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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of controversial non-fiction books

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The result of the debate was no consensus to delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 02:39, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

List of controversial non-fiction books
This list is arbitrary, or to highlight the problem leading to VfD, it's original research.
 * Keep It's a very interesting read, and there are so many things that link here!  --User:220.236.61.128 15:32, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and clarify somewhere that it is not a good idea to start such lists. --Pjacobi 22:21, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Hard for such a thing to avoid being PoV. Maybe if each entry on the list cited media accounts of a cotroversy over that item... DES 22:25, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per the recent CFD of category:controversial books. Dunc|☺ 22:28, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: the CFD debate ended in no consensus. (See discussion.) Flowerparty talk 23:35, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Poorly defined and subjective with no concrete criterion for inclusion. Flowerparty talk 23:22, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Interesting and informative. CanadianCaesar 23:36, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep There is no "research" involved in noting that something is controversial. --malathion talk 00:11, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Many non-fiction books are controversial to one degree or another.  Inclusion on a list like this is entirely arbitrary.  Kaibabsquirrel 05:18, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original research, arbitrary and subjective, per nominator. Quale 06:05, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - every non-fiction book can be controversial to somebody for reasons of morality, religion, politics, what have you. Not to mention that many people use the term "controversial" to say, in effect, "I do not like this and you should not either". Otherwise the page should include the reason who considers the stated book controversial and why. The reason that scientists debate about the merits of some book does not necessarily make it controversial. Now the page labels certain books controversial (including Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, displaying clear POV - Skysmith 10:37, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep The list is poorly defined, but it is interesting. Most of the older books clearly belong on the list because they were important to a paradigm shift of some sort.  The problem is with the newer books, anything written in the last half century at least should have it's place on the list justified in some way.  For example, Michael Moore's books are more inflammatory than controversial, and shouldn't normally make the list.  However, if you add a sentence under the books name such as "This book was dropped by HarperCollins post 9/11 and was only printed after a letter writing campaign by librarians who accused the publisher of censorship", the entry becomes at the same time justified and more informative to the reader.  This would be easy to do for most of the books that truly belong on the list, and at the very least this strategy should be tried before the list is deleted. --AAMiller 12:59, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vague, prone to edit wars. Pavel Vozenilek 16:44, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete POV unmaintainable list. JamesBurns 07:30, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete POV, prone to edit wars, duplicates category (although the category misses the years) Alvin-cs | Talk 17:14, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The existence of controversy about a book can be considered objectively, with cites if needed. -- The Anome 16:51, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Contrary to some assertions, this list is not POV. All of these books have faced either censorship, litigation, or dispute. While the article needs some clarifying, the contents of the list are intriging. -The lorax 19:17, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. A valid list that can be very fun to read when said controversy is cited properly. Lord Bob 06:20, August 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Its a list that I like to read, the controvesies need to be said about each book though. Wikipedia Username 03:59, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kitron

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 04:20, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Kitron
Dicdef, and seems unlikley to expand past one. Transwiki. DES 22:21, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. More than a dicdef; reasonable article. Pburka 00:04, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This has the potential to become a great article. Category:Alcoholic beverages has many examples of other alcohol articles that that managed to transcend dicdef status. - Thatdog 00:38, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
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license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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User talk:Truong

Truong Nguyen, who born in Cambridge, Mar. 17 1994.

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Daylight

Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime. This includes direct sunlight, diffuse sky radiation, and (often) both of these reflected by Earth and terrestrial objects, like landforms and buildings. Sunlight scattered or reflected by astronomical objects is generally not considered daylight. Therefore, daylight excludes moonlight, despite it being reflected indirect sunlight.

Definition
Daylight is present at a particular location, to some degree, whenever the Sun is above the local horizon. (This is true for slightly more than 50% of the Earth at any given time. For an explanation of why it is not exactly half, see here). However, the outdoor illuminance can vary from 120,000 lux for direct sunlight at noon, which may cause eye pain, to less than 5 lux for thick storm clouds with the Sun at the horizon (even <1 lux for the most extreme case), which may make shadows from distant street lights visible. It may be darker under unusual circumstances like a solar eclipse or very high levels of atmospheric particulates, which include smoke (see New England's Dark Day), dust, and volcanic ash.

Intensity in different conditions
For comparison, nighttime illuminance levels are:

For a table of approximate daylight intensity in the Solar System, see sunlight.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/3.14

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The result of the debate was Redirect --Allen3 talk 13:18, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

3.14

 * 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117068 was nominated for deletion on 2005-06-01. The result of the discussion was "delete".  For the discussion see Votes for deletion/3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117068.

This doesn't seem encyclopedic, and it's probably not expandable. --Alan Au 22:23, 24 July 2005 (UTC) Redirect to Pi, if any mathematicians scream about it then 1) they haven't read the article, and 2) they're more anal than any mathematician I've ever met, that's for sure. Xaa 20:40, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Pi. Joyous  (talk) 22:31, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Joy Stovall. Flowerparty talk 23:47, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Pi, clearly. However, the nominator might note that this article is infinitely expandable!! -Splash 23:59, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete The Wikipedia naming conventions indicate that numbers in article titles refer only to dates. This should be deleted, and 3.14 (number) should redirect to Pi --malathion talk 00:12, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as above. Although Wikipedia conventions may forbid numbered titles except for dates, having a redirect page for 3.14 is actually useful for people who keep typing "pie" or trying to find the symbol on their keyboard. 23skidoo 00:45, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to "Pie", er, Pi. --Idont Havaname 00:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Pi. Dpbsmith (talk) 02:07, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as above, with a mention of how this tends to be the accepted trunkation of Pi in most American schools (thus making it encyclopedic, and also something that might be searched for/by). --InShaneee 02:17, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete 3.14 ≠ π Oleg Alexandrov 02:31, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Pi for readers and editors who are bad at math. android  79  02:52, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Dada. Common guys, can't we just take the matter into our hands, delete or redirect, and worry about the consequences later? If we hit the three-revert-rule, then we can put it to a vote, and apply the force of bureaucracy then. linas 02:58, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Redirect to Pi. I will yield no further though.  3.141 and beyond should simply be deleted.  Wikibofh 03:40, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to pi. Some infidels think of pi as of 3.14, so the redirect is useful. -- Naive cynic 08:03, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Didn't the Pope once rule that pi was equal to three? Can't have all those irrational numbers floating around. ;-) Redirect as above. — RJH 14:17, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as the least bad option. Redirecting to pi seems to imply that they are equal and will lead to ridicule by mathematicians, and deleting confuses people that type 3.14 and want to find information on pi. The convention that numbers in titles refer to dates holds only for integers (see Manual of Style (dates and numbers)). -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 15:39, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * What's worse, being ridiculed by mathematicians or not being able to help users that are less than skilled in math find the information they're looking for? android  79  21:09, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Best is it if we are not ridiculed by mathematician and we are able to help users less than skilled in maths. I think we achieve this if we keep the article with a text like "3.14 is often used as an approximation for pi". -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 21:21, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * But it someone types "3.14" in search, they're probably looking for information on pi. It seems to make more sense to add the "3.14 is often used as an approximation for pi" in the article on pi.  Joyous  (talk) 22:21, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * That is already in the article on pi, but it is so far down that the reader is unlikely to find it (and I don't think it should be much further up in the article). -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 22:29, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The fact that pi is approximated is explained in the article's introduction. android  79  22:49, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I disagree, but seeing that I am alone and it is not that important, I think it's better to end this discussion. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 10:50, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect Probable and useful search phrase. Links to this page should be watched and edited, of course. Septentrionalis 18:12, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to pi, or perhaps more specifically, to section dealing with approximations. PrimeFan 20:34, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I've been told that anchor redirects (for instance, to United States) don't work in the current software. (I just tried it myself, but there could be some other way to do it.) A good idea, though – maybe in the next version of Mediawiki... android  79  21:09, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * I tried your U.S. Ext. links anchor redirect example and it worked perfectly. I'm using Internet Explorer 6.0. PrimeFan 21:14, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * '''Redirect to Pi, which works for me. —Theo (Talk) 13:30, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
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Making Enemies Is Good

Making Enemies Is Good is an album by Backyard Babies, released in 2001. A number of tracks were co-written by Ginger of The Wildhearts. The album contains big hits such as "The Clash" and "Brand New Hate". The album was produced by the famous producer Thomas Skogsberg. Skogsberg also plays a keyboard solo in the song "Colours".

