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Česká Skalice

Česká Skalice (Böhmisch Skalitz) is a town in Náchod District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,100 inhabitants. It lies on the shore of Rozkoš Reservoir. The town is known for the Ratibořice Castle and Grandmother's Valley, both associated with the work of one of the most important Czech women writers, Božena Němcová.

Administrative parts
The town parts and villages of Malá Skalice, Ratibořice, Spyta, Zájezd and Zlíč are administrative parts of Česká Skalice.

Geography
Česká Skalice is located about 8 km west of Náchod and 24 km northeast of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Orlice Table. The town is situated on the Úpa River. The Grandmother's Valley (Babiččino údolí) along the river is protected as a national nature monument. Part of Rozkoš Reservoir, on whose shores the town is located, lies in the municipal territory.

History
In Chronica Boemorum is mentioned a trade route from Bohemia to Poland through this area in the 11th century. In the early 13th century, two settlement with fortresses were founded near this route and named Malá Skalice and Velká Skalice. In 1490, they are first referred to as one village named Česká Skalice. In 1504, Česká Skalice was promoted to a market town and in 1575, it was promoted to a town.

In the 19th century, the town was industrialized and textile factories were established.

Transport
The I/33 road from Hradec Králové to Náchod (part of the European route E67) passes next to the town.

Česká Skalice is located on the railway lines–Prague–Trutnov and Pardubice–Svoboda nad Úpou.

Sights
The Ratibořice Castle and Grandmother's Valley is the most popular tourist destination. It is visited for its connection with life and work of Božena Němcová, who belongs among the most impactful Czech writers. The castle was built in the Baroque style and rebuilt in the Neoclassical style. Next to the castle is a castle park. Part of the landscape with a direct link to Němcová's literature is also a remote mill and Staré bělidlo, a romantic wooden log cabin. The area of the castle and valley is protected as a national cultural monument.

Among the landmarks of Česká Skalice is the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, located in Malá Skalice. It is a Baroque building from the 18th century.

In Malá Skalice is Museum of Božena Němcová. Until 2017, there was Textile Museum as well, but it was closed and the exposition was moved to nearby Dvůr Králové nad Labem.

Notable people

 * František Rint, 19th-century woodcarver
 * Božena Němcová (1820–1862), writer; lived here
 * Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe (1864–1946), German princess
 * Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe (1868–1945), German prince
 * Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873–1962), German princess
 * Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875–1971), German princess

Twin towns – sister cities
Česká Skalice is twinned with:
 * 🇵🇱 Bardo, Poland
 * 🇸🇰 Liptovský Hrádok, Slovakia
 * 🇵🇱 Polanica-Zdrój, Poland
 * Rüschlikon, Switzerland
 * 🏴 Warrington, England, United Kingdom

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David Mercer (playwright)

David Mercer (27 June 1928 – 8 August 1980) was an English dramatist.

Born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, he worked as a laboratory technician and in the Merchant Navy before attending university. After studying chemistry, he switched to art but eventually turned to writing. His television work for the BBC was often made in collaboration with director Don Taylor. His first stage play, Ride a Cock Horse, starred Peter O'Toole. The Royal Shakespeare Company premiered many of his works, and Mercer wrote the screenplay for the Alain Resnais film Providence, which won a César Award. A long-term heavy drinker, Mercer died in 1980 after suffering a heart attack in Haifa, Israel.

Early life
Mercer was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, the son of an engine driver while his mother had been a domestic servant. Both of his grandfathers had been miners. After failing to gain entry to the local grammar school, Mercer left school at 14, worked as a laboratory technician and in the Merchant Navy before attending university.

After attending courses at Wakefield Technical College he matriculated at University College, Durham to study chemistry, but eventually grew bored of this and switched to studying art at King's College Newcastle – which was then part of Durham University. Just after graduation he married Jitke Sigmund, a Czechoslovakian refugee who was studying Economics at King's. Her father had been killed by the Gestapo. With his wife, he spent a year in Paris living with emigres from Communist regimes, where he attempted to become a painter. On realising he was not cut out to be a painter, he burnt all his canvases and turned to writing instead.

In late 1957, now separated and living with Dilys Johnson (whom he later married), he rented a room in a flat at 10 Compayne Gardens, London NW6, that was rented, in turn, by the poet Jon Silkin from Rudolf Nassauer (a wine merchant, poet, and novelist) and his wife, Bernice Rubens, who was later recipient of the 1970 Booker Prize.

Writing career
Much of Mercer's television work for the BBC was made in collaboration with the director Don Taylor. This dated from the beginning of Mercer's career as a television dramatist with the play trilogy The Generations, an attempt to depict the decline of an idealistic form of socialism over 60 years through the members of three generations of one family. This was composed of Where the Difference Begins (1961), a tale about two brothers, one who has abandoned socialism, while the other is a Labour Party intellectual; A Climate of Fear (1962) a piece in which a scientist in Britain's nuclear programme discovers his children have joined CND; and the non-naturalistic The Birth of a Private Man (1963), an account of the disenchantment with protest of an activist who attempts to match left-wing attitudes with an emerging 'affluent' society. The hero of the last play dies at the Berlin Wall facing a stream of bullets from both east and west.

A Way of Living (1963) is a naturalistic piece that deals with the division between a young fisherman and a girl from a mining family who is about to go to university. Three other television plays from this period – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1962, film adaptation: Morgan, 1966), For Tea on Sunday (1963) and In Two Minds (1967) share a concern with madness or, in the critic John Russell Taylor's words, "social alienation expressed in terms of psychological alienation". In Two Minds, directed by Ken Loach, was remade as the feature film Family Life (1971), again directed by Loach. Morgan won a British Film Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

Mercer's first play to be written for the stage, Ride a Cock Horse, was seen in the West End in a 1965 production starring Peter O'Toole. An early work, the one-act The Governor's Lady, in which an elderly colonial governor gradually turns into a gorilla, was originally written for radio in 1960 but not performed until it was staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 1965. The RSC later premiered many of Mercer's works, including his next play Belcher's Luck (1966), "a wild tragi-comedy full of Lawrentian symbolism about fertility and impotence". The RSC staged it at the Aldwych Theatre, as they did After Haggerty (1970); the father in the later is an engine driver, like Mercer's own father. The Comedy Flint (1970) was first performed at the Criterion with Michael Hordern in the lead as a parson who believes he could not have survived "without a complete lack of faith", his sermons being "a form of bewildering interior monologue",

Other plays for television broadcast in the 1960s are And Did Those Feet (1965), The Parachute (1968) and Let's Murder Vivaldi (1968) and another trilogy, comprising On the Eve of Publication (1969), The Cellar and the Almond Tree (1970) and Emma's Time (1970). The content of this body of work made John Russell Taylor regard Mercer as the most political of British dramatists of this period. Let's Murder Vivaldi, which originated in the BBC's Wednesday Play series, received a stage production at the King's Head theatre club in 1972.

In 1970, Mercer contributed White Poem – a monologue for a white Rhodesian racialist – to a Sharpeville massacre commemoration.

Mercer wrote the screenplay for the Alain Resnais film Providence (1977), in which John Gielgud portrays an elderly, dying writer. The film won a César Award.

Private life
In 1967, Mercer met a German actress, Maria Machado with whom he later had his first child, Maya Mercer.

A long-term heavy drinker, Mercer died in August 1980 after suffering a heart attack in Haifa, Israel, where he was living with his Israeli wife Dafna and their daughter Rebecca.

As fictional character
Mercer is depicted as Malcolm Sloman in the Trevor Griffiths play The Party (1973). In 1982, The Arcata Promise, a stage adaptation of the 1974 television play, was produced by Brockman Seawell and premiered in New York in 1982, starring Brian Murray.

Works

 * Where the Difference Begins (1961)
 * A Climate of Fear (1962)
 * Morgan, A Suitable Case for Treatment (1962)
 * The Birth of a Private Man (1963)
 * A Way of Living (1963)
 * For Tea on Sunday (1963)
 * Ride a Cock Horse (1965)
 * The Governor's Lady (1965)
 * And Did Those Feet (1965)
 * Belcher's Luck (1966)
 * In Two Minds (1967)
 * Let's Murder Vivaldi (1968)
 * The Parachute (1968)
 * On the Eve of Publication (1969)
 * The Cellar and the Almond Tree (1970)
 * Emma's Time (1970)
 * After Haggerty (1970)
 * Flint (1970)
 * The Bankrupt
 * Afternoon at the Festival
 * The Arcata Promise (1974)
 * Duck Song (1974)
 * Shooting the Chandelier (1977)
 * Cousin Vladimir (1978)
 * The Ragazza (1978)
 * The Arcata Promise
 * Find Me
 * Huggy Bear – originally a short story in Jon Silkin's magazine Stand!

