → "that it is"
Music video
- Wikilink music video
- "on his social media accounts on" → "via social media on" with the wikilink
- After the director sentence, add one about what Rhett wanted the music video to capture per 25
- "of people living in" → "of a family living in"
- None of the cornfield and guitar sentence is backed up
- Move the award to being in the above para since one sentence is not sufficient on its own
- ""What's Your Country Song" was nominated for" → "The visual was nominated for" but remove the scheduled part and maybe use a new source because the ceremony has happened now
Personnel
- Retitle to Credits and personnel
- Use
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so there is the right space between credits and personnel - Pipe Ilya Toshinsky to Bering Strait (band)
Chart performance
- Move this to being the second para of reception
- "on the Billboard Country Airplay" → "on the Country Airplay"
- Remove Mediabase chart since it's not notable and the source says that was his 16th number one on this chart, only 17th for the other
- "second number one on the Hot Country Songs chart after" → "his second number one on the Hot Country Songs chart, following"
- "his highest position on that chart since" → "Rhett's highest position on the chart since"
- "sales of 500,000 units." → "sales of 500,000 units in the United States."
- Pipe Billboard Country to Canada Country per MOS:LINK2SECT
- "on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100." → "on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100."
- "It was certified gold by" → "It was certified gold in the country by"
- Add (MC) in brackets after Music Canada
Charts
Certifications
- Good
References
- Copyvio score looks too high at 42.2% for the uDiscoverMusic ref; put into own words a bit to fix this
- Yep, it was that pesky blockquote. I've brought it down — now the hits are to two brief quotes and false positives like the list of songwriters and the title of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". Is that better? DanCherek (talk) 18:07, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
- Looking at the Copyvio detector again, none of the short quotes or false positives even take the score as high as 30%, so this is definitely a lot better! --K. Peake 06:57, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
- Yep, it was that pesky blockquote. I've brought it down — now the hits are to two brief quotes and false positives like the list of songwriters and the title of "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". Is that better? DanCherek (talk) 18:07, 18 June 2021 (UTC)
- Pipe The Boot to The Boot (website) on ref 2 per MOS:LINK2SECT
- Cite CMT News as publisher instead for refs 3, 13 and 32, plus pipe to CMT (American TV channel) on the first one
- Wikilink Audacy on ref 4
- Wikilink Rolling Stone on ref 5
- Pipe The Valory Music Co to Big Machine Records on ref 6
- Wikilink Apple Music on ref 8
- Pop Culture → Popculture on ref 9
- Pipe ET Canada to Entertainment Tonight Canada on ref 11
- Pipe Variety to Variety (magazine) on ref 12
- Cite Froggy 99.9 as publisher instead for ref 15
- Wikilink The Hollywood Reporter on ref 16
- Pipe Billboard to Billboard (magazine) on ref 17
- Cite 92.9 The Bull as publisher instead for ref 18
- Wikilink American Songwriter on ref 21
- Wikilink MusicRow on ref 22
- Wikilink Shenzhen Daily on ref 23
- Pipe People to People (magazine) on ref 27
- Cite Lab.fm as publisher instead for ref 30 with the wikilink
- Wikilink The Tennessean on ref 33
- Cite Country 105 as publisher instead for ref 37
Final comments and verdict
- On hold until all of the issues are fixed; there are quite a few, but it's a good effort for a first nom! --K. Peake 10:18, 17 June 2021 (UTC)
Additional references missing
I don't have any fancy references for it, so it's just "original research", but that list of 16 other songs referenced is missing several additional songs referenced. E.g., Backroads by Ricky Van Shelton, among others. 108.51.137.137 (talk) 13:23, 29 June 2021 (UTC)