Talk:Ribs (song)

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January 3, 2018	Good article nominee	Listed
March 22, 2019	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 6, 2014.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Lorde says her song "Ribs" was inspired by "this big party I had when my parents went away"?

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Genre

@Adabow: I am afraid the source you added is not a reliable one. Simon (talk) 01:57, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Cokemachineglow.com is reliable. It is used by MetaCritic. Adabow (talk) 04:07, 15 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 09:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lead

The song was released as a → replace "The song" with "It" to avoid repetation
Written by Lorde and Joel Little and produced by Little, with additional production from Lorde → Written and produced by Joel Little and Lorde,
The track appeared → Commercially, the track appeared

Infobox

Flawless ;)

Production and release

and mixing handled by Little → and mixing handled by the latter
was issued as a free → the "free" part isn't sourced by the reference, so I think it's the best to just leave it as "a promotional single"
via iTunes Stores → via iTunes Stores by Universal Music (UMG).

Composition

she references the Broken Social Scene → she references Canadian indie rock band Broken Social Scene's song
Release year for "Lover's Split" in brackets

Live performances

Lorde performed the song on 7 September → The singer also appeared on 7 September
in Los Angeles, California.[15] On 3 October 2013, Lorde held a concert at the Warsaw in Brooklyn and performed the song among other tracks from the album. → in Los Angeles, California,[15] while also singing it a concert at the Warsaw in Brooklyn on 3 October 2013 alongside other material from the album
Lorde performed this song at the Coachella Valley Music Festival → Lorde performed this version at the Coachella Valley Music Festival
and also performed it at Manchester for her → and also used it for a Manchester gig during her
You need to reference her appearance at the Coachella Valley Music Festival and the song's usage on her Melodrama Tour
In the lead you say she performed the song on her debut concert tour, but it is not clear which one it is. Can you specify it here

Reception

Move this section before "Live performances"
You need to open the section with something like: Upon its release, "Ribs" received favorable reviews from music critics.
particularly lyrically → I think that this is superfluous, as you say "Lorde had written"; how could she else praise Lorde's writing skills than lyrically?!
Combine both paragraphs
"Ribs" peaked at numbers → Commercially, "Ribs" peaked at numbers
and UK streaming charts respectively → and British streaming charts, respectively
reached number twenty-nine → reached number 29
single also charted on the → single further reached number 26 on the

Track listing

Flawless ;)

Charts

Some Wikipedia policy wants Chart "(2013–14)" to be Chart "(2013–2014)"

Other stuff

Copy-violation

8.3% is very good!

References

As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article

Outcome

This article does need some work, but I think you can handle it ! Good luck; Cartoon network freak (talk) 10:09, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Added in a lot more information to make it balanced and informative. Thank you! De88 (talk) 07:22, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Gladly passing! Cartoon network freak (talk) 09:39, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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