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Talk:Resident Evil (1996 video game)

Merge
I believe that the 2002 version should be merged with RE1. Both games are the same.142.240.254.1 (talk) 19:48, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I disagree. Both games are different and notable. In fact, the 2002 title is a remake of the 1996 title. They are both completely different games, and merging them into a single long article will confuse readers, not to mention the fact that the article about the 1996 game is already very long. --Niwi3 (talk) 20:42, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Plot Correction
Currently, the plot description reads: "[...] Upon release, the Tyrant turns toward Wesker and impales him. The player then apparently kills the Tyrant and a self-destruct system is triggered. After the player calls for a rescue helicopter, the Tyrant bursts through the roof of the lab onto the helicopter pad and attacks. Vickers drops a rocket launcher and the player fires it at the Tyrant, blowing the monster apart. The player escapes in the helicopter and the game ends as the mansion explodes."

The scenario doesn't always play out like this. For instance, if Barry dies in the catacombs earlier in the game, the Tyrant will not burst onto the helipad. Instead, Jill will set off the flare and get rescued by the helicopter without having to fight the Tyrant for a second time. If Barry is alive and Jill trusts him (she waited for him to come back after he dropped the rope earlier in the game), he will knock out Wesker. Barry and Jill will then head into the lab and Barry will accidentally release the Tyrant.

I will attempt to rewrite this so it fits with better with all the possible scenarios. Chris TC01 (talk) 16:52, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Plot Analysis
I have edited the plot section, and added a segment concerning the storyline's canon. Is this better suited in Trivia, or is it not necessary at all? 81.103.44.251 (talk) 23:36, 2 February 2008 (UTC).

A question
What does it mean that "some U.S. versions" of the Saturn release did contain original footage? How many U.S. versions have been released? puppi- 25/08/06

Split
I thinking that REmake (the GameCube version) needs a separate article from the RE1 article. Unlike say REDC and RECVX, REmake isn't a mere patch work, but a complete remake with various differing elements from the original. While the basic differences between the two games are practically covered in the "Alternative versions" section, it still could use an article of its own. Of course, some may object, seeing how the basic storyline between both versions is the same. Please discuss.Jonny2x4 18:58, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm inclined to agree - there is enough deviation and variation from the original Resi to merit an article of its own. --Squirminator2k 20:28, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * I initially agreed, but am beginning to differ at this point. There simply isn't enough new information to warrant a separate article. That being said, I would like to recommend a revised "External Links" division (all official outlets are directed to foreign language counterparts). For example, a Japanese site on "Biohazard" would probably be better suited to Wikipedia's alternative and not the English version. - AWF

I think that there should be a seperate article for REmake for 2 reaons -So much was changed in the REmake, that it seems like a completely new game (New style, different puzzle solutions, new enemies), and secondly, this article is very very long with all of this information. -MentosC 03:42, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think there's a lot you can say about REmake on its own; why not instead split the entire alternate versions section out into its own article? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like a good idea; the enhanced versions of RE 1 are making the file too big. It's around 50 kb right now, and the minimum is supposed to be around 32kb. Creating a special secion for enhanced ports (and remakes) would dramatically reduce the file size and help it meet Wikipedia standards. I'm all for it, as long as the RE Remake gets its own seperate article. And don't think there's not enough about the remake to make a pretty respectable-sized article; I'm crazy enough to do it. Don't even get me started on the Twin Snakes discussion on the Metal Gear Solid page. Since it seems everyone wants to do the split, someone's got to carry out the responsibility. Any takers?Stephen Mathis 03:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I disagree. I think the Overview is the most bloated section of this article. For example, the main text contains a paragraph which goes on to describe some of the enemies featured in the game, then there's a section dedicated to doing the same. If we could trim it down, then it would be better. Anyway the GameCube version of Resident Evil deserves its own page, since it's no mere port of the game, but a new production with several retcons and redone graphics and voice acting. Unlike Deadly Silence, which was just a souped-up port of the PS1 game. Jonny2x4 07:26, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

What is the name of the song Jill plays on the Piano?
I like that song... anyone remember the name of it?

It's the Moonlight Sonnata. If that is how it's spelled.

It's Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. Keiran Horn 18:07, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Uncut Intro
The Article said that only the PC Version contains the Uncut intro. This is not entirely true, as the European Playstation Version of Resident Evil Director's Cut contains the uncut intro as well. If I remember correctly, the US Director's Cut still contains the censored intro due to a failure in production of the Master Disc (someone put the wrong file on the disc), but I have no citable sources for that.

I would like to know were people got the idea that George Trevor is the Elder Crimson head inside the coffin? there is no evidance in the game to support this and if i recall correctly there is a note or something saying that the Elder was a recent experiment while Trevor had been dead for around 40 or so years.
 * I have heard this theory. It is based around the Lisa notes. When referring to her mother and father's coffins, she refers to the inside (referring to corpse?) of the coffin of one being "white" (bone) and the other being "red and slimey" (rotting flesh?). Other things relating to this theory is that Lisa Trevor stole peoples faces and wore them as masks. The coffin of the "Crimson Head Elder" is opened after placing four masks on a stand. Also... if George was underground when he found a coffin with his name on... I don't think they burried him in the false tomb within the mansion...a little hard to be looking underground and fall a floor upward.--OsirisV (talk) 12:24, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

Release dates
I noticed that the release dates are taking a lot of space in the infobox. I think we should merge all the dates, except of the original Playstation release, into the Differences between versions section. --Mika1h 20:32, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Well I think putting all the release dates as they were released is a good idea cause not everybody has the same version of the game,so it makes it easier for people to know what version they have ,if you only put some versions of the game some people may not have the version of that game ,its for reference ,the more info you put the less the user will have to go around looking for other info,so everything is in 1 place and besides,I don't think we have a limit on how much info we could put,i could be wrong but I'm a completionist, I want to put as much info as possible,this is wikipedia and no info is 100% correct but I'm close so I appreciate if you don't revise it ,even though its on the website history and edits could be restored anytime but that's not the point.I want to put as much info as possible to help the user,I'm not trying to confuse them, so please concentrate on other parts of the article & let me do what I have to do cause not only does it help other users It'll help me alot too.I come to this website alot so what I'm doing is not for fun, its for reference and my sources are good http://www.crimson-ceremony.net/lostreleases/re-game/index.html <--check this website out and then tell me if I'm wrong ,Its easier to have all info in one place then search many places for it you know? so be kind and let me worry about the release dates,we are not even getting paid for this so don't take this to heart. :) spank you very much..even though u'r idea of grouping release dates based on platform is good, is not gonna help as much to other users if you just put release dates in groups,I'm doing it by chronological order so its easier,at least for me it is..thank you PaPiRiCoSuAvE (talk) 02:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Note on Overview
I think that more information should be included about the utilisation of prerendered backgrounds and static camera angles in the overview section. It would greatly benefit those who are ignorant to exactly why Capcom chose to use these often criticised elemen ts in the game, so the reader can draw his own conclusions and form his own opinions on this controversial matter. - Eam91 18:40 (GMT) April 10th '07

 * If you mean this:

 * "Needless to say, these often imaginative camera angles convey a beautifully cinematic feel to the player. The prerendered backgrounds are also maticullously detailed; indeed, had the backgrounds been in full 3D, then the sheer haunting beauty of the backgrounds found in the game (which contribute a great deal to the game's unsettling atmosphere), would be absent, since the hardware which hosted the game at the time was far to primative to achieve the same level of intricacy as the two-dimensional prerendered backgrounds."

 * It's a rather blatant POV insertion. Skipping the spelling problems, there's no citations and is simply your own beliefs about the issue.  This is not encyclopedic. So I removed it.  I have been trying to keep this article cleaned up for a while, and no longer have the energy or patience to work on it.  No sooner do I cut out the game advice, POV pushing, and unencyclopedic language and information than someone replaces it, or adds more.  Best of luck to the editors working on this article in future.  Geoff B 17:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

 * I can see you're point - prehaps it would be wise to change the tone of the passage to suit an encyclopedia; however I retain the opinion that it should be made clear to the reader why Capcom chose two-dimensional prerendered over three-dimensional backgrounds. Prehaps my edit reads more like a review than an encyclopedia entry, and I welcome anybody who want's to change it's style whilst still reserving the general information in the passage. - Eam91 22:28 (GMT) April 10th '07.

