Talk:Touch Me I'm Sick

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Touch Me I'm Sick[edit]

This song really rules. How can anybody doubt that this is the definitive grunge song of all time? Mudhoney admits that it was their peak. It's famous. They're known for that phrase, "Touch Me I'm Sick". Just listen to it! That song seriously kicks ass! —Preceding unsigned comment added by NIRVANA2764 (talk • contribs)

Comments[edit]

Try to avoid abusing the word "it" and "its" in the lead. Thank you and good luck. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 01:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA nom on hold[edit]

I haven't reviewed a whole lot of articles thus far, so bare with me.

You don't need to link "single" in the lead, it looks kinda dumb and is linked in the infobox.

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In the first para of the lead you refer to the song as "it" alot, maby change some to "the song" or "Touch Me I'm Sick" or something along those lines.

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:36, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

""Touch Me I'm Sick" features straightforward garage/punk rock song structure." needs a source. If it is the one at the end of the para, you should double it up to make more clear.

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it is backed by that source; I'm adding it back in. indopug (talk) 05:23, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Poneman delink

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Peterson (photographer) dido

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:39, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Refs 7, 8, and 10 need publishers.

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The publisher for ref 1 is italisized but ref 3 isn't, that should be fixed.

Done. --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 00:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Other than those minor things, this looks pretty good. —Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 23:36, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore[edit]

Touch Me I’m Sick – GAN Comments

“Would” is prevalent in the article.

left two of them

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink 7” Vinyl

Done. linked it twice in the article. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Its fine as long as you do not link the same word in the same section or the succeeding one. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also Seattle, Washington

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If the single has no predecessor, put a dash on the black field to indicate such.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remove the parenthesis.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid too much use of “it”.

Removed as many as I could; many are in quotations though.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yah. I was talking about "it" outside the quoted material. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikilink debut single as one.

The above reviewer said not link single as it is already in the infobox. indopug (talk) 09:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need to mention the b-side in the lead.

Done. indopug (talk) 09:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Most recognizable song; a bit POVic. And since you prefer citing the lead, add citation on this.
bassline is bass line

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Claimed

left two of them

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redundant song

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Claimed again

left two of them

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Use dash for garage/punk rock

Why use a dash here? which one? By "/" I mean that those two song structures are pretty mcuh the same. indopug (talk) 09:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, removed the "/"; the way it is in the source.

Done. indopug (talk) 10:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 10:49, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please let me out in distortion pedal.

What? indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Sorry. What I mean is wikilink "distortion pedal" or any of the two related to the context. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. indopug (talk) 09:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Claimed again.

lef two of them

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Avoid use of contracted word such as “hadn’t”; spell it out.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs direct citation; However, Arm claims that he hadn't put much thought into the lyrics.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong again.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Influence in “Touch Me I’m Sick”.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Remove even.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pipe link R&B to disambiguate.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is The Nights and Days a song? If so, confine it in single quotation marks (single since it is a quoted material).

No, Its a band indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. No worries. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The band has been

What? indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Link 7” vinyl.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In 7” Vinyl format.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs direct citation: "Touch Me I'm Sick" was released in 1988 on 7" vinyl. It was Mudhoney's debut release and Sub Pop's first single. Initially, 800 clear coffee-brown vinyl copies, 200 black vinyl copies and a few assorted vinyl color copies were released.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Link indie.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs direct citation; The single quickly became an independent hit in Seattle, becoming Mudhoney's most recognizable song.

Done. indopug (talk) 15:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Put the period inside: "The first [pressing sold] 1,000, then 3,000 of the reissue, then it was out of print for a while; then they made 2,000 more and those are probably gone".

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

would explode onto, POVic.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Needs citation: In the time since the song's release in late 1988, the Seattle grunge scene would explode onto the mainstream. After Nirvana's Nevermind (1991) first achieved crossover success, bands such as Pearl Jam and Soundgarden would also enjoy much commercial success and popularity.

Done. indopug (talk) 10:37, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Although Mudhoney would never achieve this level of fame; who said that? POV.

Done. indopug (talk) 10:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

~~their early material, especially~~ "Touch Me I'm Sick",

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

didn't exist. Reword to did not.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"Touch Me I'm Sick" remains Mudhoney's most recognizable song, and a staple at their concerts. Source?

Mostly removed it.

Done. indopug (talk) 15:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Confessed.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No need on the table for the accolades. Merge it to the reception section.

I prefer to be there; as prose it would be a mess of which publication ranked it at what. Should I add it as a sub-section to the legacy section? indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Was released as a 7” vinyl

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested.

Done. indopug (talk) 06:48, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

For publication entry in the citation template, enclose it in a parenthesis.

What? Enclose what in brackets? indopug (talk) 09:29, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to object. If any comments were addressed before I posted this, please crash it out. Thank you very much and good luck. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 04:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good work. Lets fatten the piles in Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs. --BritandBeyonce (talk) 07:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Passed. —Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 04:14, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong[edit]

One thing you are got to fix is that Touch Me I'm Sick wasn't the first single released by Sub Pop. The first single was Hunted Down by Soundgarden. --Freedom (song) (talk) 17:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proper formatting[edit]

To @Indopug, I was really considerate on what you reverted. I agree with the removal of the sample of Sonic Youth's cover; that was an experimental edit and I guess I'm not entirely experienced with samples yet. But most of these reversions are not good. You returned an outdated external link, a capitalization error, removed non-breaking spaces (something koavf noted) and added confusion in the Sonic Youth subsection on who covered what.

Another thing I'd like to note is the inconsistency in stating the length of "Touch Me I'm Sick". There's two sources that make a 10-second difference, the time stated in a pressing of the original single, and the one seen on streaming services. I went with the former. Carlinal (talk) 13:40, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All of the useful changes you made are in the article now. Thank you.—indopug (talk) 14:44, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]