User:ResolutionsPerMinute

Dear fellow Wikipedians,

After several months of weighing the pros and cons, I have to decided to take an indefinite wikibreak. Lately, I have become more ornery and hostile toward other editors, and it has taken me a while to accept the fact that I am doing this because I am unhappy with my life—editing is no longer enough to keep me in high spirits. My many real-life frustrations are spilling over onto Wikipedia, and before my behavior becomes irreversible, I will put a stop to it. It is with sheer regret that I announce my unofficial retirement from Wikipedia.

I may return one day, so do not consider me permanently retired. If all goes well, I may be back in working order before the end of 2025. However, if I have not made another edit by 2 January 2026, I would like an editor to perform the following actions:


 * 1) Revert my user page to
 * 2) Add the Retired template to my user page
 * 3) Archive my talk page

Thanks to everyone who helped support me during my tenure on Wikipedia. I appreciate it, even if I didn't send enough love. Do me a solid and keep the vandals under control. I have done a lot of good work for this site, and I would hate to see it all undone. For now, I've done all I can possibly do, and it's time I turn all attention to writing novels. If the day comes that I do return, it will be when I am a happier person who has accomplished his life dreams. To quote a song I really like, "Sometimes goodbye, though it hurts in your heart, is the only way for destiny." True that. Peace out.

All the best, Resolutions Per Minute



Welcome to my userpage. If you want to check out my contributions to the Wikipedia community, you'll usually find my marks on articles for songs, especially those released between 1988 and 2005. If you want an idea of where I go and what I do, read on. Or just take a look at my userboxes. Either way, music charts are my forte and number-one interest. Why? The quote above should tell you why. Of course, music charts aren't my only interest. If I want to expand the article for a song I like, I can muster the motivation to delve into areas in which I'm not that interested. It's all part of being a Wikipedian.

Background
Before 25 January 2020, I edited under the name "Nowmusicfan2816". This name originated from my affinity of the Now That's What I Call Music! compilation series, specifically the British series. I believe this series has the strongest track lists. I first discovered the British series existed in 2007, but I didn't get interested in it until early 2010, which is when my interest in non-US hit music began. My favorite British Now! CDs are the first discs of volumes 27, 28, and 30; the second disc of volume 34; and the entirety of volumes 41, 49, and 60. The 28 in the username refers to my favorite edition of the US series: ''Now! 28''. My other favorite homeland editions include the 2nd, 4th, 11th, 16th, and 30th ones. Finally, 16 used to be my favorite number until 28 took over (yes, there's a connection). I am also fond of the Canadian and New Zealand variants, as well as other compilation series, specifically Totally Hits (US), 100% Hits (Australia), Hit Machine (Australia), and So Fresh (Australia)—but only volumes released before 2015. Despite being a fan of all these series, I often remove any mentions of them in song articles since they usually fail WP:N and WP:V.

I started out editing articles for video games—specifically Nintendo games—then slowly moved over to music as my real-life interests changed. Even then, I only edited a few times a year. I started seriously editing in December 2017, making my thousandth edit in March 2018 by adding chart info to "Deep, Deep Trouble" by the Simpsons and my ten thousandth edit in August 2019 by adding the Canadian chart and certifications section to TLC's "Baby-Baby-Baby". In March 2023, I created my hundredth article, It Just Won't Do. Although I don't chiefly edit video game articles anymore, I still make an occasional edit if I see a grammatical goof or weakness. What can I say? I like to write. It's an impulse. Wikipedia helps satiate these urges when I'm not working on my own material. I hope to get a novel out there soon. Until then, I shall edit, cite, and nitpick.

On 25 January 2020, I changed my username to "ResolutionsPerMinute" because I had lost interest in my previous username, as I saw it as juvenile, impulsive, and a tad risky considering it looks like a password. This new username ("ResPM" for short) in a nod to the term revolutions per minute, and also to Canada's RPM Singles Chart, which ranked Canada's most popular singles from June 1964 to November 2000. Truth be told, I'm incredibly biased when it comes to that chart, but I don't let it show on articles; a lot of songs I like just charted highly on the magazine. Even though I now edit under a different name, I'm still the same person, so don't hesitate to get in touch. Please keep in mind, however, that communicating with other people is difficult for me because I have autism. When speaking with me, keep it simple; otherwise, I may misunderstand what you're saying or refuse to respond. Additionally, remember to ping me on other talk pages. I rarely respond to messages unless notified.

Below is a chart that illustrates how frequently I edit articles for songs released between 1960 and 2019. Everything before 1960 is "rarely", while everything after 2019 is "never", excluding vandalism.