 * Geoff, you have to expect such things from articles frequently visited (and by a generally younger group of Wikipedians, no less). If you wish to turn this article around, tag it for a serious overhaul. It's a main article, so it'll draw the attention of the CVG Project administrators very quickly, I'd imagine. Gamer Junkie 23:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

What is your view 'Gamer Junkie' (or any other wikipedian) on this prerendered background affair? I think it is important to outline the reasons why Capcom chose to utilise them in the game. I heartily accept that prehaps my style of writing is prehaps unsuitible for an encyclopedia, and, as I said yesterday, I welcome anybody who wishes to re-write it, provided they retain the original general facts contained in it. I recognise that the passage reads more like a magazine review of the game (I might re-write it myself later to fit the tone an encyclopedia should have). -Eam91 10:11 (GMT) April 11th 2007.

 * I find the context used by yourself in the aforementioned passage to be far, far too blatantly biased, as Geoff had earlier mentioned. Were you to write this from a neutral position, it would certainly be considered noteworthy.  The prerendered backgrounds used in Resident Evil titles were a signature of the series for the majority of its existence.  Indeed, many of the most die-hard fans who despised Resident Evil 4 and the Outbreak series found the lack of signature RE "characteristics", such as prerendered backgrounds, to be a major area of contention. Gamer Junkie 18:11, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 * On another view, your "facts" are far too incorrect anyhow Eam91. Remake and Zero where actually built and rendered in 3D game engines - because the GameCube couldn't handle that detail they opted instead to capture 30 frames per second footage of the 3D game "action" in image format - the GameCube then displays these 30 images which in turn act like animation - hence the movement etc. of background elements in the game. Parjay 19:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I was writing about the 1996 original, as my knowledge of the Gamecube games isn't broad enough to to make any contributions on Wikipedia about the Remake and Zero. I personally think that having seperate pages for the original and the remake would be a good idea, but that is another matter entirely. - Eam91 21:05 (GMT), April 11th 2007.

Note on Vandalism
I was aghast to discover some offensive vandalism on this page, which I have promptly edited out. If any wikipedians find any other blatant vandalism on this page, then please edit it out. - Eam91 17:11 (GMT) April 11th '07.

"inter-connecting item boxes"
The English localization section includes the statement that "Capcom also planned to eliminate the inter-connecting item boxes for the North American version and this was actually implemented in review copies of the game." Can someone please describe what "inter-connecting item boxes" are? Because I have no clue and can't find anything on the page nor in a Google search describing what they are. Perhaps this statement should me removed entirely if no one can describe what it means. EvanED 11:10, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
 * In the game, every item box has the same items that you put in. For example, you put a knife in the medicine room of the mansion and that same knife is in the gaurdhouse item box later on.  Thats what they wanted to take out.
 * Inter connecting describes it just as it works. Parjay 14:34, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Separating RE Remake for Game Cube
I think we should separate Resident Evil Remake from the original game. I think we should seperate Resident evil Deadly silence. The remake should probbaly be seperated aswell but i think Deadly silence deffinatly should. DeadWood 15:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Why? There's not much be said about those titles on their own, especially the DS version which is just the original with new puzzles and touchpad support.  Should we also give RE Director's Cut its own page since it had an arranged mode?  Of course not. Parjay ► Talk  15:57, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree to DeadWood, the remake of Resident Evil is more than a simply port (Unlike the Nintendo DS version). In that case, why would not it have an article devoted contrary has Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes or Tomb Raider: Anniversary?
 * Disagree. REmake is largely the same as the PS1 version, the changes are mainly to the game's appearance.  The layout of the mansion, game's events, controls, characters, etc are the same.  REmake was a cosmetic upgrade, with a few small additions. Geoff B (talk) 16:20, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

Alone in the Dark
has there been much research done into the origins of Resident Evil? i personally consider the statement that it was completely based on sweet home as one of the most suspect comments in the history of videogames, the game is pretty much 80 percent based on Alone in the dark, and has very few similarities to Sweet home at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.136.243.181 (talk) 16:36, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Creatures section
I'm thinking maybe this should go. The article was already large, and now even moreso with the addition of The Umbrella Chronicles brief. We've got an article on RE creatures (I think it still exists). Maybe we should just ditch it. Gamer Junkie T /  C 08:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, the RE creatures article still exists. I'd say get rid of the list in this article and stick in a link to the creatures article. Geoff B (talk) 09:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you think we need more input, or should we just go ahead with this? Gamer Junkie  T /  C 01:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess I'll just go ahead with it. If anybody wishes to argue a reason for it to stay, they can chime in here. Gamer Junkie  T /  C 05:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Rebecca Chambers? Please answer
Does anyone know for sure if Rebecca dies or if she survives? Neither the PS1 or GC versions make it very clear?

Anyone know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seanyboy nazz (talk • contribs) 20:49, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

I've completed the original Playstation version a number of times and there is a scenario where Rebecca gets killed by a Hunter. Has anyone else seen this cutscene? DANZIG666 (talk) 15:06, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

From what i heard, in the official Storyline EVERYONE survives. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.211.53.89 (talk) 17:00, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

English?
In the GameCube remake section of this article, the following sentence occurs:

The script was rewritten to have a more serious tone and improved translation, as opposed to the cheesy B-movie dialogue and "English" script of the original.

English is a disambiguation page, which means it should not be linked to directly; this link needs to be piped to go to the article for the specific sense intended here. Unfortunately, while doing dab work for English, I got to this article and was uncertain what that sense was. I suspect it's either English language or England, but I need some help. Anyone? Thanks, --Tkynerd (talk) 02:34, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't write it, but it's almost certainly referring to the English language. There generally isn't any actual English language translation for most games anyway, since most European and PAL region games are ported from the American language releases. Gamer Junkie  T /  C 08:04, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. An IP has already (rather rudely, in the edit summary) changed it to Engrish. I suspect that's probably correct, but I'm not sure. I'm leaving it for now, as it will no longer show up as an incoming link to English. If anyone wants to restore it to English, please pipe it, e.g.: English . Thanks. --Tkynerd (talk) 23:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Live-action intro
Just for the record, the colored FMV intro was only featured in the Windows PC version of the game. The Japanese PlayStation and Saturn versions, while uncensored, are in black and white. Jonny2x4 (talk) 19:41, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The German Playstation version of the director's cut is coloured and looks quite uncut.--87.174.80.212 (talk) 12:14, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * If it's uncut, does it show Chris Redfield smoking? I think it's after their escape from the dogs... that bit happens just after they get inside.--OsirisV (talk) 12:30, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I think so. Watched it few days ago. Edit: see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nal3nruUObM --87.174.80.212 (talk) 12:39, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Is there any information floating around on the actors who played the roles in that cheesy intro?

To make this one a GA, too (RE2 and RE4 already are, RE5 and RE6 are GA ready, no one cares for RE3)
What to do:
 * More references everywhere (the existsing sources might be used more too).
 * More reception, including reviews, annual awards and retrospective lists and articles.
 * More development.

--Niemti (talk) 10:14, 14 February 2013 (UTC)--Niemti (talk) 10:14, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Also, possibly more important credits - the list is very Japanese and quite confusing, but maybe someone should be added to the infobox. I've just added Tokuro Fujiwara ("General Producer") anc changed Oihi's work to design. --Niemti (talk) 10:24, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Extended footage of early (PS1) Biohazard demo
I used to run a video game magazine back in the 90's and we would make VHS recordings of games when they came in for preview/review. Anyways, I've been digitizing old press media I've held onto from magazine and in with everything I found a 20 year old tape that had an hour and a half of gameplay of an early sample of the game. I've posted it up on YouTube if anyone is interested in watching it. I'm looking for the print letters from Capcom so I can pin down an approximate date for the recording which I'll add later to the description when I find it. Cheers! BcRIPster (talk) 03:43, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

original present distribution
If the 2002 version had plot changes, what is the latest version of the original story? People without PS1s or back-wards compatible PS2s cannot play the original disc. Is the only way to play the first game to find the PC version?

