Talk:Paper Planes (M.I.A. song)

Update to Covers
Street Sweeper Social Club have released their cover of Paper Planes on their new Ghetto Blaster EP. Also, in Third Eye Blind's "Non Dairy Creamer", Stephan Jenkins sings the "Some, some of them we murder, some, some we let go" during the outro. I'm not great at official editing, just thought I'd put this here so someone with the skills and know-how could update it officially :) --222.155.76.177 (talk) 02:50, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Alternative quote
" I was going to get patties at my local and just thinking that really the worst thing that anyone can say [to someone these days] is some **** like: ”What I wanna do is come and get your money.” People don’t really feel like immigrants or refugees contribute to culture in any way. That they’re just leeches that suck from whatever. So in the song I say All I wanna do is [sound of gun shooting and reloading, cash register opening] and take your money. I did it in sound effects. It’s up to you how you want to interpret. America is so obsessed with money, I’m sure they’ll get it." Slightly less PC but needs a better source. Rich Farmbrough, 21:18 7 February 2009 (UTC).
 * http://www.thefader.com/articles/2007/08/07/video-interview-mia-jimmy .Rich Farmbrough, 10:03 9 February 2009 (UTC).

Sound effects
It sounds like wood-on-wood, and a camera shutter to me, not gunshots and re-loading. Rich Farmbrough, 21:18 7 February 2009 (UTC).

Deletion
Hi there was a line in the article that said "whatev idk bout this stuff". This is pretty much vandalism in my eyes, and the only time I have ever bothered to edit a wikipedia article. If this is an error please correct me, but I don't find it appropriate at all. -Fox —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.30.99.222 (talk) 23:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Paper Planes (Take Ya Money Freesyle)
Also released was a freestyle performed by Texas rap artist and Pocos Pero Locos affiliate Lucky Luciano. I don't remember where the song was released on, but I do know that it exists and appeared on one of his mixtapes. You can hear the song by going here to Imeem. ElMeroEse (talk) 01:43, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

WRiting credit
Obviously it's appropriate to just give the official writing credit in the infobox, but it is ridiculous in the intro to say "The song was written by Maya "M.I.A." Arulpragasam, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Wesley "Diplo" Pentz, Paul Simonon, Joe Strummer." The song features a sample from "Straight to Hell," which was written by Headon, Jones, Simonon, and Strummer. The song itself was written by M.I.A. and Diplo. The current phrasing implies that they sat down with the members of the Clash to write the song. This could be phrased much more clearly. 98.111.169.108 (talk) 23:55, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Why is this article so long?
It should include the release, reception, composition and the fact the backbone of the song was a sample from The Clash. Everything else is just a waste of space, written by what appears to be fanboys.137.111.13.200 (talk) 06:48, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree. I just wanted to look up the sample, and was astounded at the size. Nicknicknickandnick (talk) 04:39, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Seems to be what wikipedia would be like if it was owned by TMZ. Half a paragraph is devoted to describing the dress she wore during a live performance and media gossip responses to it. I think a lot of the content in this article should be removed. It's mostly well-sourced, but nonetheless trivial and irrelevant.Wall Screamer (talk) 20:19, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

[sic]
Why the "[sic]" in the quote? What's wrong with it?

"I was having this stupid visa problem and I didn’t know what it was, aside from them thinking that I might [sic] fly a plane into the Trade Center—which is the only reason that they would put me through this..."

94.198.120.51 (talk) 19:02, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Photos
Does the article really need so many photos of people only remotely linked to the song ? -- Beardo (talk) 21:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

British/English
Why is the singer M.I.A., who was born in London, England, classed as British, while the band the Clash, whose members held British nationality yet were not all born in England, are classed as English? Both are true, yet their use in the article is inconsistent, as it is known that the terms are not interchangeable. A mere oversight, or is there a grounded reason? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.177.89.2 (talk) 12:44, 15 December 2022 (UTC)