Talk:Never Let Me Down (David Bowie song)/GA1

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Reviewer: Cartoon network freak (talk · contribs) 10:09, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Lead

My suggestion for the lead:

"Never Let Me Down" is a song recorded by English singer David Bowie, serving as the title track for his 1987 studio album of the same name. It was released as the third and final single from the record in 1987, and remained his last single until 1992's "Real Cool World" (although a remix of "Fame" was released in 1990). "Never Let Me Down" was written by the singer himself and Carlos Alomar, while production was handled by Bowie along with David Richards.

Music critics viewed the track as one of the best on Never Let Me Down and listed it among the most underrated of his career. An accompanying music video for the single was shot by French director Jean-Baptiste Mondino and similarly received positive response. Commercially, "Never Let Me Down" reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. It was aided by a CD release—which acts as Bowie's first—and remained the singer's last single to chart within the top 40 in the United States until "Lazarus" (2015).

Barring one or two minor (IMHO) tweaks, this is what I went with. 87Fan (talk) 03:36, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Infobox

• You can remove the alternative text here
• Please remove the A-side as well, as it is clear that the single was included on its single release
• Link 12" to 12-inch single
• Remove the citation here
• Unfortunately, the genre isn't referenced, so this must be removed, too
• Unlink Bowie both as a writer and producer, and only state "Bowie" at "Producer(s)"
• I think the remix must be removed from his chronology
• Unfortunately, the second cover art is superfluous, so it must be removed, as well

Argh! I hate losing the beautiful alternative cover artwork! But, I understand :) This was all done. 87Fan (talk) 03:37, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Song development

• Rename this section into "Background and development"
• was the last one written → was the last track written
• Link Carlos Alomar here
• he'd written → he had written
• and thus receiving part → and thus received part
• The singer described the song as a → use "single" here for alternation
• The song is about Bowie's long-time → use "recording" here for alternation
• Please place [4] after "saying:"

Done! 87Fan (talk) 03:37, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Promotion

• A new remix was made for the single release. This was the first David Bowie single to be made available on CD. A digital download version of the tracks was made available online in 2007. → "Never Let Me Down" was released through EMI in 1987 and was the first Bowie song to be issued on a CD, including a remix of the track.(use the right citation here from "Track listing".) In 2007, it was also made available for digital download.
• the song on the BBC's → remove "the" here
• The track was performed live during the 1987 Glass Spider Tour. → The track was additionally performed live during his 1987 Glass Spider Tour

Done. 87Fan (talk) 03:38, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Music video

• accompanying music video, of which Bowie said it's "an → accompanying music video. Regarding this, Bowie said, "It's an
• hands. ... I think → ... to [...]
• Actor Joe Dallesandro appears in the video as the dance marathon announcer → Actor Joe Dallesandro makes appearance throughout the clip, announcing a dance marathon.
• The song's 7" picture disc cover shot is a still from the music video. → A shot from the music video was used to commercialize 7" releases of the single.(use right ref here from "Track listing" section)
• Unlink "dance marathon" here and link it at its previous mention
• was reviewed positively → was viewed positively
• link "critic" to Music journalism
• and the newspaper later rated the video → use "clip" here for alternation

Done except the second thing (hands. ... I think ...) - I couldn't really figure out what you meant here. Otherwise, all done. 87Fan (talk) 03:38, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Reception

• Bowie encyclopedist Nicholas Pegg called the song → use "track" here for alternation
• "Never Let Me Down" was Bowie's last single to chart in the top 40 of the US Billboard Top 100 charts until his single "Lazarus" did so in 2016 → Commercially, "Never Let Me Down" was Bowie's last single to chart inside the top 40 of Billboard's Hot 100 until his "Lazarus" (2015) did so in 2016. Additionally, the track peaked at number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.<ref name="UK"/>

Done. 87Fan (talk) 03:39, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Track listing

• Fixed here some minor issues by myself

Thank you! 87Fan (talk) 03:39, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Production credits

• Fixed by myself

Thank you! 87Fan (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Chart positions

• Change title to "Charts"

Done, easy ;) 87Fan (talk) 03:39, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Other stuff

Copy-violation

• 2.0% is perfect!

Links

• 2 problems here! Please fix!

Cool tool. Both were addressed. 87Fan (talk) 03:39, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

References

• As far as I checked them, the references do cover the assertations made in this article. (I can't verify some books, though, but I trust you ;))
• No dead links! Good job!

Thank you! 87Fan (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Outcome

•  On hold for 7 days! Good luck with editing, Cartoon network freak (talk) 19:04, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

I think your feedback has all been addressed. Thank you again for taking the time to review this/these articles. I very much appreciate it! 87Fan (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Gladly passing! Congrats, Cartoon network freak (talk) 06:17, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

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