Are any higher console versions like PS3 or PS4 offering this as purchaseable downloadable content? 64.231.169.3 (talk) 01:29, 28 June 2016 (UTC)

A question
The article states that the film Zombie was a "negative inspiration". Can the author elaborate on the meaning of this? Goze211 (talk) 00:42, 17 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Shinji Mikami hated the movie and thought he could direct something better.-- OsirisV (talk) 21:52, 18 August 2016 (UTC)

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Cover artist:
I don't have a specific third party citation that says Bill Sienkiewicz is the cover artist for the game. Bill Sienkiewicz's website lists it as part of his work. Primary sources are fine if they're used cautiously and in moderation, they're fine. In addition, the cover is the same cover used in the free promotional comic, and that comic lists Bill Sienkiewicz as the artist for the cover. Harizotoh9 (talk) 01:01, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * OK then the comic sounds like a better source because his name there was vetted by an editor or some other party. TarkusAB talk 01:14, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Interestingly, the comic is a prequel starring Richard Aiken, the guy who gets bit on the snake. The comic cover depicts him. Capcom USA must have seen that, and then been impressed by it so they used it for the game cover. Also, I found out a later comic series included two short interviews with Shinji Mikami discussing RE1 and RE2.

 * Resident Evil (Marvel)
 * Mikami Interview
 * Harizotoh9 (talk) 01:58, 2 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Great finds, I've added them to the refideas template at the top of this page. After my GA nomination of Code: Veronica passes, this will be the only main RE game that isn't a GA or FA. Hopefully one day it can get there, but it needs a tremendous amount of work. TarkusAB talk 02:09, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Ideally, I'd love to see a source that discusses the promotional comic, and its cover. There's some real oddities there. For the design, it looks like several images merged into one (note the different facial expressions, at least two guns merged into one). I'm not sure if it was made specifically for the promo comic and then Capcom USA loved it to make it the cover of the game, or if the artist was hired to make a cover for both. Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:50, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Best-selling
I'm fixing the following statement: "In February 1997, it was the best-selling PlayStation game up until then." There are two problems with this statement. First, the cited GamePro issue is cover dated February 1997, which means it was published around December 1996, so it can't possibly tell us anything about sales of PlayStation games into 1997. Second, as far as I can see the source says only that "Resident Evil became the top-selling PlayStation game of all time"; it doesn't say when it earned that title or how long it held it. I'm adding in a Next Generation article as an additional source, but unfortunately it doesn't indicate how long Resident Evil was the best-selling PS game either.--Martin IIIa (talk) 18:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Resident Evil originally planned for the SNES
There's now info out there from last year that indicates that the title was originally in development for the Super Nintendo before being moved on to the PS1. Here's some notable sources: - http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2017/12/04/resident-evil-was-originally-in-development-for-the-snes.aspx - http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/12/resident_evil_nearly_got_its_start_on_the_snes - http://nintendoeverything.com/capcom-says-resident-evil-was-initially-in-development-for-snes/ Hope this info helps! KGRAMR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KGRAMR (talk • contribs) 16:51, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Added. In addition, it's interesting to note that these sources say it was a spiritual sequel while another source on this page says it was supposed to be a remake. TarkusAB talk 17:26, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Source

 * https://web.archive.org/web/19970419211128/http://www.next-generation.com:80/news/052196a.html

Sales numbers
We have the official numbers from Capcom, which is great, but there's some caution involved. That page only lists all the games that sold over 1 million, and it doesn't list all the games sold. Keep in mind that the page counts ports as separate releases. For RE, there's at least several versions that sold under 1 million and aren't listed. I know that there was a PC version, The Sega Saturn version, the NDS version, and PS4 HD Remastered that aren't listed. Each of those could have sold 999,999 yet not be listed.

If we say that all versions of the game has sold "8.63 million units in total", that sounds very definitive, but that is missing at several ports of the game that I now of. Harizotoh9 (talk) 03:09, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

IGN for what it's worth says the game "sold over 12 million copies." They don't explain what their criteria is, or if they include the GC Remake. Harizotoh9 (talk) 12:20, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:High-explosive squash head

And for an example of spalling, I ran across this page (warning: bloody) whilst looking up information on the .25 ACP handgun cartridge. It has a CT scan of an injured chap's skull; he had been shot in the head with a .25 bullet which failed to penetrate, but the bullet caused spalling on the inside surface of his skull. Doesn't say whether he died, but it must have been a life-changing injury. -Ashley Pomeroy 18:59, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

I read somewhere that the British army uses HESH shells because HEAT shells are less effective when fired from a rifled gun ( the spinning disspates the HEAT effect ). Anyone confirm this? Another question is there a velocity limit for HEAT shells : they must explose at the correct distance from the surface which would be difficult to achieve at very high velocities? 145.253.108.22 11:21, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

It isn't the HEAT that's less effective, tanks with smoothbore weapons use HEAT It's the APFSDS that less effective because spinning the round inside the barrel reduces the the muzzle velocity and hence effectiveness of the APFSDS. Anon 003 20:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually HEAT penetration is degraded by spin - so much so that the french designed a 105mm HEAT round that had the charge mounted on a ball race within the projectile body - the shell was spin stabilised but the charge rotated at a much lower rate (the OBUS-G, round) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.217.231.2 (talk) 17:57, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought Wikipedia is not a forum?JessPavarocks (talk) 08:14, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

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Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Raj Kanwar, produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, written by Rumi Jaffrey, and edited by Sanjay Verma. Salman Khan, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji are featured in lead roles. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Chandralekha (1997) which itself was inspired by the 1995 American film While You Were Sleeping.

Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega was the third consecutive hit between Khan and Nadiadwala's collaboration after Jeet (1996) and Judwaa (1997) as well as one of the year's top-earnings films with a gross of ₹965.5 million worldwide. The film entered the top 10 chart in the UK.

At the 46th Filmfare Awards, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega received 2 nominations – Best Supporting Actress (Mukerji) and Best Female Playback Singer (Preeti & Pinky for "Piya Piya").

Plot
Raj (Salman Khan) is a singer trying to make his way in the big city of Mumbai. He rescues a young woman who has fallen in front of a train and stays with her when she is rushed to a hospital. Pooja Oberoi (Rani Mukerji), the daughter of a wealthy family, survives but falls into a coma. Her family rushes to the hospital and, finding Raj there, assumes that he is Pooja's husband, Romi, with whom she had eloped to marry and whom they had never met. Since Pooja's father has a higher chance of a heart attack, Raj lies and says he is Romi.

As the family gets to know the pretend Romi, Pooja's best friend, Jahnvi (Preity Zinta) starts spending a lot of time with him. They both fall in love with each other, who is regarded as a second daughter by Pooja's family. Then Pooja revives from her coma and complicates matters by falling for Raj. In a conversation, Pooja and Jahnvi both reveal that they both love Raj using signs (Hand up) but Jahnvi realises that Pooja loves Raj resulting in her putting her hand down. Raj and Jahnvi put their relationship to an end. On the day of their engagement, Jahnvi unknowingly takes Pooja's cell phone (Her and Pooja's cellphone look the same). Knowing that Raj will never marry Pooja if she's there, she decides to leave. When Jahnvi's cell phone rings, Pooja picks it up and it ends up being Raj's best friend who pleads Jahnvi to break this wedding and come back to Raj. Pooja then reveals to everyone about Raj and Jahnvi and Raj and Jahnvi are once reunited. Pooja chooses Rahul (Shah Rukh Khan) to marry her.

Cast

 * Salman Khan as Raj Sharma (Raju)/Romi
 * Preity Zinta as Jahnvi Verma
 * Rani Mukerji as Pooja Oberoi
 * Rajeev Verma as Bharat Oberoi, Pooja's father
 * Paresh Rawal as Goverdhan Verma, Jahnvi's father
 * Neeraj Vora as Abdul
 * Shakti Kapoor as Abdul's uncle
 * Satish Shah as Mahesh Hirwani
 * Kamini Kaushal as Biji
 * Vinay Pathak as Monty
 * Razak Khan as Dance master
 * Shah Rukh Khan as Rahul Khanna (Guest appearance)
 * Sana Saeed as Anjali Khanna (special appearance)
 * Anu Malik as himself (special appearance)
 * Sameer as himself (special appearance)

Music
The music of the film was composed by Anu Malik. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, the film's soundtrack album sold 2.2 million units and was one of the highest-selling soundtracks of the year. "Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega", "Piya Piya", "Ek Garam Chai Ki Pyali Ho" and "Aisa Pehli Baar Hua Hai Satrah Athrah Saalon Mein" garnered special popularity, and the soundtrack album was positively received. Screen rated the soundtrack album number one for the third week of August 2000. As of 2020, fans are petitioning for all the songs to be on TikTok.

Interestingly, the movie featured a special appearance by Anu Malik and Sameer who were to compose Raj's album in the movie.

Critical reception
The film was generally well received by the critics, with the performances of the three leads receiving particular praise.