Track listing
All songs by Backyard Babies, except where noted.
 * 1) "I Love to Roll" - 2:04
 * 2) "Payback" - 3:03
 * 3) "Brand New Hate" - 3:01 (Backyard Babies, Ginger)
 * 4) "Colours" - 4:49
 * 5) "Star War" - 3:06
 * 6) "The Clash" - 3:06 (Backyard Babies, Thomander, Wikström)
 * 7) "My Demonic Side" - 3:36
 * 8) "The Kids Are Right" - 2:57
 * 9) "Ex-Files" - 3:36
 * 10) "Heaven 2.9" - 2:50
 * 11) "Too Tough to Make Some Friends" - 2:17
 * 12) "Painkiller" - 5:33 (Backyard Babies, Tyla)
 * 13) "Bigger W/A Trigger" - 2:06

Personnel

 * Backyard Babies
 * Nicke Borg - lead vocals, guitar
 * Dregen - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Star War"
 * Johan Blomqvist - bass guitar
 * Peder Carlsson - drums

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Angel (Madonna song)

"Angel" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second studio album Like a Virgin (1984). It was released on April 10, 1985, by Sire Records as the album's third single. Written by Madonna and Steve Bray, it was one of the first songs developed for the project and, according to Madonna, was inspired by a girl who is saved by an angel, and she falls in love with him. "Angel" was released as a 12-inch single with "Into the Groove" in some countries and charted likewise. A music video was not filmed for "Angel", and instead, a promotional clip comprising segments of her previous videos was released in the United Kingdom.

Musically "Angel" consists of three chord ascending hook, which serves for the verse and chorus. It has vocal harmonies beneath the main chorus and the lyrics repeat the angel-like image of Madonna's saviour. Critical response to the song varied, with some music critics calling it a classic and others deeming it sub-par compared to Madonna's previous singles. "Angel" became the singer's fifth consecutive top-five single on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top of its dance charts. It was also able to reach number-one in Australia and the top-five of the charts in Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Spain and the United Kingdom. Madonna has performed the song during the Virgin Tour in 1985 and The Celebration Tour in 2023. The song was used on the soundtrack of the third season of Stranger Things.

Recording and release
"Angel" was written by Madonna and Stephen Bray and released worldwide on April 10, 1985. The song first began as a demo and was recorded as early as April 1984 for her second studio album, Like a Virgin. However, the whole project was held off, much to Madonna's frustration, by the continuing sales of her self-titled debut album, which had by then sold over a million copies in United States. She had decided to release "Angel" as the initial single from the album, but changed her mind, after the recording of the title track "Like a Virgin" was complete. "Angel" was an ode to "a heavenly love" and inspired from Madonna's Catholic upbringing with the singer saying, "I think it's important to call angels to you to protect you... That's part of the ritualistic moment. The calling of angels." The track was ultimately released as the third single, and included the song "Into the Groove", from Madonna's 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan, on the B-side of the 12-inch maxi-single. The single was released digitally on April 10, 2024, with a remastered edit of the dance remix.

A music video was initially planned for "Angel", but it was later canceled due to multiple Madonna videos already airing and competing for broadcast time. A promotional video, containing scenes from the music videos of "Burning Up", "Borderline", "Lucky Star", "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl" was made by Warner Bros. Records and aired in the United Kingdom. The video was included on the promotional-only video compilations It's That Girl and She's Breathless.

Composition
"Angel" begins with a laugh and an echo, panning from left to the right. The song is built on an ascending hook consisting of three chord sequence, which serves for the verse and chorus. It consists of a constant 8th rhythm throughout the song, making it sound similar to the songs of the band Machine. Vocal harmonies are also added beneath the main chorus. It is a two-bar phrase song, and laughter is again added as the song slowly fades out. Madonna sings in her lower register at the beginning, and shifts to the higher one in the line "I can see it in your e-e-e-eyye-e-s". The line was taken from the song "Death Disco" (1979), by the British musical group Public Image Ltd. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com, by Alfred Publishing, the song is set in common time, with a medium tempo of 133 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of G major, with Madonna's voice spanning from the low-note of G3 to the high-note of B4. The song has a basic sequence of Am7–Bm7–Cmaj7 as its chord progression. The lyrics continuously repeat the angel-like image of Madonna's savior.

Critical reception
Rikky Rooksby, author of Madonna: The Complete Guide to Her Music, commented that "Angel" is a song "that is less than even the sum of its parts". Santiago Fouz-Hernández and Freya Jarman-Ivens, authors of Madonna's Drowned Worlds: New Approaches to Her Cultural Transformations, felt that "the pizzicato synthesizer line that opens 'Angel' was indeed classical Madonna". John Leland from Spin called it a rehash of Madonna's previous single "Lucky Star" (1984), with "an even lamer melody and punch. [...] 'Angel' is Nile Rodgers doing what he does best: turning crass product into cash product". Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic called the song "excellent standard-issue dance-pop". Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine called the song sugary. Also from Slant Magazine, Eric Henderson opined it was "the ultimate 'this is better than I remember it' single of Madonna's career, 'Angel' is best half-remembered, the better by which to keep rediscovering it again and again".

Billboard's Joe Lynch deemed it a "a sadly undervalued gem from her second album [...] this ineffably charming dance-pop lark also features some of Madge's cutest come-ons". Also from Billboard, Nancy Erlich called the song "romantic, uncontroversial techno-pop. [...] [Madonna's] reign continues as '85's premier media obsession". Cash Box said "Less here to hold on to than the LP's title track or 'Material Girl' but still right up the commercial alley." While reviewing Like a Virgin in 1995, Dave Karger from Entertainment Weekly felt that the song comes off as a bit repetitious and immature. Alfred Soto of Stylus Magazine commented that "'Angel' is a particular stunner, certainly the apex of Rodgers' post-Chic skills. [...] It does a better job than the two big singles of delineating the boundaries of Madonna's determined shallowness, an act that confounds Philistines today and made the appreciation of her musical skills a lot harder than it took these critics to dismiss Cyndi Lauper as the real charlatan". From The Guardian, Jude Rogers felt it was "an early pass at religious-ecstasy pop, but needing bigger wings".

