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Requesting removal of "it follows the chord progression Dm–F–C–Gm" under the composition heading. It's unnecessary and misleading, giving the impression that those four chords loop in that order throughout the entire song, when they don't. It may even be incorrect, while the sheet music arrangement cited denotes an F, the piano score is missing the root, while the track itself has an audible E making it unambiguously Am. Furoar ( talk) 12:07, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Edit Request: David K. Kim, p/k/a Kiyanu Kim, is one of the co-authors of the song "Wrecking Ball," recorded by Miley Cyrus. His name should be included as one of the writers. Although he was not originally given credit, he recently entered into a settlement and co-publishing agreement with MoZella and EMI which legally establish his status as co-author and his rights in the song. Mr. Kim has edited the article appropriately. Drumtoad59 ( talk) 16:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
I think Synthpop isn't a good genre and if it must stay should be supplied with a source -- 92.17.8.227 ( talk) 21:50, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No move, following the recent creation of Wrecking Ball (Neil Young song). Depending on what becomes of that article, it may be worth revisiting this request. Cúchullain t/ c 18:51, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) →
Wrecking Ball (song) – This is the only song called "Wrecking Ball" with an article.
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The release date is incorrect. That release was only for promotional release. It was released as a single in September 13.
The second cover looks like fan art. While the Hung Medien websites are reliable for chart data, they are less reliable for cover art and release info. A search on the RCA site only finds the first cover. Is there a more reliable source for the second cover? Adabow ( talk) 22:29, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: withdrawn by nominator. Obviously not going to pass. Because there were some supporters, anyone who would like this to be discussed further may boldly revert my withdrawal. – Chase ( talk / contribs) 16:34, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) → Wrecking Ball – Page views in the last 90 days:
Other topics at Wrecking ball (disambiguation) are either only partial title matches or don't have articles at all. These articles' combined pageviews: 19,045, less than half of those for the Cyrus song. According to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, "A topic is primary for a term, with respect to usage, if it is highly likely—much more likely than any other topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term." It is apparent that Cyrus' song is the primary topic for "Wrecking Ball" topics that are not the actual wrecking ball. With capitalization used to disambiguate it from the object per WP:DIFFCAPS, we should opt for the more WP:CONCISE title.
Any potential ambiguity can be easily remedied with hatnotes atop Wrecking ball and the Cyrus song's article:
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18:12, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
TinyEdit ( talk) 00:04, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
The text says "The song was written by MoZella, Stephan Moccio, Sacha Skarbek, Lukasz Gottwald, and Henry Russell Walter" but in the infobox says that the only one man wrote the song was sacha skarbek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.95.141.29 ( talk) 01:28, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Someone has written to Wikimedia (OTRS) regarding the omission of the name of Kiyanu Kim in the list of writing credits. I responded that such an inclusion requires a reliable source. There provided to sources:
The first, when queried for “wrecking ball”, lists the writers:
LUKASZ GOTTWALD, SACHA SKARBEK, HENRY WALTER, STEPHAN RICHARD MOCCIO, MOZELLA, KIYANU KIM, MAUREEN MCDONALD
Unfortunately, there is more than one song with this name, and while there is an apparently unique HFA song code, W7045L, I don’t know how to connect that to this song. It may be helpful to note that the other names in this list of writers are also in the list in the article and not challenged.
The second source discusses the writing of the song.
I don’t know the industry well enough to know whether this is adequate support for the claim if it is the name should be added. -- S Philbrick (Talk) 12:34, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
To confirm that the Harry Fox Agency's first songfile listing for "Wrecking Ball" is the Miley Cyrus version, there are several entries (gigwise, wikipedia ("Bangerz")) on the web that link these writers to the Miley Cyrus song explicitly. Unfortunately, Kiyanu Kim was not given credit when the song was released. That has now been rectified, which is why Harry Fox Agency (the world's leading mechanical rights licensing agency) has adjusted its database to include Mr. Kim as one of the writers. Similarly, BMI (one of the world's leading performing rights licensing organizations) has adjusted its database to include Mr. Kim as one of the writers. These are not only reliable sources, but they are the sources upon which all music publishers rely to pay royalties. Drumtoad59 ( talk) 18:53, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Note:Suspected users have been listed on
Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Kiyanu Kim.
183.171.180.234 (
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18:54, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
"Wrecking Ball"'s nine week gap between #1 sittings is listed in the article as being the largest gap in Billboard Hot 100 history. This needs to be clarified. It is the longest gap for songs remaining on the chart through that gap period, but is not even close for overall longest gap. That was Chubby Checker's "The Twist" That was #1 the week of 9/19/60, later dropped off the chart, but then returned to #1 for two weeks beginning 1/13/62. The gap is 476 days!!
Reference: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, Joel Whitburn (2000). — Preceding unsigned comment added by H2izcool ( talk • contribs) 05:10, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Not moved. ( closed by page mover) Simplexity22 ( talk) 21:29, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) →
Wrecking Ball (song) – The Neil Young song of the same name has no significance, so I redirected it to its album, making this the only song called "Wrecking Ball" on Wikipedia with an article. This song was extremely popular, considering its video of course.
