Talk:Mercy, Mercy (Don Covay song)

Mercy, Mercy (Don Covay song) has been listed as one of the Music good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: July 1, 2016. (Reviewed version).

Whoops!

For starters, it needs more Mercy: the title is actually "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy". If this had been right, maybe other Wiki pages might not have gotten some of their facts wrong when referring to this song. At least we can hope that Wiki writers and editors cross-check with other Wiki pages, now, can't we? That's the error of commission, even though it seems almost like omission, now that I think about it. So I guess I need to edit my own edit now? It should be clear enough what I mean, though, so "let it be." By the way, I know this title even though I don't have it in front of me, because I clearly remember getting if from a distributor when I was Music Director at WBRS Radio in East Lansing, Michigan, and playing it on the air as a weekend DJ/announcer there. Second, the Cover Versions List is good, but unfortunately incomplete, and in a very big way, too. Namely, the two biggest versions of this song ever recorded are left off for some unknown reason. One reached #5 and the other #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. And they were both in the same year of 1967, too, by the Buckinghams (vocal) and Cannonball Adderley (instrumental), respectively. Referring to other Wiki pages may help or hurt in this case, depending on what you need and where you go, since at least three Wiki pages have been noted at this writing to have basic errors in who wrote this song, among other things. Who would have thought? However, you can confirm the bona fides of these two recordings on at least one if not more of the pages in question, I am sure. Lovingthesixties (talk) 04:22, 26 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the Don Covay song. The Zawinul song recorded by Adderley, et al. has its own article. See "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" —Ojorojo (talk) 19:23, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Reviewer: Carbrera (talk · contribs) 19:15, 30 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox

All good

Lead

Since you mention it charted here, you need to include a section in this article for "Charts", where peak positions are stated

Added. —Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Recording and composition

All fantastic! :)

Releases and charts

"The single reached number 35 during a stay of ten weeks on the pop chart.[9]" --> The Billboard Hot 100 isn't necessarily a "pop" chart

Yes, removed. —Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hendrix involvement

"Cropper's recollection is supported by a 1968 Rolling Stone magazine interview with Hendrix:" --> "Cropper's recollection is supported by a 1968 Rolling Stone interview with Hendrix:"

Changed. —Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And remember to keep Rolling Stone linked to its respective article please

Done.—Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Hendrix performed "Mercy, Mercy" with Curtis Knight and the Squires in 1965." --> No source; remove if one cannot be found

Added citation to source. —Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rolling Stones version

"The band was filmed performing the song with Brian Jones and during their first appearance with Mick Taylor in Hyde Park on July 5, 1969, which was later included on their Stones in the Park DVD." --> No source; remove if one cannot be found

Added source for Hyde Park, removed Jones. —Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

End of GA Review:

Not much to point out; another good article! Thanks as always. ON HOLD for seven days to allow for any changes to be made to the article. Thanks. Cheers, Carbrera (talk) 23:21, 30 June 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Carbrera, I found a new source for the Stones' version, so I expanded it a bit and added an infobox. (I was thinking about reviewing "Hollaback Girl" – good work – but someone beat me to it.) —Ojorojo (talk) 02:35, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ojorojo Hey thanks! Good work to you too! Even though the GA Cup is now over, feel free to contact me if you ever need a review; I'd be glad to do so! Cheers! Carbrera (talk) 02:39, 1 July 2016 (UTC).[reply]

Wow, nine hours from nomination to pass. This definitely is a record! Thanks again. —Ojorojo (talk) 02:44, 1 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]