Chart performance
After its release, "Angel" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 48 on the issue dated April 27, 1985, while her previous single "Crazy for You" was at number-two on the chart. After ten weeks, "Angel" reached a peak position of five on the chart. The song tied Madonna with Olivia Newton-John, as the female artist with the most consecutive top-five hits on the Hot 100 at that time. "Angel" debuted on the Adult Contemporary chart for the issue dated May 11, 1985, and reached a peak of five. The song debuted at number 40 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart on June 1, 1985, and reached the top after three weeks. It also charted on a number of Billboard charts, such as reaching the top of the Hot Dance Singles Sales and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at position 71. On July 30, 1985, "Angel" and "Into the Groove" were together certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for the shipment of one million copies across United States—the requirement for a gold single prior to 1989. It was the first 12-inch single to be certified gold, since Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus" (1981). "Angel/Into the Groove" placed at number 81 on the year-end chart for 1985, with Madonna becoming the top pop artist for the year.

In Canada, the song debuted at number 80 on the RPM issue dated May 4, 1985. After eight weeks, the song reached a peak of five on the chart. "Angel" was present on the chart for 25 weeks and ranked at number 56 on the 1985 RPM Year-end chart. The song was released in the United Kingdom with "Burning Up" as its B-Side, and debuted at number ten on the UK Singles Chart on September 9, 1985. It reached a peak of five next week, and was present for a total of 12 weeks on the chart. According to the Official Charts Company, the song has sold 205,000 copies there. In Australia, "Angel" charted as a combined single with "Into the Groove" and topped the Kent Music Report chart for four weeks. It was the second highest selling single of 1985 in Australia. The song reached the top 20 in the charts of Belgium, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland and the European Hot 100 Singles.

Live performance
The song was performed as part of Madonna's The Virgin Tour in 1985, and was the fifth song of the setlist. Madonna wore a blue see-through crop-top, revealing her characteristic black bra. She also had lacy leggings and crucifixes around an ear and her neck. As she finished the vigorous performance of "Everybody", the lights were dimmed and the introduction music of the song started. Rotating lights fell on the stage. Madonna appeared sitting on top of the stairs and gradually descended. During the intermediate bridge, she and her dancers moved energetically around the whole stage, as white balloons fell on them from above. Madonna continued singing as the lights were dimmed again. She finished the performance and disappeared behind the wings for a costume change. "Angel" did not appear in the final home video release Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour.

She included a brief sample of the song on The Celebration Tour in 2023 during her tribute to Michael Jackson. The interlude featured two impersonators, one dressed as Madonna and the other like Jackson, dancing to a medley of "Like a Virgin" and "Billie Jean" behind a white screen, revealing only their silhouettes to the audience. The sample of "Angel" is played at the end of the performance as the two embrace and the words "Never can say goodbye" appear on the screen.

Track listing and formats

 *  US and Australian 7-inch single
 * 1) "Angel" (radio edit) – 3:40
 * 2) "Angel" (dance mix edit) – 4:56

 *  US and Australian 12-inch single
 * 1) "Angel" (extended dance remix) – 6:15
 * 2) "Into the Groove" (single version) – 4:43

 *  UK and European 7-inch single
 * 1) "Angel" (edit) – 3:40
 * 2) "Burning Up" (alternate version) – 4:48

 *  UK and European 12-inch single
 * 1) "Angel" (extended dance remix) – 6:15
 * 2) "Burning Up" (alternate version) – 4:48

 * Digital download
 * 1) "Angel" (radio edit) – 3:43
 * 2) "Angel" (extended dance mix edit) (2022 remaster) - 4:56
 * 3) "Angel" (extended dance remix) – 6:15
 * 4) "Into the Groove" (single version) – 4:43

NOTE: The alternate version of "Burning Up" is the original (LP version) that was released on Madonna (1983); it was replaced later with the (3:45) version.

Personnel
Personnel are adapted from the album and 7-inch European single liner notes.

 * Madonna – lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Rob Sabino – synthesizers, synth bass
 * Nile Rodgers – guitars
 * Jimmy Bralower – drum programming
 * Curtis King – backing vocals
 * Frank Simms – backing vocals
 * George Simms – backing vocals

Production credits
 * Madonna – writer
 * Stephen Bray – writer
 * Nile Rodgers – producer
 * Herb Ritts – photography
 * Jeri McManus – design

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User:Surprise48

I work the United States Postal Service as a Rural Letter Carrier.

I am new to the Wiki concept. I did not even know that the Wiki Encyclopedia existed until recently.

I am hoping to learn to build online collaborative projects by participating here. So, any advice or help that I can get would be appreciated. If this works for me I hope become involved in other online collaborative projects later.

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Gone Fishin' (film)

Gone Fishin' is a 1997 American comedy film starring Joe Pesci and Danny Glover as two bumbling fishing enthusiasts. Nick Brimble, Rosanna Arquette, Lynn Whitfield, and Willie Nelson co-star. It is the only collaboration between Glover and Pesci outside of the Lethal Weapon series. Christopher Cain directed the film. J. J. Abrams and Jill Mazursky wrote the film's script.

The film was released on May 30, 1997. It was panned by critics and was a box-office bomb, grossing just $19 million against its $53 million budget.

Plot
Joe Waters and Gus Green are bumbling, blue-collar, yet happy best friends and next door neighbors who live modestly in Newark, New Jersey and have known each other since childhood. They share the hobby of fishing and win a stay in the Florida Everglades to go angling, but promise to return home in time for Thanksgiving.

On the way, however, while stopping at a restaurant, they meet an Englishman, Martin, who discreetly steals Joe's car keys and leaves. Joe and Gus are forced to push their boat down the road until they are met by two women, Rita and Angie, who are after Martin and offer them a lift. During the ride, a bump causes the boat to disconnect from the car, leaving Joe and Gus stranded yet again, and the boat is accidentally hooked to a train and pulled away along with their beer and supplies. Joe and Gus hitch a ride with two men, but on the way, they see their car at a gas station and investigate. Joe goes to confront Martin inside the bathroom, but backs down when he catches Martin loading a gun. Joe and Gus flee the petrol station in their car, and discover a blood-stained knife in the dashboard.

Joe and Gus stay at a trailer park for the night, and while watching a documentary on television, they learn that Martin is actually Dekker Massey, a wanted criminal who has conned several women out of their riches and is implied to have stabbed his last victim to death and hidden her money and jewelry somewhere. The presenters offer a bounty for Dekker's capture, and Joe and Gus decide to turn in the knife after their fishing trip. Meanwhile, Dekker begins hunting Joe and Gus down.

Following a recommendation by the trailer park owner, Joe and Gus visit Phil Beasly's boatyard and rent a speedboat, but end up breaking almost every gadget on the boat, losing the knife and wrecking the boatyard by accident. Distraught, they decide to return home early, but end up with a flat tire. While getting the spare tire from the trunk, Joe discovers a map that leads to Dekker's fortune. They book a room in a nearby hotel, and while having dinner, they are found by Rita and Angie, who question them about Dekker and reveal that they are after him because Rita's mother was one of Dekker's victims. Joe and Gus promise to bring Dekker to justice, but that night, Gus sleepwalks and starts a fire in the hotel, destroying their suite and the map. They only barely manage to escape undetected, though their car breaks down on the road and Joe is struck by lightning while they try to fix it. Instead of killing him, the lightning boosts Joe's memory and he is able to lead the way to the cave where Dekker hid his fortune. Despite an altercation with an alligator, they retrieve the treasure and escape, but are accosted by Dekker. At gunpoint, Dekker forces them to push Joe's car into the swamp and ties them up inside a sheriff's office, intending to flee the country with the treasure.