Film journal Screen praised the performances of Khan and Zinta and wrote, "The director deserves to be commended for his efforts to spring a few surprises in the film and extract better performances from the lead players." Aparajita Saha of Rediff wrote that the film is "guaranteed to give audiences everywhere that mushy, gooey, everything-is-all-right-with-the-world sensation they crave." Vinayak Chakravorty of Hindustan Times praised Zinta and noted Kanwar for his "treatment is frothy in the romantic first half and sensibly balanced in the mushy second."

Dinesh Raheja of India Today wrote, "a fluorescent feel-good film, with everything from the psychedelic sets to the multitude of outfits being as colourful as a candy wrapper." Madhur Mittal of The Tribune was particularly fond of the "devastating, delightful, delicious duo" of Zinta and Mukherji", noting their comic timing.

Awards
Nominated
 * Aashirwad Awards:
 * Best Actress – Rani Mukerji
 * 46th Filmfare Awards :

 * Best Supporting Actress – Rani Mukerji
 * Best Female Playback Singer – Preeti & Pinky for "Piya Piya"

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Trutnov Open Air Music Festival

Trutnov Open Air Music Festival is one of the biggest music festivals in the Czech Republic. Its origins go back to 1987 when it was founded on the tradition of underground culture in the city of Trutnov. Since the Velvet Revolution the festival is held annually and attendance has risen from 1,800 in 1990 to 20,000 in 1995. Since 2013, the exact attendance has not been disclosed.

Festival 2004 headliners

 * Motörhead
 * Tata Bojs
 * David Koller

Festival 2005 headliners

 * The Wailers
 * Rachid Taha
 * Dog Eat Dog
 * Senor Coconut
 * The Dhol Foundation
 * The Slackers
 * Superhiks
 * Blackfire
 * Yat-kha
 * Fanfare Savale
 * Brainless Wankers
 * Kultur Shock

Festival 2006 headliners

 * Living Colour
 * Killing Joke
 * The Presidents of The USA
 * Hedningarna
 * The Dhol Foundation
 * MTO
 * The Plastic People of the Universe
 * Eva Pilarová
 * Monkey Business
 * Support Lesbiens

Festival 2007 headliners

 * The Young Gods
 * Billy Gould and Harmful
 * The Race
 * New York Ska Ensemble
 * Tanya Stephens
 * The Dhol Foundation

Festival 2008 headliners

 * The Subways
 * Stephen Marley
 * Soulfly
 * Voodoo Glow Skulls
 * Shelter
 * Ungdomskulen
 * Dub Trio
 * The Sex Pistols Experience

Festival 2009 headliners

 * Primal Scream
 * Anti-Flag
 * Cavalera Conspiracy
 * Candie Payne
 * Enter Shikari
 * The International Noise Conspiracy
 * Pro-Pain
 * The Plastic People of the Universe
 * The Tower of Dudes
 * Lord Bishop Rock
 * Tagada Jones
 * Trunk Show
 * Eva Pilarová
 * Monkey Business

Festival 2010 headliners

 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Rachid Taha
 * Senser
 * Dubioza Kolektiv
 * Irie Révoltés
 * Elvis Jackson
 * The Flying Eyes
 * Trunk Show
 * The Tower of Dudes
 * Monkey Business
 * The Plastic People of the Universe

Festival 2011 headliners

 * Iggy and the Stooges
 * The Plastic People of the Universe
 * Garage with Tony Ducháček
 * Skindred
 * Brian "Head" Welch
 * Petr Váša & Ty Syčáci
 * Monkey Business

Festival 2012 headliners

 * John Cale from The Velvet Underground
 * The Plastic People of the Universe
 * Jessie Evans
 * Anti-Flag
 * Korn
 * dEUS
 * Yellowcard
 * Jaroslav Hutka
 * Garage with Tony Ducháček
 * Vladimír Merta
 * Petr Váša & Ty Syčáci
 * Velvet Underground Revival Band
 * Milan Smrčka a.k.a. Záviš

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Talk:Del the Funky Homosapien

Untitled
Is there a reason this is the main page, and not Del tha Funkee Homosapien, with a lowercase t? Seems that'd be more... I don't know, correct? --Blue Dream 19:03, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

I think you're right, so I'm going to move it to make the page with a lowercase 't' the main page. Daniel Brockman 20:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Can we get a better photo on here, one where you ain't looking right up his nose?

Del's Age
All of the sources I have give his birthdate as 1972; this includes the AllMusic Guide. Do we have a reason to believe in the 1975 date that's given in a recent edit? If not, I'm going to switch it back to '72. Brainslug 03:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

"My Brother George"
Can anyone add why the title of his first album is a reference to George Clinton? Soetermans 20:29, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You know, I was always under the impression it was a reference to Jonathan Jackson, who was killed when he took a courtroom hostage and demanded that his brother George be released from prison. In fact, I'm almost certain that this is the reference. -- H·G (words/works) 07:44, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I happen to think that it is a reference to that cartoon where some guy who sounds like Dustin Hoffman's Raymond Babbit from Rain Man says "I wish my brother George was here." I know it is real, the cartoon, and seems to fit into the mentality of the Del mythos. - iTos —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.35.57.240 (talk) 03:55, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Why is he called an alternative Hip-Hop artist? Although his sound may be different he is still Hip-Hop. He should just be labeled as Hip-Hop, for most fans of Hip-Hop tend to distinguish what is on the radio as Rap and what isn't as Hip-Hop.--Nehooper59 06:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

i have no idea how to properly cite something in a wiki article, but this link sort of verifies the bit about the "how to write a hit song" book, and giving the plaque to his mother. http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=22601 i think saying he "wrote the song with the book" is a bit of an exaggeration, though 66.82.9.53 09:23, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

How to Write a Hit Song
Pretty sure this is the book he supposedly bought: How to Write a Hit Song ( and BTW the citation is broken... presumably the original article was similar to this one. ) 99.69.57.91 (talk) 14:16, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

11th hour DVD
the 11th hour dvd is currently available for purchase from the hiero webstore, so someone should add some info about it, and possibly create a page for it. i would but i don't have my copy yet, so i'm not really in a position to add anything to the article.65.43.223.245 12:30, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

search problems
So when i want to check this page, i have to make sure that i type in "Del the Funkee Homosapien", as when i type in "del the funky homosapien" or "del tha funky homosapien" or any other variation thereof, it brings me to a "Search, no results found page". So maybe someone could fix it so i don't have to always spell his name the way it's spelled in this article (he has spelled it several different ways on different releases).65.43.213.25 21:52, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

???

The page title should really be "Del the Funky Homosapien" as that is how Del wanted it spelt. It is also how it is spelt on 3 out of 4 of his album covers. JakeAKAmd 08:07, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

lench mob
I dont get it. Was Del a part of Da Lynch Mob?

 * he never performed with the group, but he did write several of their lyrics.

mistadobolina
mista bob dobolina

Oooh oooh!

How come there's nothing about Mistah Bob Dobolina in the article? It's not even in the discography.

My question exactly! 203.59.117.158 11:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Del & Eminem cousins?
So, at the beginning of the article it says "with the support of cousins Ice Cube and Eminem...". What exactly does this mean? Having no sources to cite, I can still say I'm 99.99999% that Del is in no way related to Marshall Mathers. Is there some other Eminem? This might be a bit hasty, but I'm seriously doubtful of this, so I'm getting rid of it, at least until someone can explain it... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tobbemz (talk • contribs) 01:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC).
 * no, it's BS.

but he is ice cubes cousin.

Name change?
According to Pitchfork Media, Del is now going by Del the Funky Homosapien (link here: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46900-del-the-funky-homosapien-signs-to-def-jux-for-new-lp ) instead of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien.

This is confirmed on the Hiero website, as all Del merchandise (including CD's, t-shirts, etc) say Del The Funky Homosapien.

I'm going to change the name of this page, and put "also known as Del Tha Funkee Homosapien", unless anyone has any problem with it.

edit: i'm having trouble changing the actual title of the page. if someone can do that it would be greatly appreciated.

130.17.246.153 19:31, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

—jakarr 21:54, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know; his name is spelled "DEL: tha funkee homosapien" on this page. Searching on google, it looks like all combinations of the/tha and funky/funkee are used.

