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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on July 17, 2020.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the video for "Angels Ain't Listening" by Basshunter features a mentally unstable man modeled after Joaquin Phoenix's 2019 portrayal of the Joker?

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Kamil Sarnowski (5 June 2020). "Basshunter żyje i ma się dobrze – a udowadnia to nowym utworem w retro klimacie!" [Basshunter is alive and well - and he proves it with a new song in a retro atmosphere!]. Shining Beats (in Polish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
"I dag släpper Basshunter »Angels Ain't Listening«, en comeback-låt där artisten ska visa »den känslosamma sidan av sig själv«. Vi har därför låst upp vårt porträtt av Jonas Altberg från 2009, då vi hakade på den i Sverige utskrattade artisten när han erövrade världen" [Today, Basshunter releases "Angels Ain't Listening", a comeback song where the artist will show "the emotional side of himself". We have therefore unlocked our portrait of Jonas Altberg from 2009, when we caught the laughed at artist in Sweden when he conquered the world]. Facebook (in Swedish). 29 May 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2024.

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The result was: promoted by 97198 (talk) 11:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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~~... that the character from the music video for "Angels Ain't Listening" refers to the Joker played by Joaquin Phoenix from the 2019 film of the same title?~~ Anders Öhrman (2 June 2020). "Det är många i samhället som sätter på sig en mask för att låtsas må bra" [Many people in society put on a mask to pretend to feel good]. QX (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ALT1:... that "Angels Ain't Listening" feels very 1980s and with disco-themed vibes it reminds Pet Shop Boys of a song done by them?Jonathan Currinn (3 June 2020). "Basshunter Releases New Single "Angels Ain't Listening"". CelebMix. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

Created/expanded by Eurohunter (talk). Self-nominated at 22:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]
QPQ not needed, new enough, long enough, passes earwig. Hook is cited. Prose somewhat clunky and could use some copy-editing. --evrik ^(talk) 04:23, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Evrik: AshMusique edited the lead. Is it okey now? Eurohunter (talk) 16:07, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Yoninah:, you are a better copy editor, what say you? --evrik ^(talk)

@Evrik: I did a drop more editing on the article to align with English grammar. I also moved up a paragraph and changed some subheads so it would flow logically. It looks good now. Yoninah (talk) 17:59, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

--evrik ^(talk) 18:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)@Evrik: However, the hook needs more work. It's a lyric video, not a music video. If that's the angle they want to take, they could write something like:
ALT1: ~~... that the lyric video for "Angels Ain't Listening" by Basshunter features a mentally-unstable man modeled after Joaquin Phoenix's characterization in the 2019 film Joker?~~ Yoninah (talk) 18:07, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
ALT1a: ... that the video for "Angels Ain't Listening" by Basshunter features a mentally-unstable man modeled after Joaquin Phoenix's 2019 portrayal of the Joker?

Okay, I looked at the video, and thought it as a subtitled music video. I'm okay with Alt1. What about 1a? --evrik ^(talk) 18:15, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Evrik: That's fine. Yoninah (talk) 18:17, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Leaving choice of hook to the promoter. --evrik ^(talk) 18:22, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree. ALT0 is not worded correctly nor according to the source, and your version reads much more smoothly than mine. Striking the ones not to use. Yoninah (talk) 18:44, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Per WP:DYK#Cited hook, "Each fact in the hook must be supported in the article by at least one inline citation to a reliable source, appearing no later than the end of the sentence(s) offering that fact." To satisfy this requirement, I made a duplicate citation immediately after the sentence with the hook fact. The source is in Swedish, but the Google translation seemed pretty clear. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 19:38, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"Angels Ain't Listening (lyric video)" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Angels Ain't Listening (lyric video) has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 November 15 § Angels Ain't Listening (lyric video) until a consensus is reached. Bearcat (talk) 16:34, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]