After Dekker leaves, however, Joe and Gus are found and freed by their idol, Billy "Catch" Pooler, and they set out to stop Dekker. After a long chase across the swamp, Joe and Gus find and capture Dekker moments before his escape via plane and hand him over to the police. Though they claim the reward money, Joe and Gus are forced to spend it mostly on the damages they caused during their trip.

Cast

 * Joe Pesci as Joe Waters
 * Frank Nasso as Young Joe
 * Danny Glover as Gus Green
 * Norman D. Golden II as Young Gus
 * Rosanna Arquette as Rita, the daughter of one of Dekker Massey's victims
 * Lynn Whitfield as Angie, Rita's best friend
 * Willie Nelson as Billy Pooler, a professional fisherman who is Joe and Gus's idol
 * Nick Brimble as Dekker Massey, a British conman
 * Carol Kane as Donna Waters, Joe's wife
 * Gary Grubbs as Phil Beasly, the owner of a boatyard
 * Edythe Davis as Cookie Green, Gus's wife
 * Jenna Bari as Gena Waters, Joe's daughter
 * Raynor Scheine as Glenn, the owner of a trailer park
 * Maury Chaykin as Kirk, a waiter who takes a shine to Joe and Gus (uncredited)
 * Louise Fletcher as Suzy, a restaurant owner (uncredited)
 * Ron Duprat as Firefighter

Production
When Gone Fishin' was in the early stages of development during the early 1990s, the roles of Joe and Gus were first offered to John Candy and Rick Moranis. Both turned it down as they were busy with other projects. Once the film was given the greenlight in 1995, Joe Pesci and Danny Glover were eventually cast as the leads. John G. Avildsen was set to direct and had already filmed it for the first two weeks, but he was fired from Disney and paid his $2 million salary to the studio; Christopher Cain immediately signed on to replace him.

The production went over-schedule and over-budget, eventually coming in at a final cost of $53 million. Most of the movie was filmed around The Everglades and the Big Cypress Swamp in Florida.

As with many of Pesci's 1990s films, Pesci's friend, employee and former Four Seasons guitarist Tommy DeVito makes a cameo appearance.

Filming accident
During production of the film, stuntwoman Janet Wilder was killed when a boat that was made to jump a ramp into a group of other boats in one of the scenes went awry. Instead of completing that stunt, the speedboat containing Pesci and Glover's stunt doubles flipped upside down and collided with two separate boats, landing into the set containing film crew and extras where it struck Wilder and killed her. Wilder's husband and father-in-law as well as two others were also injured.

Box office
In its opening weekend, the film opened at #3 at the U.S. box office behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Addicted to Love, earning $5.8 million. The film eventually made $19.7 million domestically.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 4% based on 27 reviews, with an average score of 2.5/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Sloppy, formulaic, and unfunny, Gone Fishin' marks a painful low point in the careers of its two talented leads". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.

Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film a "BOMB" rating, his lowest rating. He called it "an annoyingly unfunny gambit" and declared that it was a waste of Pesci and Glover's talent, and "this film really smells". Film critic Chris Hicks of the Salt Lake Tribune said after Gone Fishin' and 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag that "the Academy should have asked Pesci to return the Oscar he had won for Goodfellas". In Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon, Joe Queenan said that he was "so embarrassed about Joe Pesci that he has been known to wait outside cinemas showing a film called Gone Fishin' and give those few customers who sat through it their money back, on behalf of the "American Celluloid Retribution Society".

The film also received two nominations at the 1997 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards: Most Painfully Unfunny Comedy and Worst Actor for Pesci.

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Lyfe Jennings

Chester Jermaine "Lyfe" Jennings (born June 3, 1978) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist. He plays the guitar, bass, and piano which he integrates into his music. The New York Times referred to him as a "socially minded R&B singer".

Biography
Lyfe Jennings was born on June 3, 1978 in Toledo, Ohio to a working-class family and was the middle of five kids. When he was a teenager, Jennings started to perform with his brother and two cousins. In the beginning of the 1990s the group disbanded. During this time, Jennings began to get into legal trouble and his musical career came to a halt when he was sent to prison at the age of 14 for firebombing a house, killing a woman.

Career
In October 2013, Jennings released Lucid. Tree of Lyfe, recorded primarily in his home studio, followed in June 2015. When asked about his current musical mindset, Jennings stated: "Everybody feels like they have to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can reinvent the truth. It is what it is. I’m not focused on reinvention. I want to go deeper. This album reaffirms the reasons why people started loving this music in the first place."

Personal life
Jennings was previously engaged to Joy Bounds, the mother of his two oldest children. In October 2008, Jennings, after arguing with Bounds, followed her to her family's house in Smyrna, Georgia. At the residence, he destroyed the door, fired shots in the street, and led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he crashed his 2005 Chevrolet Corvette. In September 2010, he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after he pleaded guilty to multiple charges arising from the incident. On February 2, 2016, he married Gwendolyn Scharkowski, a German model. They have a son. On March 15, 2017, Gwendolyn filed for divorce.

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Lyfe 268‒192 (2004)
 * The Phoenix (2006)
 * Lyfe Change (2008)
 * I Still Believe (2010)
 * Lucid (2013)
 * Tree of Lyfe (2015)
 * 777 (2019)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stupid Place

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 01:16, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Stupid Place
Delete probably ad. nn regardless. I listed as speedy but tag was removed. Also delete the redirects: Stupidplace.com, Stupid place.com, Stupidplace. TheMidnighters 22:25, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Crush with llama, ad about seemingly non-notable website (was going to Vfd it myself just now). No it's not really a speedy (the ad section of the CSD rectification poll failed I think), so the slower method will have to do. GarrettTalk 04:01, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Socks ahead. --TheMidnighters 05:18, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, this page is perfectly fine and does not violate any rules. It seems that the user TheMidnighters is vandalising this page. I will have to procede in the banning of this user if he does not stop voting for deletion of this page. NataliaBacha 08:04, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User has five previous edits. -- Visviva 09:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, This page has absolutely nothing to do with deletion. It's true TheMidnighters is trying to vandalise this page for absolutely no reason. This guy should be banned. -DarknessFalls 09:06, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User has one previous edit. -- Visviva 09:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, Who voted for this page to be deleted? I mean this page has nothing wrong. The users wasting their time on pages like this should be paying more atttention to the bad pages. This page should actually be an example for the other pages since it is neutral and respects all the laws. Jamon 09:35, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User has six previous edits. -- Visviva 09:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete as not notable. See What Wikipedia is not.Most Google hits are through link exchange and the site itself is mostly coming soon.  Bollar 05:20, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Alexa rank: 918,913.  And for reference Alexa rank for eBaum's World is 349 -- a slight difference as far as notability goes.  Bollar 23:27, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Non-notable, WP is not a web directory.  Quale 06:07, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, per above. -- Visviva 09:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per sockpuppets. CDC   (talk)  16:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep,this page is well known especially in the U.K. and Canada, it's like the ebaum's of Europe. Maria6 17:23, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User has one previous edit. -- Bollar 19:31, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, I don't see how this is different from the other comedy websites, mine as well keept it. It is actually usefull. I checked out the website it is good example of freedom of speech on the net. Elsebo 17:30, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User has three previous edits. -- Bollar 19:40, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep, I agree this website is also known by a lot of young people I know in Japan. It's the next big thing! -- Seijiro 016:00, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User has three previous edits. -- Bollar 19:58, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * Strong Keep, respectful of all regulations -- The Master ChiefTalk 19:06, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User's first edit. --TheMidnighters 23:32, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a web guide. Flowerparty talk 23:22, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep I don't agree with the person above, since their is other websites under the same category. This one is no different than the others. This has nothing to do with web guide, they are just a few web sites that are important to the Internet. This website is very original and different and is in my opinion better than ebaums's world. Hoffnung 23:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User's first edit. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 23:35, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * 'Keep, Who is the idiot who voted this page to be deleted. There are many other more contreversial pages on Wiki and this page should not even being considered to be deleted. This page is perfectly fine. Malikshaheed 23:36, 25 July 2005
 * User's first edit. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 23:35, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Non-notable, and sockpuppets tick me off. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 23:37, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong delete. Stop the madness! Junkyard prince 23:40, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, good page with no problems what so ever Bunba 00:06, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User's first edit. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 00:07, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Alexa rating 918,913 (vs. 349 for ebaumsworld).  If it gets popular first, then it may merit an article but Wikipedia is not here to boost a site. DS1953 03:22, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 06:42, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, why are you comparing it to ebaumsworld. this page deserves to be on wikipedia. alexa doesn't meen crap anyways it's all about the business. -Jkwon67 00:16, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * User's first edit. --TheMidnighters 00:47, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete per WP:SOCK.  Grue   05:28, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
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NC-CAM

