Talk:Hurt (Christina Aguilera song)/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: HĐ (talk · contribs) 15:43, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Lead

• It was written by Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson for Aguilera's fifth studio album, Back to Basics (2006). --> add the producer

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• which was planned to be the second single --> the second one

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• "Hurt" received positive reviews from music critics who praised Aguilera's voice and its production ---> add a comma after critics

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• Commercially, it was a worldwide success, peaking within the top ten in Australia, Austria, Belgium and France... ---> Commercially, the single attained moderate success in the US, peaking at number... However, it was a top-ten hit worldwide, peaking...

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• in several occasions, including a performance at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards and on her 2006-07 Back to Basics Tour. --> on several occasions, including at the 2006 MTV VMA ...

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Still reviewing — HĐ (talk) 15:43, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Background

• However, record company RCA Records felt that with the holiday season coming up, it would be safer to release "Hurt", as it would become a big holiday power ballad, comparable to how Aguilera's "Beautiful" performed commercially back in the 2002 holidays. ---> However, the singer's recording label RCA Records felt that with the holiday season coming up, it would be safer to release "Hurt", as it would become a big holiday power ballad, comparable to how Aguilera's "Beautiful" performed commercially back in the 2002 holidays.

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Composition

• Its slow melody is paced at 72 beats per minute and set in common time ---> ?

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• Aguilera's voice range spans from G3 to E5 ---> I think "vocals" would be more suitable than "voice"

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• Eric Gorfain., ---> remove the full stop

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• The lyrics part is so... lame? (sorry, I don't have any words to describe it) Why are the lyrics sourced by the album notes? You should source them by MetroLyrics or something else?

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Critical reception

• well received ---> well-received

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• I don't think the quotebox is required here. Remove it

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Chart performance

• Add RIAA certification

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• has sold over 1.1 million digital copies so far ---> I don't think "so far" is needed

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• a Gold certification 40,000 digital downloads ---> a Gold certification for 40,000 digital downloads

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• and has spent ---> had spent

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• year-end chart in 2006, Hurt peaked at number 150 ---> of 2006,... was the 150th best-selling single in the country

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• has re-entered ---> remove "has"

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• In Australia, "Hurt" entered the charts ---> chart

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• The next week ---> The following week

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• falling out ---> and fell out

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• spending a total of 27 weeks in the chart ---> on the chart

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• Belgium and France certifications are based on SALES, not SHIPMENTS, fix it

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• Add the chart position for Swiss chart

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• Swiss certification is based on unspecified figures, not shipments, fix it

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Music video

• due to coldness ---> due to the coldness

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• the ending instrumental to "Enter the Circus"/"Welcome" ---> of

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• old fashioned ---> old-fashioned

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Live and covers

• in her Back to Basics Tour ---> on

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Credits

• Use n-dash instead of dash

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Release history

• Add label

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Charts

• Add !scope="row" for charts information

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• Sources for charts need accessdate

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Sources

• Several sources (example: MTV News, Rolling Stone, Billboard...) require brackets in their publisher. (Use {{Cite news}} instead of {{Cite web}})

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• Reviewing

Status

•  On hold — HĐ (talk) 03:40, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

— HĐ (talk) 15:55, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done all. Jorn ^talk 15:45, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Second read through

Lead

• It was written by Aguilera, Linda Perry and Mark Ronson, and produced by Perry for Aguilera's fifth studio album, Back to Basics (2006). ---> repetition of "Aguilera", try "her", "the latter" or "the singer"
• It was released as the album's second single on September 19, 2006 by RCA Records instead of "Candyman", which was planned to be the second one. ---> repetition of "it", try "the song" or "the track"
• Perry developed the first draft of the song while Aguilera rewrote some of the lyrics, and the final version is a tribute to the pair's symbiotic teamwork ---> this is sourced by About.com, which is NOT so reliable
• Aguilera's voice ---> vocals
• attained a moderate success ---> success is countable lol?
• however, it was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), having sold more than 1.1 million copies in the country alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan. ---> don't require "however"
• directed by Floria Sigismondi and Aguilera herself in September 2006. ---> I think Aguilera is just a co-director here
• It was well-received, ---> reduce the comma

Background

• On the second disc and her work with Perry on it, Aguilera stated ---> about, not on
• originated of ---> ?

Sources

Several sources which have problems:

• FN4: About.com doesn't require brackets in its publisher
• FN5: What is Mansized? Try to find sources are reliable, like I did on "Candyman (Christina Aguilera song)"
• FN9: MetroLyrics requires publisher
• FN18: CBS News requires publisher
• FN21: IGN requires publisher
• FN25: cite news
• FN55: work?
• FN56: publisher?
• Sources for charts in "Chart performance" and "Charts" must be as the same.
• Sources for "Amazon.com" needs publisher as "Amazon Inc"

— HĐ (talk) 02:33, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Status

• Failing, as too many mistakes. Sorry but the article is not ready for GA yet. — HĐ (talk) 02:33, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

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