What are my goals?
Overall, I aim to help Wikipedia and Wikipedians gather as much information on popular music as much as I can, especially music from the 1990s and early 2000s.
 * 1) Adding and citing missing music charts, applying Template:Single chart to messy tables if necessary
 * 2) Adding missing song certifications and applying Template:Certification Table Entry to messy tables if necessary
 * 3) Adding, citing, verifying, and trimming track listings and release history sections
 * 4) Expanding song articles to at least C-class status and reassessing when necessary
 * 5) Adding cover arts for songs so people know they're in the right place
 * 6) Creating articles for songs I believe deserve recognition (if I have the time and the info, that is)
 * 7) Creating redirect pages for songs I believe deserve recognition but do not have enough information to allow the creation of at least a start-class article
 * 8) Reverting vandalism and nonconstructive/disruptive edits, watchlisting articles if necessary
 * 9) Using proper grammar and enforcing consistency
 * 10) Editing other articles not related to music if the need arises
 * 11) Refusing to participate in edit wars, relying on the support of other Wikipedians, and reaching mature conclusions on controversial edits

Articles I've created
Note: Asterisks denote pages that had already been created, but as a redirect page (not by me); I created the actual article.

1–100

 * Pop Singer (John Cougar Mellencamp song) 1 March 2018
 * Breakaway (Big Pig song) 17 March 2018
 * My Sister (Juliana Hatfield song)* 25 March 2018
 * Bring Me Edelweiss* 7 April 2018
 * Jerk (Kim Stockwood song) 11 April 2018
 * Will I Ever (Alice Deejay song)* 28 April 2018
 * You Weren't There (song) 14 May 2018
 * Woman (Neneh Cherry song)* 30 September 2018
 * Come In Out of the Rain (song) 30 December 2018
 * She's a River* 11 January 2019
 * Love Is the Law (The Seahorses song) 5 February 2019
 * 65 Roses (song) 7 February 2019
 * Summertime (The Sundays song) 2 June 2019
 * Heartspark Dollarsign 30 June 2019
 * Let It Rain (Amanda Marshall song) 11 July 2019
 * I Wish You Well 15 July 2019
 * Nobody's Wife (song) 15 December 2019
 * I Wanna Be a Cowboy* 19 December 2019
 * Chasing Rainbows (song) 14 January 2020
 * My Town (Glass Tiger song) 19 January 2020
 * Not an Addict* 14 February 2020
 * You Were Right (Badly Drawn Boy song)* 26 March 2020
 * You're the Only One (Maria Mena song)* 15 April 2020
 * I Got 26 June 2020
 * Spaceman (4 Non Blondes song) 7 July 2020
 * I Like It (Narcotic Thrust song)* 8 July 2020
 * Where I'm Headed 11 July 2020
 * Everybody Gonfi-Gon 14 July 2020
 * Bamboogie* 9 August 2020
 * Operation Blade (Bass in the Place)* 18 August 2020
 * A Better Love* 31 August 2020
 * Open Your Mind (song) 2 September 2020
 * Searching (China Black song)* 3 September 2020
 * Compliments on Your Kiss 4 September 2020
 * It's About Time (Lillix song)* 8 September 2020
 * 3 Is Family* 9 September 2020
 * Each Time* 10 September 2020
 * Friends Forever (song) 11 September 2020
 * Falling in Love Again (Eagle-Eye Cherry song) 12 September 2020
 * What's in It for Me (Amy Diamond song) 17 September 2020
 * My Vision (song)* 19 September 2020
 * B-Boys & Flygirls 24 October 2020
 * Mishale 10 November 2020
 * Bow Down Mister* 11 November 2020
 * Are You Still Having Fun? 1 December 2020
 * Do Anything (song)* 14 January 2021
 * Downtown Venus* 18 January 2021
 * Hammer to the Heart* 2 February 2021
 * Loco (Fun Lovin' Criminals song)* 4 February 2021
 * The Whistle Song (DJ Aligator Project song) 8 February 2021
 * Perseverance (song) 16 February 2021
 * Rumble in the Jungle (song)* 24 March 2021
 * Cold (Deep Obsession song) 28 March 2021
 * Lights Out (Lisa Marie Presley song)* 8 April 2021
 * Paradise (Phoebe Cates song)* 3 June 2021
 * Tetris (Doctor Spin song) 20 June 2021
 * Supermarioland (song) 21 June 2021
 * More Than I Needed to Know* 28 July 2021
 * Things I've Seen* 9 August 2021
 * The Floor (song) 11 August 2021
 * I Live for You (Chynna Phillips song) 16 August 2021
 * You Suck (song) 26 August 2021
 * The Motivation Proclamation* 30 September 2021
 * I Could Be the One (Donna Lewis song) 30 September 2021
 * I Quit (Hepburn song)* 9 November 2021
 * Battle (song)* 15 November 2021
 * Hillbilly Rock Hillbilly Roll 20 November 2021
 * Catch (Kosheen song)* 22 November 2021
 * Daydreamin' (Tatyana Ali song)* 27 November 2021
 * Boy You Knock Me Out* 27 November 2021
 * Cruise Control (Headless Chickens song) 17 December 2021
 * Es ist geil ein Arschloch zu sein 23 December 2021
 * Sweetest Poison* 8 January 2022
 * What You Got (Abs song)* 22 January 2022
 * All My Love (Queen Pen song)* 10 February 2022
 * Invisible (D-Side song)* 19 February 2022
 * Oblivion (Terrorvision song) 22 February 2022
 * Everybody (Hear'Say song)* 24 February 2022
 * We Have a Dream (Deutschland sucht den Superstar song) 7 April 2022
 * Here's Johnny (Hocus Pocus song) 9 April 2022
 * Nightmare (instrumental) 18 April 2022
 * Riverdance (song) 19 April 2022
 * Tequila (Terrorvision song)* 22 April 2022
 * Hungry (Kosheen song)* 27 May 2022
 * Hey Dude (song) 9 June 2022
 * Sound of Drums (song)* 9 June 2022
 * For Sure (Scooch song)* 1 July 2022
 * It's All Gravy* 20 November 2022
 * Don't Leave (Faithless song) 22 November 2022
 * Wild Women Do* 26 November 2022
 * Squeeze Toy (song) 5 January 2023
 * Youthful 7 January 2023
 * Wild Horses (Gino Vannelli song) 7 March 2023
 * Rev It Up (song)* 8 March 2023
 * True Love Never Dies (Flip & Fill song)* 9 March 2023
 * Shooting Star (Bang! song)* 9 March 2023
 * I've Got You (Martine McCutcheon song)* 9 March 2023
 * Only to Be with You 12 March 2023
 * Mädchen (song)* 13 March 2023
 * It Just Won't Do* 21 March 2023

