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Army of Me (Christina Aguilera song) is part of the Lotus (Christina Aguilera album) series, a good topic. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the Wikipedia community. If you can update or improve it, please do so.

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Date	Process	Result
June 21, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
February 22, 2014	Good topic candidate	Promoted

A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on January 9, 2013.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Christina Aguilera describes "Army of Me" as an "updated version" of her 2002 song "Fighter"?

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GA nomination

This article is a very good one and it can be a GA nomination. — HĐ (talk) 10:56, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No it's not, it needs major work. — AARON • ^TALK 11:14, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oh come on, it is as good as Let There Be Love or something else! — HĐ (talk) 14:49, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's not. I haven't finished this article and it was majorly disrupted by another editor. I wrote "Let There Be Love", and it's not on the same level. — AARON • ^TALK 22:24, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Robin (talk · contribs) 20:01, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewing. Robin (talk) 20:01, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

American English

Criticised should be written as criticized.
favourite should be favorite.

Lead

"Army of Me" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, taken from her seventh studio album Lotus (2012). ---Change to: "Army of Me" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera for her seventh studio album, Lotus (2012). Mostly because it's easier on the eyes.
Many praised Aguilera's strong delivery of the songs message and branded it a potential single, while others criticised it for being too similar to "Fighter". ---> songs needs to be changed to song's. Having read the critical recep section, critics say it's similar to fighter but they don't actually criticise the song for it. There is, however, some itch about her vocal performance. Thoughts?
What? Some itch? Lol — AARON • ^TALK 21:18, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- According to the section, Wass considered her vocals sparse, while Copsey said her vocals are overworked.
  - If something is too similar, it's a negative thing. He criticised it for being too similar, not for being a bad song. — AARON • ^TALK 21:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Okay. Robin (talk) 21:36, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Composition and lyrics

The empowering lyrics "One of me is wiser/ One of me is stronger/ One of me's a fighter/ And there's a thousand faces of me/ We're gonna rise up for every time you broke me/ You're gonna face an army of me" are similar to those performed by Aguilera on "Fighter", although of "Army of Me" does not sample any of the song. ---- Empowering isn't needed here; verbose and redundant.
Chris Younie for 4Music wrote that his favourite lyric in the song is "Now I've found my second wind, now I've found my second skin". --- This doesn't belong in a composition section and is painful to read.

Credits and personnel

Why are all the instruments capitalised?
- It would be grammatically incorrect to not capital them as they are bullet pointed. — AARON • ^TALK 21:21, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Okay. I've never heard of that rule *scratches head*. Robin (talk) 21:25, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - It's basic literacy and grammar lol. — AARON • ^TALK 21:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Vocals recorded at The Red Lip's Room, Beverly Hills, CA. ---- write CA in full.

Refs

FN5; LA's publisher is the Tribune Company, not Eddy Hartenstein
FN15; The Boston Globe's publisher is The New York Times Company, not Christopher M. Mayer.
FN17; The Observer's publisher is Guardian Media and News, not The New Review section.
FN22; E! Online's publisher is NBCUniversal, not E!.

Status

I enjoyed reading the article. On hold. Robin (talk) 21:14, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I've done everything. — AARON • ^TALK 21:24, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

~~One query left at the lead subsection.~~ Robin (talk) 21:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Passing. Congrats. Robin (talk) 21:39, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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