Talk:Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)

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Audio sample?[edit]

Can anyone create/upload an audio sample of the song? Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 09:05, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will try to upload it in next few minutes... --MajklDzekson (talk) 11:09, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I put it into the infobox so you can move it in wherever section you want... --MajklDzekson (talk) 12:17, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 [talk] 14:15, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome, --MajklDzekson (talk) 10:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Who Is It (Michael Jackson song)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Canadian Paul 00:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will be reviewing this article right now - just setting up the review page:

GA review (see here for criteria)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
It is illustrated by images, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free images have fair use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
Overall:
Pass/Fail:

Some comments:

Reference #16 just says "Halstead, p. 358", which isn't enough to identify the source.

Fixed Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure that it's necessary to repeat the video in the "External links" section when you've already used it as a reference within the text.

Done Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reference #3 is dead.

Fixed Crystal Clear x3 00:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Under "Background and composition", second paragraph - "Lyrically, "Who Is It" pertain to being in despair after being left by someone you love." - Is there a guideline as to whether or not something like this should be cited? On one hand, it's inherent to the song, so it may not be necessary to cite - on the other hand, it could be taken as an interpretation and therefore (potentially) controversial. I would imagine that it could be cited, as the section below mentions a critic (Gilham) who discusses this exact idea.

Fixed Crystal Clear x3 01:02, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The second paragraph of the "Release and Reception" section uses "chart" and "charting" to the point of distraction - I know that in a lot of cases it's not possible to change, but that's not always the case. For example: "The song charted within the top twenty chart position's, peaking at number fourteen, on the Billboard Hot 100 chart". This could be replaced with something like "The song peaked at number fourteen on the...." which not only removes two instances of the word "chart" but also gets rid of a bit of redundancy. Please go through this paragraph and see if you can't change some things around to make it flow better; I'll reread it after you've edited it a bit.

Done Crystal Clear x3 01:11, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The third paragraph has the same problem ("the song charted on the country's chart for four weeks before charting out of the chart's top fifty positions") and also uses "debuted" and "peaked" in the same structure a lot.

Fixed Crystal Clear x3 01:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Same paragraph- "The track debuted at it's peak position, number ten on the thirtieth week of 1992; the song charted at it's peak position for two weeks before falling off the chart." - This sentence doesn't mention what country it's talking about (presumably Norway, given the citation)

Fixed Crystal Clear x3 00:57, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Under "Music video" - "Similar to other singles released from Dangerous, a music video was released to support the song." - The word "released" twice in the same sentence isn't going to work either. Easily replaced by something like "Similar to other singles from the Dangerous album..."

Done Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Same section - "The music video consists of clips of Jackson's career highlights, such as clips of his "Billie Jean" performance at the Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever in 1983, and clips of Jackson in his music videos for songs from the 1980s and 1990s." - Other than the really poor use of plural vs. apostrophe that I had to fix, there are three "clips" in this one sentence.

Done Crystal Clear x3 00:54, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

To allow for these changes to be made I am placing the article on hold for a period of up to a week. I'm always open to discussion on any of the items, so if you think I'm wrong on something leave your thoughts here and we'll discuss. I'll be checking this page at least daily, unless something comes up, so you can be sure I'll notice any comments left here. Canadian Paul 00:39, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whew, okay... so I needed to go through the whole article again to make sure that I corrected all the improper apostrophe use... but I think that I caught them all now. One final problem: the lead should contain a mention of the the "music video" section, as the lead must summarize all major sections. Once you've done that, then this article should be ready for GA status. Canadian Paul 01:36, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done Crystal Clear x3 01:49, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright then, nothing left to say except congratulations and thank you for your hard work. Canadian Paul 01:53, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Crystal Clear x3 02:09, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sonic 3[edit]

its been confirmed that Michael Jackson had involvement in Sonic 3, and when you speed up "Who Is It," it sounds like Ice Cap Zone. This should be talked about. Numerous videos on YouTube with comparisons confirm this.Tallicfan20 (talk) 23:30, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually "Who Is It?" is one of the more tenuous links. The Jam link is more obvious and the Stranger in Moscow link is confirmed by someone who worked with MJ on both Sonic 3 and Stranger in Moscow. Point being, I don't know if this is the article to mention it. Also, there may be legal repercussions of attaching MJ's credit to something either he or Sega clearly didn't want him creditted on. 96.236.112.210 (talk) 22:46, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dangerous Tour[edit]

This Song was planned with Give In To Me,In The Closet,Dangerous,Dirty Diana and Remember The Time for the Dangerous World Tour.

 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.50.33.93 (talk) 13:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics[edit]

Can someone include the lyrics

Release date?[edit]

The single was released in the summer of 1992 in Europe. Perhaps June but certainly by early July. It entered the Netherlands chart four weeks prior to August 1, 1992, which was July 4. In the UK, it entered the charts two weeks prior to July 26.

It was released in the USA around March 1993.[1] It entered the US charts shortly thereafter. Binksternet (talk) 05:53, 26 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]