If you look at him most recent albums, he spells his name "Del The Funky Homosapien." Yes, the "The" is supposed to be capitalized. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.62.140 (talk) 19:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Education and "Upgrade"?
AFAIK, Del didn't go to college. Where does get his content? Does he just read a lot? I'm particularly interested in knowing if he wrote "Upgrade" in Deltron 3030, since it uses some software engineering lingo (specifically in computer graphics). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Insultingbozo (talk • contribs) 07:32, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
I'm not sure if this is noteworthy/notable, but he was on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night.--Rockfang (talk) 08:46, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Split off "Career" from "Biography"?
I think the Biography section is getting a little big, and is encompassing things that should go into a "Career" section, and maybe some others. Anybody else agree? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.1.170 (talk) 16:25, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Actually, maybe subsections
Actually I take that back; there's very little biography at all. Perhaps we could leave it the same or call it "career", but subsections need to be made, it's sortof a mess right now. I think it would make things easier to update and keep consistent in the future, it's hard to read now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.1.170 (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Cleanup
Let's be honest, this page needs some clean up. Some better wording, better organization, and updating of some outdated facts (I did a couple of these). I'll try to pitch in when I get a chance, but I thought I'd put it out there.

Unreferenced Info
Someone removed a few paragraphs because they were uncited. I know this stuff to be true, it's just a matter of citing it (and making it sound nicer [see "cleanup" above], and updating the language for this year):

 * Currently there is a DVD available called 11th Hour, which contains some live footage, footage of him in the studio and around the house, as well as footage of him recording 11th Hour. It was his first solo album in more than seven years.

 * In 2008, 11th Hour was released first, with the new Deltron album, Deltron Event II to be released afterwards. However as of 2009, Deltron Event II is yet to be released.

 * "11th Hour" was released by Definitive Jux instead of the usual Hiero Imperium. CEO and MC El-P all but confirmed Del's signing recently in a cryptic myspace blog post. Del also toured with Embedded/Def Jux artists Iller than Theirs and Junk Science. On November 6, 2007 there was a post on the Definitive Jux website that stated Del had signed with Definitive Jux.

And the last paragraph contained a quote from El P and Del pretty much plagiarized from Def Jux's site, so it should be rewritten anyway. http://www.definitivejux.net/jukies/del-funky-homosapien:

 * "I look at this as an opportunity..."

 * "Del is and always has been one of my favorite artists and people..."

Again, I can do it, I just have to get around to it. I just wanted to make a note so we don't forget. Whoever does it, feel free to delete the quotes in this section so it doesn't take up so much room on the talk page. Orblivion (talk) 12:54, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Not sure about the statement in this article that he took a 5-year break from releasing music "due to heavy use of psychedelic drugs." Granted he has mentioned using psychedelics, but stating that the hiatus was a result of his drug may not be accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.151.109.15 (talk) 22:03, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: page moved. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:21, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Del tha Funkee Homosapien → Del the Funky Homosapien — This surprised me. I was all for the "funkee" spelling until I looked a little closer...and found that this spelling only exists on two releases: the formative debut, I Wish My Brother George Was Here and the non-Del-approved (according to the wiki article) comp. The Elektra Years - there probably because somebody at the record company thought it would be clever. Anyway, it's clear from the (many) other albums that "the Funky" is his preferred nom de plume. It's even in his trademark graffiti-style logo (del! the funky homosapien). Here are some larger jpegs: No Need for Alarm, Future Development, Both Sides of the Brain, Eleventh Hour, Parallel Uni-Verses, Funk Man & Automatic Statik Wikkitywack (talk) 07:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Survey

 * Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with  or  , then sign your comment with  . Since polling is not a substitute for discussion, please explain your reasons, taking into account Wikipedia's policy on article titles.

 * We'll just push "tha Funkee" to the aka section, make a note of it in the applicable articles, etc. Of course, there'll be the redirect switcheroo for those dedicated enough to type out "Del tha Funkee Homosapien" in full, etc... Wikkitywack (talk) 20:52, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any additional comments: Wikkitywack (talk) 07:22, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
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Other Media updates
Can someone please confirm all the "upcoming" events are still upcoming and that the past ones actually happened. The Skate 3 thing supposedly was still upcoming in May 2010. Well, its now July 2010. Mabsal (talk) 20:25, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

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On the cover of his debut album I Wish My Brother George Was Here (1991), it’s spelled “DEL THA FUNKEé HOMOSAPIEN.” Adjusted for consistent capitalisation, should that be “Del That Funkeé Homosapien”? Felicity4711 (talk) 17:06, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was delete. Coffee 10:49, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Haircut indie
Neologism with few google hits (a good deal of which are irrelevant) Punkmorten 19:03, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

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List of Sri Lanka ODI cricketers

This is a list of Sri Lankan One Day International cricketers.

A One Day International, or ODI for short, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). An ODI differs from a Test match in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings.

The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his first ODI cap. Where more than one player won his first ODI cap in the same match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.

Players

 * Statistics are correct as of 14 February 2024

Notes:
 * 1 Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, Mahela Jayawardene, Dilhara Fernando and Upul Tharanga also played ODI cricket for Asia XI. Only their records for Sri Lanka are given above.
 * 2 Muttiah Muralitharan and Kumar Sangakkara also played ODI cricket for Asia XI and World XI. Only their records for Sri Lanka are given above.

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Akimbo

Akimbo may refer to:
 * Arms akimbo, placing hands on hips, arms bent at the elbows pointing outward, usually in a standing position
 * Dual wield, the technique of using two weapons, one in each hand, for training or combat
 * Akimbo (album), a 2000 album by Friendly
 * Akimbo (band), an American hardcore punk band
 * Akimbo (on-demand service), an American defunct video-on-demand service
 * Akimbo, a podcast by Seth Godin
 * Akimbo, a 2021 album by Ziak
 * Akimbo Systems, Inc., an American defunct software company that produced and sold the FullWrite Professional word processor

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Cover for the album Charm School by Bishop Allen.

Fair use rationale for Charm School
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Třebechovice pod Orebem

Třebechovice pod Orebem is a town in Hradec Králové District in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,900 inhabitants. Třebechovice pod Orebem is best known for the Museum of Nativity Scenes.

Administrative parts
The villages of Krňovice, Nepasice, Polánky nad Dědinou and Štěnkov are administrative parts of Třebechovice pod Orebem.

Etymology
The initial name of the settlement was Třebochovice. The name was derived from the personal name Třeboch, meaning "the village of Třeboch's people". Fro mthe mid-16th century, the name Třebechovice is used. In 1920, the town's name was changed to Třebechovice pod Orebem. It refers to the location of the town below the Oreb hill. The hill was named by the Hussites in 1419 after the biblical Mount Horeb.

Geography
Třebechovice pod Orebem is located about 10 km east of Hradec Králové. It lies in the Orlice Table. The town is situated beneath the hill Oreb, which is one of symbols of the town. The top of Oreb is located inside the built-up area and has an altitude of 256 m. However, the highest point of the municipal territory is at 287 m above sea level.

The Orlice River flows across the southern part of the territory. The Dědina River flows through the urban area until the confluence with the Orlice. The stream Cihelnický potok flows through the western part of the territory and also flows into the Orlice in the municipal territory.

History
Třebechovice was founded in the 14th century. According to legend, the town was founded on the right bank of the Dědina River by Třeboch who brought his people there and gave the name to the town. In the 14th century, the town was owned by Hynek Hlaváč of Dubé and his descendants until 1450, when Přibík Kroměšín of Březovice became an owner. The town was owned by the Trčka of Lípa family in the 16th century and it economically developed.

In 1628, a large peasant uprising broke out in the region. Třebechovice was fined, which contributed to the impoverishment of the population. The decline of the town was deepened by four major fires in the 17th century. The economic and cultural situation was bad until the 19th century, when business began to develop again and cultural organizations were founded. In 1849, the serfdom was abolished and the town became independent.

Transport
Třebechovice pod Orebem is located on the railway line Hradec Králové–Letohrad.

Sights
The Church of Saint Andrew was first mentioned in 1384. It was damaged by fires and renewed in 1572–1575. The tower was replaced in 1864.

The Evangelical church on the town square is a Neo-Romanesque building from 1877. It serves both religious and cultural purposes.

In 1528, a small wooden church was built on the Oreb hill at the command of Zdeněk Trčka of Lípa. This church fell into disrepair and was replaced by the new one in 1835. The new church is called Church of Corpus Christi.

Museum of Nativity Scenes
The Museum of Nativity Scenes was founded in 1925 by Vilém Koleš. There are more than 500 exhibits of nativity scenes. The museum is the only one of its kind in the country. The most valuable nativity scene is Probošt's mechanical Christmas crib created from wood, which includes more than 2,000 carved parts and figures.

