Dance the Night (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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Nominator(s): NØ 19:55, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This article is about the song "Dance the Night" by Dua Lipa. After Carly Rae Jepsen last year, it is time for another dance-pop artist to receive their first FA! I have chosen this track that soundtracks a pivotal scene in 2023's Barbie. The song performed extremely strong commercially but critical reception was kind of mixed. I know "Don't Start Now" was unsuccessfully nominated at FAC a few years ago; I would like to dedicate this to some of the Lipa content contributors that Wikipedia has unfortunately lost. Thanks a lot to everyone who will take the time to give their feedback here.--NØ 19:55, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I remember when the entire Barbenheimer thing was going on. I could not escape this song at all. Spotcheck coming in the following days. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/it/other neos • talk • edits) 23:17, 16 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• [3]: Cannot access, AGF pass
• [5]: OK
• [60]: OK
• [114]: OK
• [129]: This might be a region-based thing, but I can't find the specified charts ranking on here.
• [130]: Ditto
• [40]: OK
• [57]: OK
• [58]: OK
• [55]: OK
• [67]: OK
• [48]: OK

@MaranoFan: ping 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 18:12, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, LunaEclipse! I replaced refs 129 and 130. Just so there is no confusion later, is this also a source review?--NØ 19:20, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 19:21, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MaranoFan: [129] says the song peaked at No. 5 for that specific chart. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 19:28, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean this one? It shows the peak position as number one, no?--NØ 19:35, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nope. Says it peaked at No. 5. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 20:11, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't want to waste your time so I did the job for you. Support. 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 12:09, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I am still seeing a peak position of number one, not five, to be honest. Maybe the next reviewer will be able to help us with what peak the link is displaying to them.--NØ 14:04, 19 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Staking my claim here – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 15:18, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's nice seeing Dua get some love. Here are some comments:

• I've been conforming my articles to WP:FALSETITLE, which I don't think is mandatory but I've been seeing other editors across WP start adhering to it too. You can do what you want with that it won't affect my opinion I just thought I'd bring it up. Note: A false title is in use in the music video section: "Lipa created with the Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace." So I'd be consistent in one way or the other.

• From my observation, we do not have a rigid policy regarding false titles, but in terms of music articles, a majority of editors prefer to keep them in. I made the one in the music video section consistent with the rest of the article now, though.

• Could we change: ""Dance the Night" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the Billboard Hot 100. The song reached number one in several countries and received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Poland, as well as diamond in France." to have the UK be included with the "several countries"? So, ""Dance the Night" reached number one in several countries, including the UK, and received multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Poland, as well as diamond in France. It also reached number six on the Billboard Hot 100."
• "before blowing a kiss to the camera,[22][23] and the song was later included in an official trailer." → "before blowing a kiss to the camera;[22][23] the song was later included in an official trailer."
• Consider adding an audio sample to showcase the disco elements?
• "The Sydney Morning Herald's Robert Moran and Doyle thought it embodied her signature sound." → "The Sydney Morning Herald's Robert Moran and Doyle thought it embodied Lipa's signature sound."
• Was there any critical commentary on how the song stood as part of the Barbie soundtrack itself? Like was it a standout song? There's already good content in critical reception but I feel since it's part of a soundtrack album, one that included other successful songs like "What Was I Made For?" and "I'm Just Ken", a comparison would be nice (especially since a lot of these reviews are for the soundtrack itself)

• The current section is a comprehensive survey of all the reviews, so no. But I did just revisit all the reviews for the soundtrack just to make sure.

• "This represents her plans to move away from Future Nostalgia's dance sound with her future music according to Ronson." → "According to Ronson, this represents her plans to move away from Future Nostalgia's dance sound with her future music."
• "She performed it in full live for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall on 17 October 2024." Can you add "which was released on the live album Dua Lipa Live from the Royal Albert Hall (2024)."? (with a source of course)
• synthesizer should be spelled synthesiser in credits and personnel

Everything else looks good to me. Very solid read! – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 20:41, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, zmbro! All done. Could you confirm if this link shows a number one or number five peak position for "Dance the Night"? Since LunaEclipse and I had some confusion about it above.--NØ 09:06, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy to support. Link shows a number one peak position. :-) – zmbro _{(talk) (cont)} 15:34, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely shows number one for me. I can't understand how/why someone else would see something different..... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 08:28, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's what I was thinking too...--NØ 19:40, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image placement seems fine. I kinda wonder about the Flickr uploader of File:POS16 F6 RONSON 7 (27800111234).jpg, that's a lot of disparate images. File:Dua Lipa - Dance the Night.ogg should probably explain why this sample specifically. Only one has ALT text. Did some light spotchecking that didn't find issues. It looks like we are using adequate sources in consistent formatting, although I wonder if some URLs were copypasted erroneously e.g #38. Is Media Forest a reliable source? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:21, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot for the reviews. The uploader seems to be a professional photographer with several similarly high-quality images on his own website. I think the audio sample's page is already comprehensive; it does not contain video so it does not need ALT text, but TimedText is present. The URL for #38 leads to the correct page so it is correctly copypasted. Media Forest is an official chart provider according to WP:CHARTS. Let me know if the reviews pass now, Jo-Jo Eumerus.--NØ 10:06, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1. 38 is definitively not correct - https://www.timeout.com/music/best-pop-songs-of-all-time is a page about the 40 best pop songs, not 45, and there are other differences.

Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:31, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, right. Seems like they put a different list there recently. I just marked it dead to solve the issue.--NØ 10:21, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• "They thought the song could become successful" - "they" is very vague, especially as in the previous sentence you mentioned two groups of people with diametrically opposed views
• "depicted Disco Demolition Night in 1979 Chicago" - link Disco Demolition Night
• "as mermaid barbie" => "as Mermaid Barbie"
• That's what I got as far as the end of "Background and release" - back for more later -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 10:06, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• "Picard Brothers play keyboards and programmed it" => "Picard Brothers play keyboards and programmed the track"
• "Martins praised the strings and thought the song fit Barbie perfectly" => "Martins praised the strings and thought the song fitted Barbie perfectly" (British English, as Lipa is British)
• ""Dance the Night" became Lipa's fourth number one single" => ""Dance the Night" became Lipa's fourth number-one single"
• "and fit the Barbie universe" => "and fitted the Barbie universe" (as above)
• That's it, I think -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:02, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• All done. Thanks a lot for the review, ChrisTheDude!--NØ 19:40, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 19:44, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]