NC-CAM is a computer-aided manufacturing software program introduced in 1989, and used by printed circuit board manufacturers to create, modify, and optimize the CNC program files used by printed circuit board drilling and routing machines. In particular, NC-CAM is used to optimize the RS-274C Excellon format files used to program Excellon, Hitachi and other printed circuit board drilling and routing machines.

NC-CAM was first developed for MS-DOS by Robert Henningsgard, and it is today developed and supplied for Microsoft Windows by FASTechnologies, Corp. of Big Lake, Minnesota, USA.

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USS Saratoga (1814)

USS Saratoga was a corvette built in Vergennes, Vermont, for service on Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. She was named for the Battles of Saratoga.

Service history
Saratoga was laid down on 7 March 1814, launched on 11 April 1814 and she was christened April 6, the day that Napoleon abdicated. She was a Corvette weighing 734 tons, 143' long with a beam of 36'6" and a depth of hold 12'6". She had a complement of 212 with an armament of eight long 24-pounders, six 42-pounder carronades and twelve 32-pounder carronades. The Saratoga began her service on Lake Champlain as England was turning her attention and resources from the European continent to North America. British strategy envisaged a series of amphibious raids along the American coast as a diversion to cover a lethal thrust south from Canada down the strategic and already historic Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor.

However, the completion of Saratoga put the United States ahead in the naval construction race on Lake Champlain; and Sir George Prévost, the Governor General of Canada and top British military commander in America, felt that supremacy afloat was a prerequisite to a successful invasion of the United States through the state of New York. He, therefore, delayed the start of his campaign until new naval construction had tipped the balance back in his favor.

Meanwhile, Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough, commander of American naval forces on the lake, took advantage of the edge which Saratoga had given him and sailed to the mouth of the Richelieu River. He proceeded to blockade the Richelieu for most of the following summer. Up the river at Ile aux Noix, the little British fleet, protected by shore batteries and by the river's narrow and tricky channel, waited while English shipwrights worked feverishly to complete HMS Confiance (1814). The British launched the Confiance on 25 August 1814. She was a 36-gun frigate hastily fitted out for battle and the largest warship ever to sail on Lake Champlain.

Battle of Plattsburgh
Master Commandant Macdonough, commanding officer of Saratoga as well as of the other American forces on the lake, had sailed back south. He had proceeded around Cumberland Head, New York; and entered Plattsburgh Bay. There, he deployed his ships across the mouth of the harbor in a strong defensive position where when the British fleet would attack them, they would be at a disadvantage of having to slowly and laboriously approach the line of American broadsides, against the wind and unable to bring most of their guns to bear.

As Master Commandant MacDonough awaited the arrival of the enemy, he dropped kedge anchors and arranged spring lines, which afforded his ships maximum maneuverability. He then had the crews practice turning their ships so that alternately starboard and port guns would face south.

During the construction race, crack British troops — veterans hardened in Wellington's bloody Peninsular Campaign — had been rushed from Spain to the St. Lawrence for the impending offensive. Before the end of August, the British Army had begun to march south along the western shore of Lake Champlain. Badly outnumbered, American ground forces withdrew before the English advance, crossed the Saranac River, and took prepared positions on the bluffs which overlook Plattsburgh Bay. On the morning of 11 September, when Commodore George Downie led the British squadron around Cumberland Head, Macdonough was ready. As British brig, Linnet, approached firing range, she opened the action with a salvo toward Saratoga. All but one of the projectiles fell short; and that solid shot was all but spent as it landed on the American corvette, bounced across her deck, and smashed a wooden poultry cage freeing a gamecock. The indignant rooster took to his wings and landed in the rigging. Facing the British warships, the cock defiantly called out challenge to battle.

Macdonough, himself, aimed a long 24-pounder at the bow of Confiance, pulled the lanyard firing Saratoga's first round, and gave the signal, "close action." The shot cut the British flagship's anchor cable, ripped up her deck, and smashed her helm. Then, all the American ships opened fire.

Confiance's first broadside struck Saratoga from point blank range, and the American flagship reeled from the blow. Half of her men were felled by the shock; but most of the sailors picked themselves up, carried their dead and wounded comrades below, and returned to the fray. Since Confiances green gunners failed to reset the elevation of their barrels, each of her subsequent volleys tended to be higher than its predecessor and, while shredding Saratogas rigging, did little structural damage to the ship.

After almost two hours' fighting, Saratoga's last serviceable starboard gun, a carronade, broke loose from its carriage and hurtled down the main hatch. Macdonough then dropped a stern anchor; cut his bow cable; and, with the help of tars hauling on lines to kedge anchors, swung the ship around bringing her fresh, port, broadside guns to bear on the enemy.

The badly battered British flagship, with Downie and her first lieutenant dead, also attempted to wind ship but was unable to do so. Helpless to do further harm to her adversary, Confiance struck her colors.

Then, by pulling on her starboard kedge line, Saratoga's sailors turned the corvette's guns toward Linnet and opened fire. The British brig, although severely damaged and unable to move, gallantly kept up the fight for about an hour before surrendering. At that time, Finch and Chub, the other two relatively large warships in the British squadron, were already in American hands; so the surviving English gunboats fled toward Canada.

Macdonough's victory in Plattsburgh Bay left the United States unchallenged on Lake Champlain and forced Prevost to retreat to Canada. This weakened the British position in negotiations at Ghent and enabled American commissioners to secure a favorable rather than a humiliating peace. It also helped to restore American morale after the recent burning of Washington, D.C.

After the war, Saratoga was laid up until sold at Whitehall, New York, in 1825.

Saratoga Passage, a body of water in Puget Sound, was named after the ship.

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Yorkton (territorial electoral district)

Yorkton was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1894 to 1905, After 1905 when Saskatchewan split from the territories, the district of Yorkton continues to exist to present day.