The museum also manages the town's collections. The most valuable exhibit is the handwritten illuminated Literary Gradual from 1559.

Notable people

 * Jan Theobald Held (1770–1851), physician, educator and composer
 * Anka Bergman (1917–2013), Holocaust survivor
 * Oldřich Rott (born 1951), footballer
 * Jan Doležal (born 1996), decathlete

Twin towns – sister cities
Třebechovice pod Orebem is twinned with:
 * 🇵🇸 Bethlehem, Palestine

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The Magnificents (Scottish band)

The Magnificents were a Scottish electro rock band.

Biography
The group formed while its members attended the Edinburgh College of Art. After playing a supposed one-off gig of Northern Soul covers for a friend's birthday party they began to write their own material and settled into a lineup of Tommy Stuart (vocals/synths), Steven McGregor (synths/vocals), Drew McFadyen (guitar/vocals) and Casey Miller (drums).

Incorporating elements of Krautrock, electro and noise music they combine vintage analogue synthesizers with distorted guitar and the aggression of punk creating a sound described by the NME as, "a wonder to behold... synth-punk sass in excelsis; a tangle of disco and hysterical sloganeering that sounds, precisely, like Nobody Else Ever". They soon gained a reputation as both a riotously exciting and volatile live act.

They recorded their first EP Kids Now at their own M-Bunker studio which was released on German label Erkrankung Durch Musique in 2001. This led to the group's first tour overseas visiting Germany, Austria and Switzerland and a series of supports with established alternative bands visiting Scotland such as Stereolab, Broadcast, Trans Am and Enon.

After the release of 2003's more electronic based 4 Claws Of The Underground EP on Scandinavia Records, the band recorded their self titled debut album. Now recording for KFM Records the sessions took place at The Diving Bell Lounge Studio in Glasgow. Released in early 2004, the album was generally well received and gained airplay from the likes of Vic Galloway, Stuart Maconie and the late John Peel. That same year the band were invited to Austin, Texas to play at the SXSW Music Festival and supported The Beta Band on their final UK tour.

The group have also recorded various live radio sessions, including for BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Scotland and featured on the BBC Radio 3 programme Mixing It about experimental music in Scotland.

In 2005 the band entered Metway Studio in Brighton and recorded three tracks with producer Damien Taylor which would eventually be on the band's second album Year Of Explorers. In 2006 they went on their most extensive tour to date, supporting fellow Scots Mogwai on their European tour. Following this, work was completed on Year Of Explorers at Castle of Doom Studios with Mogwais' John Cummings producing. The album was preceded by the Ring Ring EP in May 2007 before its August release.

Trivia

 * The song "Get It Boy" appeared on the soundtrack of UEFA Euro 2008 game.
 * The song "Kids Now" featured in the Cartoon Network show Codename: Kids Next Door
 * The band designed their own merchandise, sleeve artwork and video projections used at concerts.

Discography

 * Kids Now EP - 2001
 * "Digital Dirt" / "The Third Claw" (7" single) - 2003
 * 4 Claws Of The Underground EP - 2003
 * The Magnificents - 2004
 * "Last Gasp Of Revenge"/ "White Lies" (7" single) - 2005
 * "The Apollo Creed" (Download single) - 2005
 * Ring Ring EP - 2007
 * Year of Explorers (Album) - 2007
 * "Get It Boy" (Download single) - 2007

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V. T. Hamlin

Vincent Trout Hamlin (May 10, 1900 – June 14, 1993), who preferred the name V. T. Hamlin, was an American comic strip cartoonist. He created the popular, long-run comic strip Alley Oop, syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Early life
Born in Perry, Iowa to Erma Trout Hamlin and Dr. Frederick Clarence Hamlin, a dentist. Vincent began drawing at an early age; he first drew the character that became Alley Oop at age 11. Four years later, his first cartoons were published in the Perry Daily Chief. At Perry High School, he went by the nickname Snick, which he used as his signature on cartoons he drew for his high school yearbook, The Eclipse.

World War I
Lying about his age, Hamlin enlisted in the Army at 17 to fight in World War I. He shipped out as part of the Sixth Army's Motor Transport Group, arriving in France where he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in 1918. Recovering from a poison gas attack in France, Hamlin began illustrating the letters of fellow soldiers, and a newspaper man he met in the Army convinced him he could make a living from his art abilities.

After World War I
After his discharge, Hamlin returned to Perry High School in 1919. He then attended college, first a term at the University of Missouri in 1920, followed by studying journalism at Drake University in 1922.

His college experiences ended after a quarrel with an art teacher, as he recalled: "Then the teacher took out my drawing and she stood up with it before the class and announced: 'Now here's a man with a wonderful talent and he wants to waste it on being a cartoonist!'"

He traveled around the US, working at various jobs as a sign painter, animator, window dresser, card writer, movie projectionist and semi-professional boxer. After employment in 1922 as a journalist at the Des Moines News, Hamlin worked for the Texas Grubstakers newspaper and the Fort Worth Record. His income in 1922 was $910.

By 1923, he was a staff photographer, cartoonist and writer at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he created his first comic strip, The Hired Hand, and a sports feature, The Panther Kitten. Cartoonist Steve Stiles noted: "The job only lasted a year. It was the Prohibition era and Hamlin and a friend were discovered using the paper's engraving equipment to make counterfeit labels for bootleg whiskey bottles. Hamlin moved on to doing art for an oil industry publication and one day, while wandering through the desolate landscape of the oil fields, began musing about the dinosaurs who had once roamed through the very same territory. Hamlin also acquired a lifelong interest in paleontology through conversations with geologist acquaintances."

On December 24, 1926, he married high-school sweetheart Dorothy Stapleton, who became the model for the character Ooola in Alley Oop. Their daughter Theodora was born in 1927, followed by their son Jon in 1936. In 1928, he worked as a photographer for the Houston Press.

When the oil industry magazine went defunct, the Hamlins returned to Perry, Iowa in 1930.

Alley Oop begins
In Perry, Hamlin thought about those dinosaurs and started drawing a comic strip titled The Mighty Oop. He was not pleased with his creation, and he destroyed it. A year later, he tried again, submitting Alley Oop to a small syndicate, Bonnet-Brown, which launched the strip as a daily, beginning December 5, 1932. A few months later, Bonnet-Brown collapsed, bringing the strip to an end. NEA picked it up, and it started again on August 7, 1933. Success led to a Sunday strip, added on September 9, 1934.

Dorothy Hamlin also worked on the strip, creating color roughs and contributing story ideas, including the important plot device of time travel that was introduced April 5, 1939.

Hamlin wrote and drew Alley Oop until his retirement in 1971. When Hamlin retired because of failing eyesight, Dave Graue took over full-time. Graue had been assisting Hamlin since 1950, and he had been drawing the daily solo since 1966, although it was co-signed by Hamlin. The last daily signed by Hamlin appeared December 31, 1972, and Hamlin's last signed Sunday strip was April 1, 1973.

From his studio in North Carolina, Graue wrote and drew the strip through the 1970s and 1980s until Jack Bender took over as illustrator in 1991. Graue continued to write the strip until his August 2001 retirement. On December 10, 2001, the 75-year-old Graue died in Flat Rock, North Carolina in a traffic collision. The current Alley Oop Sunday and daily strips are created by writer Joey Alison Sayers and artist Jonathan Lemon.

Later life and death
The Hamlins moved to Sarasota, Florida, after his retirement. He wrote his autobiography, The Man Who Walked with Dinosaurs, and a novel, The Devil's Daughter. Four Rivers is his fishing memoir.

Dorothy Hamlin died in 1985, and V. T. Hamlin died from natural causes in Brooksville, Florida, in 1993, at the age of 93.

Archives
Theodora Hamlin Dewalt donated the V. T. Hamlin Collection to the University of Missouri-Columbia Libraries on December 22, 1990. It includes 126 original cartoons and 436 personal and career photographs, along with newspaper and journal articles about Hamlin's work, contracts and correspondence with Newspaper Enterprise Association, personal and family papers, correspondence and memorabilia.

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P-120 Malakhit

The P-120 Malakhit (П-120 «Малахит» 'Malachite'; NATO reporting name: SS-N-9 Siren, GRAU designation: 4K85 ) is a Russian medium range anti-ship missile used by corvettes and submarines. Introduced in 1972, it remains in service but has been superseded by the P-270 Moskit.