101–200

 * Heartache (Pepsi & Shirlie song) 29 March 2023
 * Drop Dead Beautiful (song) 18 May 2023
 * Time to Burn (Storm song)* 7 June 2023
 * Stop Your Fussin' 10 June 2023
 * Every Beat of the Heart 25 June 2023
 * Fired Up! (song) 11 August 2023
 * Every Beat of My Heart (Rod Stewart song)* 25 August 2023
 * Relax (Deetah song) 31 August 2023
 * Let Me Take You There* 14 September 2023
 * The Real Love* 26 September 2023
 * Four Leaf Clover (song)* 16 January 2024
 * Walking Wounded (Everything but the Girl song)* 25 January 2024
 * Breathe (Greenwheel song) 1 February 2024

Redirect pages I've created
I created these pages as I could not find enough information about these popular songs to constitute at least a start-class article. My hope is that other users will be able to eventually gather enough information to turn these redirect pages into actual articles. If you want to make the transformation for one of these pages, what I'd like to see is this:, or even better, this: , but not this:. No offense to whoever made C; it's a great song. If you do plan to make a stub-class article, though, just make sure to add as much cited info as you can, please.

Note: This list does not include redirects to songs that already have an article.


 * An Emotional Time 13 May 2018
 * Sweet Toxic Love 27 January 2019
 * Choose Life (song) 21 July 2020
 * Donde esta la pollo 18 April 2021
 * Welcome to the City 15 May 2021
 * From My Head to My Heart 2 June 2021
 * Gib mir Sonne 4 December 2021
 * Movin' On (Boomtang song) 5 January 2023
 * Trick with a Knife 31 January 2023
 * Lay Your Love on Me (Roachford song) 12 March 2023
 * Fuck dig 22 July 2023
 * Trout (song) 16 August 2023

Redirect pages that have since been turned into articles by other users

Note: Asterisks indicate the article was created under a different name by another user.
 * That Girl (Maxi Priest song) 8 April 2018 (re.) → 24 January 2019 (ar.)
 * Co-Co (song) 31 May 2018 (re.) → Co-Co (Sweet song) – 17 January 2020 (ar.)*
 * Bloke (Chris Franklin song) 9 March 2020 (re.) → 12 April 2022 (ar.)
 * Next Time (Marie Wilson song) 6 November 2021 (re.) → 21 March 2022 (ar.)

Useful links
If you are a new or inexperienced user and are interested in adding music charts to articles, please use the following links to get you started. I only list links of sources that are live and reliable. Most of these sources have a Single chart template, so please use it whenever possible.