The riding was named after the city of Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

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User:RToes

My name is Rick McKinnon, and I hold a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Washington. My interests include language development (I've written a handbook devoted to helping parents of children who are experiencing a delay in the development of expressive language), eLearning (I'm the eLearning Support Manager at South Puget Sound Community College), and Citizen Journalism (I founded OlyBlog], a hyperlocal blog for Olympia, WA). I also teach as an adjunct professor at The Evergreen State College. Please feel free to contact me about issues concerning linguistics, language acquisition, and speech-language pathology. I'm currently working on the entries for language delay, expressive language, and receptive language.

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Delinquent

Delinquent may refer to:

 * Delinquent (royalist), Royalists whose estates had been seized during the English Civil War
 * A juvenile delinquent, often shortened as delinquent, a young person (under 18) who fails to do that which is required by law

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deverauitan

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 01:20, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Deverauitan
I can't find any outside confirmation that this existed as an actual language, or even a dialect. According to the article, the maximum number of speakers was 45, which seems small for a true language. A request for an outside citation on the talk page is still outstanding. Joyous (talk) 22:29, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not verifiable. -- Visviva 09:22, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete — if it exists at all, it's a non-notable patois spoken by at most 45 people. — RJH 14:44, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
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Into the Groove

"Into the Groove" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna, and featured on the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. Written and produced by both Madonna and Stephen Bray, the main inspiration behind the song was the dance floor; the singer wrote it while watching a Latin American man to whom she was attracted. Its instrumentation features synthesizers and drum machines, with Madonna's voice being double tracked on the chorus. Sexual innuendos and undertones are present throughout the lyrics, which are written as an invitation to dance with the singer. Originally written for her friend Mark Kamins, Madonna later decided to use it on the film, as one of the scenes needed a dance song. It was later added to the 1985 international re-issue of her second studio album, Like a Virgin (1984), and in her compilations You Can Dance (1987), The Immaculate Collection (1990), Celebration (2009), and Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones (2022).

Warner Bros. Records did not give "Into the Groove" an official release in the United States, thus making it ineligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100. It was only released as the B-side to the 12" maxi-single of "Angel", the third official single from Like a Virgin, and reached the first spot of Billboard's Hot Dance Singles Sales chart. In the United Kingdom, "Into the Groove" was released on July 15, 1985. It became Madonna's first number one hit and remains her best-selling single. It was also successful throughout Europe, topping the charts in Austria, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands. Critically acclaimed since its release, "Into the Groove" was voted the best dance single from the 1980s decade in a Billboard poll, and has been cited by multiple publications as Madonna's best single.

While no official music video was shot, a compilation made up of scenes from Desperately Seeking Susan was created to accompany the release, and received heavy rotation on MTV. Madonna has performed "Into the Groove" on seven of her concert tours, the most recent being the Celebration Tour of 2023―2024. It has been covered and sampled by many artists, notably Australian singer Dannii Minogue, who released a mashup of "Into The Groove" and her 2003 single "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling".

Background and recording
"Into the Groove" was written and produced by Madonna and her then-boyfriend Stephen Bray. In 1984, the singer was living in Avenue-B, and she revealed to having "rushed" the writing process because "there was this gorgeous Puerto Rican boy [living across her] that I wanted to go out on a date with, and I just wanted to get [the song] over with [...] [it] was finished just before my last date with him". One of the main inspirations was the dance floor, which she described as a "magical" place, adding that, "I started off wanting to be a dancer, so that had a lot to do. The freedom that I always feel when I'm dancing, that feeling of inhabiting your body, letting yourself go, expressing yourself through music [...] that came to me as the primary inspiration for 'Into the Groove'". After finishing the track, Brey and Madonna recorded a demo, paid by her friend Mark Kamins. The idea was to modify the demo so Cheyne, Kamins fifteen-year old protégée, could sing and record it.

Around the same time, director Susan Seidelman was looking for actresses to play the title role in her film Desperately Seeking Susan. Having turned down Diane Keaton, Melanie Griffith, and Kelly McGillis, Seidelmen decided to cast Madonna, whom she had met in the "downtown music scene", and felt had an "interesting buzz". While shooting one scene at Danceteria nightclub, a dance song was needed and Madonna suggested "Into the Groove", so she and Bray modified some of the demo's lyrics and recorded the track. Kamins was furious when he found out, as the singer hadn’t even told him she had decided to use it herself; Madonna retorted: "I'm tough, I'm ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, that's okay".

Recording took place at Sigma Sound Studios of the process, Bray recalled that he would first work on the song's "rib cage and the skeleton [music]", and Madonna would take care of the "last things like the eyebrows and the haircut [lyrics]". The singer's friend Erika Belle, who was present during the recording sessions, remembered that, at one point, Bray was facing difficulties with the bridge of the song, as the melody he had come up with was not syncing with the rest of the composition. Madonna then stepped up to the microphone and sang the words Live out your fantasy here with me, seemingly solving the problem; Belle recalled being "awestruck" at the fact that "[the song] just seemed to come out of her". Due to contractual label reasons, "Into the Groove" was not included on the official Desperately Seeking Susan soundtrack, but was instead added to the 1985 international re-issue of Madonna's second studio album, Like a Virgin (1984). It was also included on the compilation albums You Can Dance (1987), The Immaculate Collection (1990), Celebration (2009), and Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones (2022).

Composition and remixes
Musically, "Into the Groove" is a dance-pop song that begins with a spoken introduction by Madonna, the sound of drums, and a synth bassline. This is followed by the chorus, where the singer's voice is double tracked and the treble is increased by a notch. The synth line counterpoints the main tune, adding a contrast effect. The bridge Live out your fantasy here with me has Madonna using her vocals in a lower register, alongside the main ones. According to the sheet music published in Musicnotes.com by Alfred Publishing Co. Inc., "Into the Groove" is set in the time signature of common time with a medium tempo of 116 beats per minute. It is composed in the key of C minor, with Madonna's voice spanning from the low-tone of C4 to the high-tone of D5. The song has a basic sequence of Cm7–B♭/C–Cm7–A♭ as its chord progression.

The "simple" lyrics, which invite the listener to dance with the singer, carry sexual innuendos and undertones, Rikky Rooksby, author of Madonna: the complete guide to her music, argued that, similar to "Like a Virgin", "Into the Groove" counts with a lyrical hook aimed at shy girls. He held that the line At night I lock the door so no-one else can see implied that Madonna was not as "brazen as her provocative image suggested". By his part, author Marc Andrews felt the lyrics' theme of "dance floor liberation" works as a call to all minorities, specifically the gay community. Similarly, Clive Barker, one of the authors of In New Theatre Quarterly 46, Part 2, said that the line Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free expresses the "freedom that a dance floor brings about". He also pointed out that a neume that "blurred the boundaries of reality and brings one closer to the world of fantasy", can be found on the bridge.

"Into the Groove" was first remixed by Shep Pettibone for You Can Dance (1987), Madonna's first remix compilation. In this remix, overdubs are present alongside the continuous repetition of the phrase c'mon. Additionally, the first verse does not start until about ninety seconds into the song. After the first Now I know you're mine line is sung, there is a percussion break, and repetition of the phrases step to the beat and c'mon. The last verse incorporates echoing on the vocals, causing overlap of the phrases, it ends with instrumentation from congas, whistles and timbales. Pettibone collaborated with Goh Hotoda in another remix of the song, which was included on 1990's The Immaculate Collection. In 2003, "Into the Hollywood Groove", a mashup of "Into the Groove" and "Hollywood", was used for a Gap ad featuring Madonna and rapper Missy Elliott. It was then added to Madonna's second remix compilation, Remixed & Revisited. An edited "truncated take" of the You Can Dance remix was included on the singer's third remix compilation, Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones (2022), this time incorporating stuttering vocals.

