Talk:Mercy (Duffy song)

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Does the chorus sample The Doors?[edit]

The keyboards sound a lot like Ray Manzarek's. If so it could be added to the article. If not, then fine.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 14:55, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It samples Stand By Me, doesn't it? U-Mos (talk) 20:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I thought that as well, but I'm not sure.--h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 14:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The keyboard riffs are pretty obviously borrowed from the Cannonball Adderley/Joe Zawinul song "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy", recorded in 1966. And I dont mean "sounds like". I mean its exactly the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.251.27.158 (talk) 21:26, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]


The music is also similar to BLUE ADONIS' DISCO COP [[1]] [2] [[3]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.197.35.139 (talk) 01:58, 8 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OneRepublic Version[edit]

It says OneRepublics song Mercy is a cover of this song. But these songs are not the same, and besides, OneRepublic's songwas released in 2007, and Duffy's song in 2008. So I'm removing this claim from the page. Daniel Berglund (talk) 01:56, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Removed this section, entitled Covers:

Live performance covers don't seem to belong here (unless they were at the Olympic Opening Ceremony!), particularly in view of the above dispute over One Republic. What do you think?

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 15:27, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Songwriters[edit]

Who wrote this?

Try this[edit]

When i heard this song for a first time i noticed the backsound. Something very familiar, that i heard long time ago. I started to reproduce that old song - "I can't have enough of you babeee... I can't get enough of you babee... Can't get enough of you babee" I searched the Youtube and came up with this - [4]

Youtube number of views claim[edit]

There's no source to back this up. Also, the total views of the many Mercy clips I could find on Youtube is nowhere near 3 million. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.67.104.188 (talk) 00:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sample[edit]

I thought this song contained a sample of ben E. Kings "Stand By Me". I'll look it up, unless someone else has some info on it. 69.209.216.235 (talk) 04:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    • In my opinion the main riff is totally equal to the bass line of Looking For Somebody (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac). Maybe this should be mentioned, or is this just a 'coincidence' when so much music is made? See Youtube --AaronvdElzen (talk) 17:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sales Certifications[edit]

I can't find sales certifications for "Mercy" in any countries apart from the ones already listed. Is there a website anyone can recommend that will list them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebmcateer (talk • contribs) 11:49, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Mercy (song)[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Mercy (song)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "BPI":

  • From List of 2000s UK Singles Chart number ones: "Certified Awards". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  • From British Phonographic Industry: Gallup (4 February 1989). "The Top of the Pops Chart" (PDF). Record Mirror: 4. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  • From Better in Time: "Certifified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:18, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move (1)[edit]

NO CONSENSUS
No consensus after a month. --RA (talk) 19:49, 10 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Mercy (song) → Mercy (Duffy song) – Kanye West has released a song of the same name. Unreal7 (talk) 21:17, 9 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose per WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. The Duffy song was number one all over the world, the Kanye West song far from it. The hatnote is sufficient. -- Necrothesp (talk) 09:29, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Kanye's song Gold Digger is in my eyes definitely the primary topic of Gold Digger, but right now it's not. Unreal7 (talk) 10:16, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Gold Digger (song) may be, but the primary meaning of gold digger is not a Kanye West song but a generic term, as stated in the article. In any case, that is not relevant to this discussion. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:41, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this title is already disambiguated, since it isn't the primary topic of mercy, it should be unambiguously titled. -- 76.65.131.248 (talk) 11:23, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Requested move (2)[edit]

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The result of the proposal was moved. --BDD (talk) 19:16, 22 October 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure)[reply]

Mercy (song) → Mercy (Duffy song) – Per Wikipedia:WikiProject Songs#Naming, "If there is more than one song article with a title then disambiguate by putting the artist name in the title to make '<song name> (<artist name> song)', for example 'Because (The Beatles song)'."