 * – Australia, Austria, Belgium (Flanders & Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Netherlands (Single Top 100), New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (select region in "other countries" box)
 * – Canada before November 7, 2000
 * Digital archives of RPM magazine can be found here:


 * – Czech Republic, Slovakia
 * – Europe, various European charts
 * – Germany
 * – Hungary
 * – Iceland (click "Ítarleit"/"Advanced", select "Dagblaðið Vísir – DV (1981–)" in "leita í öllum titlum" box, then search for a keyword or artist in quotes ; try not to use full song or artist names, as certain charts may not show up)
 * – Ireland (for the second source, enter the artist name into the URL after "=", using plus signs as spaces; punctuation is usually included)
 * – Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)
 * – South Africa
 * – United Kingdom, Scotland
 * – United States, Japan (Japan Hot 100), Canada after November 6, 2000 (to search for an artist, enter their name into the URL after "music/", using hyphens as spaces, then type "/chart-history"; punctuation is usually included)
 * Digital archives of Billboard magazine can be found here:

Musical tastes
My favorite genre of music is alternative rock, especially from the 1990s and 2000s. Considering how rock music has changed over the 2010s, you won't find me editing a lot of recent-music articles (I'd say 2015 is my cutoff point). I also like pop, dance, and some hip hop/R&B, but I dislike American country music and a large chuck of rap music, especially trap. Sure, I do like a few songs from both of those genres (in fact, two of my favorite albums are country albums), but in general, I don't target articles with songs in those genres unless there's a mistake that needs tending to.

Favorite musicians: Kylie Minogue, Dido, Madonna, Matchbox Twenty, No Doubt, Janet Jackson

Favorite instruments: steel-string acoustic guitar, Hammond organ, steel drum, pan flute, didgeridoo

Favorite kinds of music: alternative rock (before 2010s), adult contemporary, teen pop (1990s/early 2000s only), new jack swing

Favorite album artworks: Radiator by Super Furry Animals, Return of Saturn by No Doubt, Scissor Sisters by Scissor Sisters

Favorite Eurovision winners: "Euphoria" by Loreen (2012), "Ein bißchen Frieden" by Nicole (1982), "Love Shine a Light" by Katrina and the Waves (1997)

Favorite TV themes: "Change It Up" by Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP), "I'll Be There for You" by the Rembrandts (Friends), "I'm in Between" by Macy Gray (As Told by Ginger)

Favorite video game soundtracks: Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon

Song that best describes me: "The Anthem" by Good Charlotte

Some of my favorite songs

 * 1) "This Kiss" by Faith Hill
 * 2) "There You'll Be" by Faith Hill
 * 3) "There She Goes" by Sixpence None the Richer
 * 4) "She's So High" by Tal Bachman
 * 5) "Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer
 * 6) "See the Sun" by Dido
 * 7) "My Favorite Mistake" by Sheryl Crow
 * 8) "Landslide" by Dixie Chicks
 * 9) "Never Let You Go" by Third Eye Blind
 * 10) "Liebe ist" by Nena
 * "Always Come Back to Your Love" by Samantha Mumba
 * "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia
 * "Feel It" by the Tamperer featuring Maya
 * "My Sister" by the Juliana Hatfield Three
 * "Perfect Day" by various artists
 * "MMMBop" by Hanson
 * "The First Cut Is the Deepest" by Sheryl Crow
 * "Standing Still" by Jewel
 * "Breathless" by the Corrs
 * "Would You Be Happier?" by the Corrs
 * "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie
 * "Love Shines" by Fleetwood Mac
 * "All You Wanted" by Michelle Branch
 * "Blue Orchid" by the White Stripes
 * "Are You Ready" by Shakaya featuring Nate Wade
 * "In the Meantime" by Spacehog
 * "Beautiful Soul" by Jesse McCartney
 * "Realize" by Colbie Caillat

Favorite Kylie songs
 * 1) "Spinning Around"
 * 2) "The One"
 * 3) "Get Outta My Way"
 * 4) "Chocolate"
 * 5) "Can't Get You Out of My Head"

Favorite Madonna songs
 * 1) "Crazy for You"
 * 2) "What It Feels Like for a Girl" (Above & Beyond remix)
 * 3) "I'll Remember"
 * 4) "Don't Tell Me"
 * 5) "Drowned World/Substitute for Love"

Favorite Janet songs
 * 1) "What Have You Done for Me Lately"
 * 2) "Feedback"
 * 3) "All for You"
 * 4) "Come Back to Me"
 * 5) "Got 'til It's Gone"

Some of my favorite albums

 * 1) Life for Rent by Dido
 * 2) Version 2.0 by Garbage
 * 3) Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
 * 4) Return of Saturn by No Doubt
 * 5) Mind on the Moon by Snow
 * Need You Now by Lady Antebellum
 * The Spirit Room by Michelle Branch
 * Coco by Colbie Caillat
 * Vs. by Pearl Jam
 * Cosmic Thing by the B-52's
 * Yourself or Someone Like You by Matchbox Twenty
 * Mad Season by Matchbox Twenty
 * Come On Over by Shania Twain
 * Cracked Rear View by Hootie & the Blowfish

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