Critical reception
"Into the Groove" has been acclaimed since its release. For Rikky Rooksby, it's her "first great single" that "will make you feel like you're a winner [...] [And that's] one of the best things pop music can do for ya [sic]". While J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of Madonna: An Intimate Biography, said the song demonstrated Madonna's ability to create "infectious dance music", Clive Barker and Simon Trussler referred to it as the first disco-anthem of the 1980s. A similar opinion was shared by Matthew Rettenmund, author of Totally Awesome 80s: A Lexicon of the Music, Videos, Movies, TV Shows, Stars, and Trends of that Decadent Decade, who named "Into the Groove" the "ultimate" 1980s song, that also "cemented [Madonna's] place as the dancing queen of the era". In Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth, David Browne classified the single as an "ebullient, wonderfully pushy hit". Dawn Keetley and John Pettigrew, authors of Public Women, Public Words: A Documentary History of American Feminism, called it "mesmerizing". In 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets, Toby Cresswell said of the song: "[A] sweet, limited white tune on the top, and there's Madonna – all the right-shop chic – dragging the straight world into this subterranean paradise. All the magic of the eighties is right here". From AllMusic, Stacia Proefrock opined it was an "infectious, fluffy dance-pop confection that drew legions of fans, as well as considerable backlash from those supposedly too sophisticated to be able to enjoy her music".

Retrospective reviews have been largely positive. A Slant Magazine reviewer named it the 29th greatest dance song, and the singer's third best single, on both occasions he wrote that: "she's unapologetically single-minded, it's love she's looking for, not just a dance partner [...] The song —and Madonna's performance—are that good". In 2009 the staff of Blender placed it at number 90 on the magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born": "[Madonna] is not just asking you to dance. She is commanding you to [...] Sounding totally at home amid woodblock percussion and sunset synths, [her] voice bursts with the optimism of early evening", the review read. On Rolling Stone's 2021 list, it came in at number 121 and was named "the greatest dance-pop invitation of the Eighties". In 2012, The Guardian's Nosheen Iqbal asked, "had there ever been a hotter summons to the dancefloor than 'Into the Groove'? It was the soundtrack to her first (and last) great cinema moment". The song was voted by the British public as the nation's 19th favorite 1980s number one in a 2015 poll for ITV.

Matthew Jacobs from HuffPost placed the song at the tenth position in his ranking of Madonna's singles, calling it her "finest pre-'Vogue' dance-floor anthem". Jacobs added that, "no one cites 'Angel' as one of Madonna’s more memorable singles. But 'Into the Groove' is [...] the ultimate mid-'80s call to action". In Gay Star News's 2014 ranking of Madonna’s songs, the single came in at number 8. Jude Rogers from The Guardian placed it at number 17 in her 2018 ranking of Madonna singles. In 2018 it was named the singer's 9th greatest single by Entertainment Weekly's Chuck Arnold, who opined that, "Madonna may have never truly conquered the acting world [...] but she definitely made some killer movie music", citing "Into the Groove" as an example. In 2012 it was deemed "magnetic, comely, cool, [and] compulsively danceable", and Madonna's 4th best, by Louis Virtel from The Backlot. According to the staff of Rolling Stone in 2016, it's the singer's second best single; "it still sounds like a low-budget demo – those breakbeats, the desperate edge in her voice when she drones, 'Now I know you're mine' – but that raw power is what makes it her definitive you-can-dance track".

"Into the Groove" was named the best dance single from the 1980s on Billboards "Music of the '80s" poll; it was also named Madonna's finest by both PinkNewss Nayer Missim, and Billboard's Andrew Unterberger; the former wrote that, "[she] has probably sung more emotional, more danceable, more experimental and technically 'better' songs, but as a distillation of pure pop joy, 'Into the Groove' more than earns its place as her very best single", while according to the latter, "no other artist in pop history has understood as well that the lines that separate music, dancing, sex and love into discrete entities are tenuous at best, and in 'Into the Groove', all four elements are continuously smashing into each other, becoming virtually interchangeable". "Into the Groove" was included in 1001 Songs: You Must Hear Before You Die by Robert Dimery as well as Bruce Pollock's Rock Song Index: The 7500 Most Important Songs for the Rock & Roll Era.

Chart performance
Warner Bros. Records did not officially release "Into the Groove" as a commercial single in the United States. Instead, it became the B-side of the 12" maxi-single of "Angel", the third official Like a Virgin single, making it ineligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Singles Sales charts. The "Angel" release  debuted at number 40 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart on June 1, 1985 and at number 10 of the Dance Singles Sales chart one week later.  By the end of the month, the release (which was labeled as "Angel"/"Into the Groove" by Billboard) reached the first position on both charts, becoming Madonna's fourth number one on the former.   The song also charted on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, peaking at number 19 the week of July 27, 1985. Just three days later, "Angel"/"Into the Groove" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipment of one million copies across the US ― the requirement for a gold single prior to 1989. It became the fourth 12" single to be certified gold after Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand's "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)" (1979), Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks" (1980), and Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus" (1981). By December, Billboard reported that the single had sold over 600,000 copies and was number 12 on the year-end Dance charts.

In the United Kingdom, "Into the Groove" was released on July 15, 1985. It debuted at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart on July 27, becoming the highest debuting single for any female artist in the chart's history at the time. It peaked at number one the week of August 3 and remained there for four weeks, it spent 14 weeks on the chart overall. During its stay at number one, the re-release of "Holiday" reached the chart's second spot, thus Madonna became the first female artist in UK chart history to hold the top two positions simultaneously. "Into the Groove" was certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipment of 500,000 copies. It was the year's third most successful single, behind Jennifer Rush's "The Power of Love", and Elaine Paige's and Barbara Dickson's "I Know Him So Well". With sales of over 957,000 copies, including physical, downloads and streaming, "Into the Groove" is Madonna's best-selling single in the United Kingdom as of August 2018. In Australia, "Angel"/"Into the Groove" reached the top of the Kent Music Report chart and ended the year as the second best-selling single of 1985. The single found success across Europe as well, topping the charts in Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, and peaking within the top three of France, Germany, and Switzerland. "Into the Groove" was less successful in Japan, where it barely cracked the top 40.

Music video
No official music video was shot for "Into the Groove"; instead, a clip consisting of compiled scenes and footage from Desperately Seeking Susan ―the lyrics matching the images and scenes― was put together by Doug Dowdle from Parallax Productions, a company that specialized in movie-related music videos during the 1980s. It was added to MTV on the week of March 30, 1985.

Despite naming it "basic" and "nowhere near as high-concept" as Madonna's previous music videos, author James King wrote in Fast Times and Excellent Adventures: The Surprising History of the '80s Teen Movie that the clip proved "just how striking Desperately Seeking Susan is visually", comparing it to "Purple Rain" (1984) by Prince and the Revolution. He concluded that, "the prospect of the attitude-filled Madonna [...] on the big screen was impossible to resist", thus the video was successful on MTV. John Fiske, author of Television Culture, pointed out that, just like Desperately Seeking Susan, ['Into the Groove'] is almost exclusively about style" and "women seeking control over their social identity". On a similar note, Out's Julien Sauvalle named it one of Madonna's "most stylish" music videos. "Into the Groove" can be found on Madonna's 2009 compilation Celebration: The Video Collection.

