Template:Did you know nominations/At Seventeen


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:51, 12 May 2019 (UTC)

At Seventeen

 * ... that for the first six months that Janis Ian performed the song "At Seventeen", she closed her eyes due to her fear that the audience would laugh at her? Source:"At Seventeen is painfully honest, and I sang it with my eyes closed for the first six months because I was so sure everybody would be laughing at me," Ian sighs.
 * ALT1:... that Janis Ian wrote the song "At Seventeen" based on a The New York Times article about a woman's debutante ball? Source:There was an article about a woman who’d thought her life would change and be perfect when she had her debutante ball. The first line was, “I learned the truth at 18.” Since “At Eighteen” didn’t scan, it became “At Seventeen”.
 * ALT2:... that Janis Ian knew her single "At Seventeen" was successful when the size of her audiences grew from 100 to 800? Source:I remember the day I first thought At Seventeen might be doing something. We’d graduated from playing to 100 people to 800.
 * Reviewed: The Early Bedroom Sessions

Improved to Good Article status by Aoba47 (talk). Self-nominated at 20:56, 16 April 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New GA status verified. QPQ done. Long enough, heavily sourced (with reliable sources) and the hook sources check out. All hooks are within rules but I find the original one about closing her eyes to be the most hooky. Earwig found no problematic copying, only quoted lyrics and names of venues. Good to go. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:50, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the review. I would prefer the original hook because it seemed the most unique to the song and would (hopefully) stand out to the reader. Aoba47 (talk) 00:25, 12 May 2019 (UTC)