Talk:We Are Young

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UK charts

A song called We Are Young by We Are Young singers made #78 last week in the UK charts. Is it related to this song?--90.215.76.139 (talk) 23:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple Issues

I'm a big fun. fan, but I have some concerns with this page. Is the song so notable that it should have a page that is longer than the band's own page? That, to me, seems unreasonable. Much of the info in "Critical reception", for example, seems more applicable to the band's page rather than this page. The tone of the article also seems overly positive and is clearly not NPOV. Beyond that, there is room for cleanup with additional citations and grammar fixes.

-- Ammarks (talk) 18:23, 17 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

1- No such thing as having this article be too long, every song article should aim to be as long and comprehensive as a featured song article (4 Minutes (Madonna song)). Having this article being longer than Fun's article means nothing.
2- The Critical reception section is fine, it is sourced and pertains to the song.
3- Saying this article doesn't have a neutral point of view doesn't make sense to me, nowhere does it look like a fan has added things to this article to make it sound overly positive, everything is sourced.
4- I don't see anything that needs to be cleaned up, I don't notice grammar errors, or see anything that needs additional sourcing. Headers do not need citations; where you have the "citation needed" is sourced below in the article.

If you feel anything needs to be improved, then you are entitled to improve it. WP:Be Bold NYSMtalk page 15:21, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Askin' 'bout a scar

Apologies if I break a rule or have typed something in the wrong format. The article does not mention the meaning of "Askin' 'bout a scar". Taken at first glance, this might be taken as a violent drunkard who physically abused his 'lover' and left a physical scar. But as we listen to the song more, he says "between the drinks and subtle things, the holes in my apologies, I'm trying hard to take it back", which indicates that this was a thing he said, not a thing he did. It probably included being caught in a lie which was compounded by him trying to apologize using more lies. Although she is angry about it, she is trying to forgive and forget, and while she goes through that process, he asks her to have youthful fun with him in the meantime and if at the end of the night she feels like falling down, he'll carry her home, because even though he is not perfect he still loves her very much and she can still count on him to make sure she makes it home safely. The song is actually quite pragmatic. Again, apologies if I didn't edit this correctly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frontier teg (talk • contribs) 18:00, 8 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

who is he actress in the audio version of the video? 2603:7081:3E03:5E27:0:0:0:1E03 (talk) 22:16, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GENRE of the song

Sorry, but you are both wrong. This song is very clearly an anthem - not a ballad. The major key scale and lyrics give it away instantly. Any song with that uses the word "we" when referring to their audience and/or directs their audience to do something is pretty likely to be an anthem. Examples of other rock anthems: We Will Rock You - Queen, We Are the Champions - Queen, We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister, For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC... see a pattern there?............and this is obviously not a power ballad either. The tempo is far too fast, it's not written in a minor key and it has nothing to do with "love". You would never slow dance or make out at a dance to this song. This is a song you and your friends party to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.218.46.25 (talk) 02:37, 5 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I know this song is clearly indie pop and alternative rock, but it is also power pop AND stadium rock. Though i don't mind them not being in the infobox section for genre, stadium rock is a valid genre and it is clearly sourced in We Are Young's critical reception section...i've been going back and forth on this for months now and yeah...why does stadium rock keep getting deleted from the beginning paragraph where We Are young's genre is described and in the composition section. There are random [2]s just sitting there in these two places, citing NOTHING. But its supposed to be sourcing STADIUM ROCK AS AN GENRE. Can this plz be explained to me? Thx. And yeah lol srry I don't have an account on Wikipedia.

- Anonymous (posted on September 5, 2012) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.26.14 (talk) 02:09, 6 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is ridiculous - stadium rock is not a genre of music. It's a dumb buzzword used by critics to describe a band's performance style or the scale of their music. Notice how the article on stadium rock (actually arena rock) does not refer to it as a genre? Furthermore, power pop is not as slow in tempo as "We Are Young" is. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk • contributions) 14:16, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Composition and/or Critical Reception

Use in Seth MacFarlane projects??

As good as "We Are Young" is, using it for an episode of American Dad! is like using it for an episode of Family Guy.

Glee Feature

Going through the article I made a few grammar and syntax adjustments, however the thing that caught my eye was the sentence about glee the tv show. It is correct that the song was covered in an episode, but you have it in the same sentence as the song getting rewarded a super bowl commercial. It is not apparent that this is the proper chain reaction, because of the show.. came the commercial. In fact glee had a great deal of backlash at that time and could not have been great for publicity. You are correct in the two facts individually, they just shouldn't go in the same sentence.

Angelesparzaa (talk) 01:04, 17 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

kanye west

the instrumental was originally intended for kanye west and jay-z’s joint album, “watch the throne” but was given up to jeff bhasker because the instrumental “didn’t fit the vibe” of watch the throne. 47.18.221.203 (talk) 10:22, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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A personnel section could possibly be added here. Since the source is already cited it would be simply reused. Here's how I think it would look:

Done — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 17:59, 27 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Personnel

Credits sourced from Sound on Sound^[1]

fun.

Nate Ruess - lead and backing vocals
Jack Antonoff - electric guitars, bass guitar
Andrew Dost - piano

Additional Musicians

Janelle Monáe - guest vocals
Jeff Bhasker - piano, Roland Juno-106 and Moog synthesizers, Akai MPC3000 programming, orchestral and choir arrangement
Rosie Danvers and TommyD - orchestral arrangement

How's that sound? 2601:147:4700:B420:C9B9:EC12:D208:D833 (talk) 00:09, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Tingen, Paul (October 2012). "Jeff Bhasker on mixing 'We Are Young'". Sound On Sound.

[1] Tingen, Paul (October 2012). "Jeff Bhasker on mixing 'We Are Young'". Sound On Sound.

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