Live performances
Madonna has performed "Into the Groove" on seven of her concert tours: Virgin (1985), Who's That Girl (1987), Blond Ambition (1990), Re-Invention (2004), Sticky & Sweet (2008―2009), Rebel Heart (2015―2016), and Celebration (2023―2024). On the first one, she wore lace leggings, crucifixes on her neck and ears, and played tambourine backed by two male dancers. From the Observer–Reporter, Terry Hazlett said it was the concert's best number. The performance of the song at Detroit's Cobo Arena was included on the Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour video release. On July 13, 1985, Madonna sang "Into the Groove" at the Philadelphia Live Aid benefit concert, held at John F. Kennedy Stadium. Her outfit consisted of flowery trousers, a cutoff shirt, and long white jacket. Halfway through the performance, the singer joked that she would not take her jacket off because, "[the media] might hold it against me ten years from now".

The song's performance on the Who's That Girl World Tour saw Madonna decked out in a fringed pink jacket decorated with colorful items, including a letter U, a tin of Campbell's soup, and the word DANCE ― a play-on-words of the phrase "You Can Dance". On his review of the Washington, D.C. concert, the Washington Post's Richard Harrington cited the song as one of the show's "tingling dance numbers", comparing it to a workout. Two different performances were included on the videos Who's That Girl: Live in Japan, filmed in Tokyo on June, and Ciao Italia: Live from Italy, filmed in Turin on September. On the Blond Ambition World Tour, following a speech about condoms and safe sex, Madonna sang "Into the Groove" while "bumping and grinding through some Lambada steps" with a male dancer; she wore a black mini-dress trimmed and stitched with a stuffed West African stork called the marabou. Harrington highlighted "Into the Groove" as one of the tour's "big production numbers". Two different performances can be found in Blond Ambition Japan Tour 90, taped in Yokohama, and Blond Ambition World Tour Live, taped in Nice.

"Into the Groove" was given a Scottish theme and remixed with a "more complex beat" for the Re-Invention World Tour: the number had the singer and troupe dressed in kilts, a live bagpiper, drum corps, and a recorded appearance by Missy Elliott. Glenn Gamboa from Newsday pointed the song was re-imagined as a "powerful dance piece instead of simply a dance-pop trifle". A performance of "Into the Groove" from this tour can be found on the I'm Going to Tell You a Secret live album and documentary (2006).

A "pumping club mix" of the song, that sampled Newcleus' "Jam on It" (1984), and The Sugarhill Gang's "Apache" (1981), was sung on the Sticky & Sweet Tour. Madonna wore 1980s-styled gym shorts, played Double Dutch, and danced on a pole mounted on a mobile DJ booth, while the backdrop screens showed artwork by artist Keith Haring. The Denver Post's Ricardo Baca referred to the number as a "delightful explosion of color [...] pure pop goodness". The performance was included on the Sticky & Sweet Tour live album release (2010), recorded during the four concerts in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

On 2012's the MDNA Tour, the song was sampled on an introduction video that led to "Turn Up the Radio". A slow, cumbia and salsa-fueled medley of "Dress You Up", "Into the Groove", and "Lucky Star" (1983) was included on the Rebel Heart Tour. The number featured Day of the Dead iconography and found Madonna, decked out in a long dress with a black shawl and a black hat, joined by a Mexican-themed dance crew. Billboard's Joe Lynch opined that, "the maracas might have been a little much, but the crisp Spanish guitar successfully made the songs sound newly organic". The performance at the March 19–20, 2016 shows in Sydney's Allphones Arena was recorded and released in Madonna's fifth live album, Rebel Heart Tour (2017).

A punk-themed "Into the Groove" was done on the Celebration Tour; the performance sees Madonna in chains, corset and a short black skirt, surrounded by dancers dressed as "punk rock clubgoers of [her] early NYC days". The number was one of many that "harkened back to a more buttoned-down era guided by conservative taboos", according to the Chicago Tribune's Bob Gendron. During an interview with Rolling Stone in 2009, Madonna revealed that "Into the Groove" is a song she "feel[s] retarded singing".

Cover versions and samples
In 1989, the song was covered by American Alternative rock band Sonic Youth as "Into the Groove(y)" for their album The Whitey Album; AllMusic's Bradley Torreano felt the rendition "manage[s] to mold a fantastic dirge out of the original". The song was recorded by Dale Bozzio, former lead singer of American new wave band Missing Persons, for 2000's Virgin Voices: A Tribute To Madonna, Vol. 2. In 2002, French–Dutch group Mad'House did a Eurodance take on the single, that was included on their album Absolutely Mad. That same year, French band Superbus covered it for their album Aéromusical. In 2007, American singer Jeremy Jay sang "Into the Groove" for Through the Wilderness: A Tribute to Madonna and, one year later, it was covered by American band The Magic Droid in their album What's Your Medium? In "Puppet Master" (2013), the seventh episode of the fifth season of American television series Glee, the song was performed by Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Demi Lovato, and Adam Lambert.

In 2003, Australian singer Dannii Minogue sampled "Into the Groove" on her single "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling"; it was the first time Madonna approved a sample of one of her songs. Minogue recalled that, "I was the first [to use Madonna as a sample]. To this day I still can’t believe it! [...] 'Into the Groove' is just legendary". On December 27, 2021, Madonna accused Canadian singer Tory Lanez of sampling the track without her permission on his song "Pluto’s Last Comet", contained in his 2021 album Alone at Prom; "Read your messages for illegal usage of my song get into the groove!", the singer commented on one of Lanez' Instagram posts. It was never confirmed if she had pursued a copyright infringement suit against Lanez, or sought writing credits. Madonna then explained her position further to Rolling Stone, saying: “I am tired of being taken advantage of and I mean business".

Track listing and formats

 * UK 7" single / UK 7" Limited Edition Picture Disc
 * 1) "Into the Groove" (Single Version) – 4:43
 * 2) "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (LP Version) – 5:16

 * Japanese 7" single
 * 1) "Into the Groove" (Single Version) – 4:43
 * 2) "Physical Attraction" (Single Edit) – 3:55

 * German 3" CD single (1989)
 * 1) "Into the Groove" (Single Version) – 4:43
 * 2) "Who's That Girl" (Extended Version) – 6:29
 * 3) "Causing a Commotion" (Silver Screen Mix) – 6:39

 * You Can Dance promo 12" single (1987)
 * 1) "Into the Groove" (Extended Remix) – 8:31
 * 2) "Into the Groove" (Remix Dub) – 6:22
 * 3) "Everybody" (Extended Remix) – 7:06

 * UK 12" single
 * 1) "Into the Groove" (Single Version) – 4:43
 * 2) "Everybody" (LP Version) – 4:52
 * 3) "Shoo-Bee-Doo" (LP Version) – 5:16

Credits and personnel

 * Madonna – writer, vocals, producer
 * Stephen Bray – writer, producer
 * Shep Pettibone – audio mixing, additional production, audio editing
 * Andy Wallace – remix engineering
 * The Latin Rascals – audio editing
 * Herb Ritts – photography

These credits are adapted from the liner notes of You Can Dance and the 1985 re-issue of Like a Virgin.

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