Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Funky Stuff (Kool & the Gang song)


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The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. The consensus is a clear keep (non-admin closure) Dusti*Let's talk!* 19:56, 3 August 2023 (UTC)

Funky Stuff (Kool & the Gang song)

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Lacks any significant, independent sources to justify a stand-alone article and pass WP:NSONGS. Pertinent info can be merged into Wild and Peaceful (Kool & the Gang album), and the article can be redirected there (or simply deleted since Funky Stuff had been previously created as a redirect). Chart info is presented in Kool & the Gang discography. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 23:51, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Albums and songs-related deletion discussions. Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 23:51, 27 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep Article is certainly notable in corresponding to Wikipedia:Notability (music) with said song's ranking on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart along with the US Billboard Pop Singles chart. Hence song is well in accordance with Wikipedia:Notability (music) in being ranked on national or significant music or sales charts. What's more the song has been sampled by prominent artistes such as the Beastie Boys, Gangstarr, N.W.A, Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep. Accordingly, Funky Stuff has of course been independently released as a single by Kool and the Gang, a quite notable musical artist who's sold over 70 million albums worldwide. (Scriber88 (talk) 04:58, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Per WP:NSONGS, charting only suggests a song may be notable (significant and independent sourcing must exist outside of that) and Kool & the Gang being "a quite notable musical artist" doesn't make the song notable per WP:NOTINHERITED. Notwithstanding this and the below comment, the amount of coverage is still minimal and second hand; per WP:NSONGS, "a standalone article is appropriate only when there is enough material to warrant a reasonably detailed article." Star cheers peaks news lost wars Talk to me 17:36, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep. Agreeing with the above comment. Mentioned in various books as one of the major hits of K&TG (see GB link in this page). It's even one of their signature songs from a given period (" 1983 – by which point Kool & the Gang were basically unrecognisable as the band who’d made Funky Stuff or Jungle Boogie") (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jul/24/kool-the-gang-robert-bell) ) or at all (https://eu.indystar.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/08/09/kool-gang-bring-half-century-funky-stuff-fair/945367002/). It's been sampled, covered, quoted. It's simply a famous and very notable song. (This being said, something should be made to redirect this to Funky Stuff and make the latter the main article about the song not a redirect to the album; but that's another story.)- My, oh my! (Mushy Yank)  10:51, 28 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Keep passes WP:NMUSIC for being featured in the US Billboard charts, sources have also been stated above to meet GNG &mdash; Karnataka  talk  08:42, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep on WP:NMUSIC grounds; I think we've just about got enough sources here to show WP:GNG, but it would be good to get them into the article: lots of what is cited there is lyrics databases and similar sources that don't necessarily confer notability. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 16:59, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep adding to the snow.    ArcAngel    (talk) 00:00, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep - I think there is enough to satisfy GNG, and probably more that is not readily available given that the song is 50 years old and a charting single. Rlendog (talk) 00:17, 3 August 2023 (UTC)


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