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Requesting removal of "it follows the chord progression Dm–F–C–Gm" under the composition heading. It's unnecessary and misleading, giving the impression that those four chords loop in that order throughout the entire song, when they don't. It may even be incorrect, while the sheet music arrangement cited denotes an F, the piano score is missing the root, while the track itself has an audible E making it unambiguously Am. Furoar ( talk) 12:07, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
Edit Request: David K. Kim, p/k/a Kiyanu Kim, is one of the co-authors of the song "Wrecking Ball," recorded by Miley Cyrus. His name should be included as one of the writers. Although he was not originally given credit, he recently entered into a settlement and co-publishing agreement with MoZella and EMI which legally establish his status as co-author and his rights in the song. Mr. Kim has edited the article appropriately. Drumtoad59 ( talk) 16:23, 2 March 2016 (UTC)
I think Synthpop isn't a good genre and if it must stay should be supplied with a source -- 92.17.8.227 ( talk) 21:50, 25 September 2013 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: No move, following the recent creation of Wrecking Ball (Neil Young song). Depending on what becomes of that article, it may be worth revisiting this request. Cúchullain t/ c 18:51, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) →
Wrecking Ball (song) – This is the only song called "Wrecking Ball" with an article.
69.117.171.98 (
talk)
12:22, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
Disambiguation in Wikipedia is the process of resolving the conflicts that arise when a single term is ambiguous—when it refers to more than one topic covered by Wikipedia. (A "topic covered by Wikipedia" is either the main subject of an article, or a minor subject covered by an article in addition to the article's main subject.)
If a topic does not have an article of its own, but is mentioned within another article, then a link to that article should be included.
When a more specific title is still ambiguous, but not enough so to call for double disambiguation, it should redirect back to the main disambiguation page (or a section of it). This aids navigation, and helps editors to avoid creating new articles under the ambiguous title by accident.
The release date is incorrect. That release was only for promotional release. It was released as a single in September 13.
The second cover looks like fan art. While the Hung Medien websites are reliable for chart data, they are less reliable for cover art and release info. A search on the RCA site only finds the first cover. Is there a more reliable source for the second cover? Adabow ( talk) 22:29, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: withdrawn by nominator. Obviously not going to pass. Because there were some supporters, anyone who would like this to be discussed further may boldly revert my withdrawal. – Chase ( talk / contribs) 16:34, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) → Wrecking Ball – Page views in the last 90 days:
Other topics at Wrecking ball (disambiguation) are either only partial title matches or don't have articles at all. These articles' combined pageviews: 19,045, less than half of those for the Cyrus song. According to WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, "A topic is primary for a term, with respect to usage, if it is highly likely—much more likely than any other topic, and more likely than all the other topics combined—to be the topic sought when a reader searches for that term." It is apparent that Cyrus' song is the primary topic for "Wrecking Ball" topics that are not the actual wrecking ball. With capitalization used to disambiguate it from the object per WP:DIFFCAPS, we should opt for the more WP:CONCISE title.
Any potential ambiguity can be easily remedied with hatnotes atop Wrecking ball and the Cyrus song's article:
–
Chase (
talk /
contribs)
18:12, 6 April 2015 (UTC)
TinyEdit ( talk) 00:04, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
The text says "The song was written by MoZella, Stephan Moccio, Sacha Skarbek, Lukasz Gottwald, and Henry Russell Walter" but in the infobox says that the only one man wrote the song was sacha skarbek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.95.141.29 ( talk) 01:28, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
Someone has written to Wikimedia (OTRS) regarding the omission of the name of Kiyanu Kim in the list of writing credits. I responded that such an inclusion requires a reliable source. There provided to sources:
The first, when queried for “wrecking ball”, lists the writers:
LUKASZ GOTTWALD, SACHA SKARBEK, HENRY WALTER, STEPHAN RICHARD MOCCIO, MOZELLA, KIYANU KIM, MAUREEN MCDONALD
Unfortunately, there is more than one song with this name, and while there is an apparently unique HFA song code, W7045L, I don’t know how to connect that to this song. It may be helpful to note that the other names in this list of writers are also in the list in the article and not challenged.
The second source discusses the writing of the song.
I don’t know the industry well enough to know whether this is adequate support for the claim if it is the name should be added. -- S Philbrick (Talk) 12:34, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
To confirm that the Harry Fox Agency's first songfile listing for "Wrecking Ball" is the Miley Cyrus version, there are several entries (gigwise, wikipedia ("Bangerz")) on the web that link these writers to the Miley Cyrus song explicitly. Unfortunately, Kiyanu Kim was not given credit when the song was released. That has now been rectified, which is why Harry Fox Agency (the world's leading mechanical rights licensing agency) has adjusted its database to include Mr. Kim as one of the writers. Similarly, BMI (one of the world's leading performing rights licensing organizations) has adjusted its database to include Mr. Kim as one of the writers. These are not only reliable sources, but they are the sources upon which all music publishers rely to pay royalties. Drumtoad59 ( talk) 18:53, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
Note:Suspected users have been listed on
Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Kiyanu Kim.
183.171.180.234 (
talk)
18:54, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
"Wrecking Ball"'s nine week gap between #1 sittings is listed in the article as being the largest gap in Billboard Hot 100 history. This needs to be clarified. It is the longest gap for songs remaining on the chart through that gap period, but is not even close for overall longest gap. That was Chubby Checker's "The Twist" That was #1 the week of 9/19/60, later dropped off the chart, but then returned to #1 for two weeks beginning 1/13/62. The gap is 476 days!!
Reference: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, Joel Whitburn (2000). — Preceding unsigned comment added by H2izcool ( talk • contribs) 05:10, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Not moved. ( closed by page mover) Simplexity22 ( talk) 21:29, 28 January 2018 (UTC)
Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song) →
Wrecking Ball (song) – The Neil Young song of the same name has no significance, so I redirected it to its album, making this the only song called "Wrecking Ball" on Wikipedia with an article. This song was extremely popular, considering its video of course.
JE98 (
talk)
03:32, 21 January 2018 (UTC)