The previous requested move above ended with no consensus, with an argument mentioning WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, although that seems to apply to broad-concept articles, which in this case would be Mercy (disambiguation), right? Other immeasurables (I think) and contentious rebuttals may be "substantially greater enduring notability and educational value" or "usage" by people searching for the article; both Mercy (Kanye West song) and this article's song performed well commercially, one better internationally and one better in the US (English Wikipedia?), not that any of this should be an issue, just redirect Mercy (song) to the disambiguation page. So let's get some comments. Dan56 (talk) 03:51, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support the current title should end up at the disambiguation page. -- 70.24.247.66 (talk) 04:08, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support WP:PRIMARYTOPIC applies to undisambiguated titles. If we need to add a disambiguator it should be be completely unambiguous. Tassedethe (talk) 04:14, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. The qualifier is a bonus and not a hindrance to searchers. WP:SONGS supports the move. Never convinced that primary topic applied in full to songs. --Richhoncho (talk) 12:19, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Both Duffy & Kanye West songs were successful so the title should be a disambiguation page. MadSkilz252 (talk) 16:56, 15 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support this one seems pretty cut and dry to me. Hot Stop (Edits) 03:15, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support using the disambig page is fair and necessary.--Mαuri’96 “...over the Borderline” 08:39, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Merger proposal[edit]

No consensus to merge the Dancing Queen content to the Mercy article. There is significant disagreement among the participants of the discussion over whether the former is a simple cover of the latter or a separate song that merely incorporates large elements of "Mercy". 28bytes (talk) 08:48, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I propose that Dancing Queen (Girls' Generation song) be merged into Mercy (Duffy song). I think that the content in the "Dancing Queen" article can easily be explained in the context of "Mercy", and the "Mercy" article is of a reasonable size that the merging of "Dancing Queen" will not cause any problems as far as article size or undue weight is concerned. As the article on the Girls' Generation re-recording of the Duffy song mentions, it is a mere cover version, and what seems to be the norm here on wikipedia is to keep all versions of a song restricted to one article. Chsf (talk) 18:44, 13 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose - Two different songs in two different languages with two different meanings. Although, the background music is the same and yes "Dancing Queen" is a cover of Mercy. Tibbydibby (talk) 19:53, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. Agreed with the above. It's not just some "word-for-word, same instrumental, just a different singer" cover version. Status 00:54, 21 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose - As said above, only the background music is the same, lyrical content being entirely different. I would find much of the information in Mercy (Duffy song) unapplicable other than bits of the Mercy (Duffy song)#Music structure and composition, which can be included here instead of a merger - a very mild form of overlap. Also the song has already achieved notability as a Korean chart topper already to justify its own notability. ⊾maine12329⊿ talks@wiki 16:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Usually, each time a song is re-recorded in a different language, it comes with a different lyrics. The original composer remains, and therefore it should follow the rule to keep all versions of a song restricted to one article. Tweny13 (talk) 17:16, 26 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Agreed with the above. It's a cover of Mercy in just a different language. Different version of the same song should be restriction to one article. Penpaperpencil (Talk) 09:15, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Partial Oppose - the song is more of a remake or much in the manner of hip hop, a beat sample. It is a new mostly original song. But if it was merged, I wouldnt complain. RatiziAngeloucontribs 01:43, 15 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. It shouldn't be merged. The 'Dancing Queen talked here isn't just about the same song. It's entirely in different languages while the article also states the progress of KPOP group, 'Girls' Generation' as whole. It also contain information about how the song was postponed and later be released as a prequel of their upcoming album which is only 10 days before the actual album release. As stated above, this song achieved it's own rank as a chart topper in Korea. It's completely irrelevant with Duffy's Mercy even though both music contain similar major keynotes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.228.124.7 (talk) 01:21, April 21, 2013 (UTC)
  • Strong Support Most of the article can be added here as a new section. Take a look at Lady Marmalade and It's All Coming Back to Me Now. The most popular versions, by Christina Aguilera et al and Celine Dion have their own sections instead of their own article. So why should a Korean version of a song with a different title and lyrics (directly translated or not) have its own article? Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 16:24, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support - articles are about songs, not versions, not singles. The remake (regardless of language) is a part of the song's history and as such should be within the same article. - eo (talk) 14:20, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong support.WP:NSONGS states Songs with notable cover versions are normally covered in one common article about the song and the cover versions - this applies equally to songs in different languages. So on those grounds the question is, "Is it a "remake" or is it a new song sampling bits of Mercy? Well the article says it's a remake. Can't argue with that. --Richhoncho (talk) 18:39, 19 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong oppose. Refer to Maine12329. Keep in mind that when it is said that the lyrics are completely different it is meant that the narrative content is entirely different. There wasn't an attempt made in the Dancing Queen lyrics to replicate the narrative of Mercy. I advise other users to check the translated lyrics before you support. There are components to a song, and only one of them is a match. That sounds an awful lot like sampling, doesn't it? RE: Richhoncho, let's not imply that Wikipedia articles are infallible. Edit: We have an article for Student Demonstration Time, which is separate from Riot in Cell Block Number 9. No Particular Place to Go is based off of Chuck Berry's School Days. And while we're at it, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the Alphabet Song, haha. All of these are examples of the same instrumentation but new lyrics. They all have their own thing to discuss that is just plain irrelevant to the sister songs. All that combining Dancing Queen with Mercy will do is confuse both the articles purpose and readers alike, not to mention gloss over the achievements of both songs. Spinoff 00:09, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Like Ericobit says, the article should be about a song and not different versions. Like I said before, when the merger eventually does happen, most of the Korean article's content can be added as a new section instead of under Cover versions because of its own coverage and notability. Sampling is defined as taking a portion of one sound recording and reusing it in another--not the entire song! Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 03:01, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply I never said it was sampling. It is simply like all of the other examples of very popular songs in history that are based on another, but still considered separate. The fact that it uses the same (or hardly distinguishable) edit as Mercy doesn't actually make it any more of a cover than previous examples that do have their own articles. There doesn't seem to be a hard policy on Wikipedia for this issue, so I elect that we should defer to other examples of songs that are lyrically different but with the same instrumentation, specifically because there is plenty to say about Dancing Queen that would not add quality to the Mercy article. If we are trying to be informative, it may be best to not handicap the article(s). Spinoff 19:13, 29 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • RE What does "That sounds an awful lot like sampling, doesn't it" mean then? Actually, at WP:NSONGS it says Songs with notable cover versions are normally covered in one common article about the song and the cover versions. If the song "Dancing Queen" did not just have different lyrics but is also sung in a different tone, tempo, rhythm, etc. then it can have its own article. It even says at several refs in that article that it's a remake and not just sampling "Mercy". Exactly what do you mean by "plenty to say about Dancing Queen that would not add quality to the Mercy article"? When it will be merged, it will be added as a separate section. Take a look at this good article: It's All Coming Back to Me Now. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 02:30, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Reply to Spinoff. Sure there are examples of songs that should be merged but haven't been yet, just as there are examples of articles that will be deleted but haven't been deleted yet. I shall be looking at those you mention to see if they should be merged. I also draw your attention to Le temps des fleurs which is an example of songs in different languages being merged. There are 100s examples of merging/added to main article, probably more. --Richhoncho (talk) 12:09, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PS. Here's 4 more examples I could easily find which show merges from different languages.

Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 12:37, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose Merge. It isn't a foreign-language cover unless the words are a translation. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:31, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Not all the merged examples listed are translations either. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 04:44, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Merge Dancing Queen is a totally different song and article, it is not a cover of Mercy and even the instrumental of two songs are not totally the same. For example, the song Hot Summer by f(x), the instrumental of the song is the same as the original English song, Hot Summer by Monrose but the lyrics and meaning of the song is totally different and they each have their own article. By merging Mercy with Dancing Queen, people who read the article might get confused. Thus, i think Dancing Queen shouldn't be merged with Mercy. --Deoma12(Talk) 16:45, 27 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment For the umpteenth time, when the merger eventually does happen this link will redirect to a new section on this article. How would that lead to confusion? And those two articles have been proposed for merging as of now as well. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 08:01, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment (continu.) Your reasoning for oppose also seems to be completely based on a personal point of view, instead of incorporating the manual of style. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 11:14, 2 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. The context of the song is different enough to merit different articles, with references to each article, as it is now. I actually disagree with the original proposition, this would add too much text about Girl's Generation to the article about Duffy. Should keep it to a paragraph or less, as it is now, for readability. It's fine as is. The song is notable enough to deserve an infobox and multiple infoboxes in one article can be confusing. Psydude (talk) 03:52, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Once again, "Dancing Queen" is a cover version of "Mercy", therefore only one article is needed. One paragraph is indeed all that is required, there are a lot of insignificant facts from Dancing Queen that wouldn't add much to the Mercy article. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 05:08, 1 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Plagiarised[edit]

Isn't it a bit obvious this song is a mix and match of bits of other songs such as "Stand by Me"? Has any critic picked up on this? Can they be cited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SpringsteenSessions (talk • contribs) 10:56, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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