Development
The Echo-class submarine was required to spend 30 minutes or more on the surface when firing its P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-3A 'Shaddock') missiles. This made the submarines very vulnerable to enemy attack, so in 1963 the Soviets started work on a new missile that could be fired whilst submerged, and a submarine to carry it. These became the P-50 Malakhit and Charlie-class submarine. The P-50 was replaced by the P-120 design during development.

However, problems in development meant that the twelve Charlie I submarines were built with the shorter-ranged P-70 Ametist (SS-N-7 'Starbright', an evolution of the SS-N-2C 'Styx') as a stopgap before the introduction of the P-120 Malakhit on the Charlie II.

The P-120 missile was later used as the basis for the SS-N-14 Silex rocket-propelled torpedo.

Design
The L band seeker and radar altimeter originally designed for the 'Siren' were first used on the 'Starbright' whilst the Soviets sorted out the P-120's troublesome engines. However the 'Siren' has space for datalink equipment, allowing mid-course guidance from the launch platform or something else. When fired from a submarine, the missile can be launched at a maximum depth of 50 meters.

Operational history
The 'Siren' entered service on corvettes of the Soviet Navy on March 17, 1972. It would be installed on Nanuchka-class corvettes. About 500 missiles were produced.

It was not until November 1977 that it was accepted for use on submarines. The Charlie-II submarine carried eight missiles (of which two usually carried thermonuclear warheads).

It saw action in 2008 in the hands of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy during the action off Abkhazia, where it was used without success, mistakenly against MV Lotos-1 from Moldova.

Operators

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 * Russian Navy

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Rock for People

Rock for People (RfP) is a large open-air summer rock festival in the Czech Republic. The festival began in 1995 in the town of Český Brod. In 2007, it was moved to an unused airport in Hradec Králové. Headlining acts have included Muse, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Arctic Monkeys, My Chemical Romance, the Offspring, the Killers, Paramore, and Massive Attack.

Český Brod

 * In 1995, the festival was held on 19 August, and attracted 1100 visitors to watch 18 bands.
 * In 1996, the festival was held on 29 June, and attracted 1600 visitors to watch 17 bands.
 * In 1997, the festival was held over two days for the first time, from 4–5 July, and consisted of 44 bands, with 2300 attendees.
 * In 1998, the festival expanded to three days, from 4–6 July, with 104 bands and 3800 visitors.
 * In 1999, the festival took place from 3–5 July, with 5000 visitors watching 90 bands, including Guano Apes, Tagada Jones, Terry Lee Hale, Calico Soul, and Tribal Drift.
 * In 2000, the festival took place from 4–6 July, with 7500 visitors watching 82 bands, including The Bloodhound Gang, In Extremo, Zion Train, and Burroughs Chris.
 * In 2001 the festival took place from 5–7 July, with 9000 visitors watching 92 bands, including Apocalyptica, Mike Patton & Fantomas, Asian Dub Foundation, Sri, Shelter, Ex Girl, Tanzwut, Tahiti 80, Defdaf, Terrorgruppe, Calico Soul, New Model Army, and Xaver Fischer Trio.
 * In 2002 the festival took place from 4–6 July, with 12,000 visitors watching 120 bands, including Chumbawamba, Transglobal Underground, Biohazard, Dead Kennedys, and Die Happy.
 * In 2003, the festival was held over four days for the first time, and the line-up included 130 bands, including Cypress Hill, The Levellers, Therapy?, Madball, Donots, Junkie XL, Modena City Ramblers, and 4Lyn.
 * In 2004, the festival took place from 3–5 July, with 15,000 visitors watching 170 bands, including Ska-P, Hooverphonic, Fun-Da-Mental, Värttinä, and Ill Nino.
 * In 2005, the festival took place from 3–6 July, and the line-up included 127 bands, including Garbage, Die Toten Hosen, and Leningrad Cowboys.
 * In 2006, the festival took place from 4–6 July, with 20,000 visitors watching 112 bands, including Manu Chao, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Radio Bemba Sound System, Agnostic Front, Madball, Mattafix, The Frames, Los De Abajo, Gocoo, Mad Sin, Deadline, and Mad Heads XL.

2007

 * 3–6 July (20,000 visitors, 127 bands)
 * Line Up: The Killers, The Hives, Sick of It All, Basement Jaxx, Flipsyde, Mory Kanté, Toy Dolls, The Levellers, Walls of Jericho, Front Line Assembly, Kissmet, Nomeansno, Die Happy, The Locos, The Bones, Disco Ensemble, Karamelo Santo, Deti Picasso, Extra Action Marching Band, Green Frog Feet, Zeroscape and others.

2008

 * 2–5 July (25,000 visitors, 150 bands)
 * Line Up: The Offspring, Kaiser Chiefs, Massive Attack, Helmet, Enter Shikari, Flogging Molly, The Locos, Madball, Dreadzone, H2O, N.O.H.A., Los De Abajo, Black Mountain, Kissmet, iO, Watcha Clan, Panteón Rococó, Donots, Holy Fuck, VNV Nation, La Kinky Beat, Demented Are Go, Zulu 9:30, Outvile, Empyr, Invases, Seth Lakeman, Park Avenue, Skop (band), Montreal, Hopes Die Last, Karras, Tremore, Nomad Soundsystem, Dj Scratchy and others.

2009

 * 3–6 July (27,000 visitors, 130 bands)
 * Line Up: Arctic Monkeys, Placebo, Ska-P, Bloc Party, Underworld, Gogol Bordello, Static-X, Therapy?, Freestylers, Hadouken!, The Kooks, Mucky Pup, Ignite, Comeback Kid, The Bouncing Souls, Fancy, Derfine, Firewater, 7 Weeks, Expatriate, Gocoo, Keziah Jones, Defeater (band), Black President, Scratch Bandits Crew, Ra:IN and others.

2010

 * 3–6 July (28,500 visitors, 170 bands)
 * Line Up: Muse, The Prodigy, NOFX, Editors, Billy Talent, Morcheeba, Skunk Anansie, The Subways, Tricky, Alexisonfire, Suicidal Tendencies, Juliette Lewis, Archive, Gallows, Skindred, Coheed and Cambria, Death by Stereo, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Evergreen Terrace, Jello Biafra And The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, Disco Ensemble, Wisdom in Chains, Dreadzone, Horse the Band, The Inspector Cluzo, Doping Panda, The Mahones and others.

2011

 * 2–5 July (28,000 visitors, 146 bands)
 * Line Up: Paramore, Pendulum, My Chemical Romance, Bullet for My Valentine, The Streets, Sum 41, Parkway Drive, Beatsteaks, White Lies, Digitalism, Primus, Anberlin, Jimmy Eat World, The Wombats, John Butler Trio, The Qemists, Kele, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Protest The Hero, Bright Eyes, US Bombs, The Levellers, Deez Nuts, Molotov, Title Fight, Cancer Bats, Destine, Radio Dead Ones, Jenny and Johnny, Your Demise and others.

2012

 * 3–6 July (30,700 visitors, 277 bands)
 * Line Up: Faith No More, Franz Ferdinand, Skrillex, The Prodigy, Refused, Orbital, Example, Enter Shikari, Architects, Crystal Castles, Flogging Molly, The Subways, Two Door Cinema Club, August Burns Red, I Killed The Prom Queen, The Kooks, H2O, Selah Sue, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Computers, The Octopussys, Molotov Jukebox, Anna Calvi, Scarred By Beauty, 3 Feet Smaller, The Inspector Cluzo, The Feud, Keko Yoma, Irie Révoltés, Grimus and others.

2013

 * 2–5 July (30,000 visitors, 200 bands)
 * Line up: Thirty Seconds to Mars, Queens of the Stone Age, Foals, Parov Stelar Band, Billy Talent, Bloc Party, Gogol Bordello, Charlie Straight, Klaxons, Kryštof, Modestep, Papa Roach, Pražský výběr, The Gaslight Anthem, Xindl X, A Day to Remember, The Devil Wears Prada, Aneta Langerová, Borgore, Filharmonie Hradec Králové, Pipes and Pints, Royal Republic, Heart in Hand, Boris Carloff, Ohm Square, Dubioza kolektiv, Friska Viljor, Goodfellas, Hacktivist, Jan Budař a Eliščin Band, Skyline, Sto zvířat, Sunshine, UDG, Deathgaze, Karel Gott and others

2014

 * 3–5 July
 * Line Up: Manu Chao, Biffy Clyro, Lucie, Madness, Chase & Status, The Naked and Famous, Netsky, Tom Odell, Asian Dub Foundation, Steven Seagal, The Afghan Whigs, We Came As Romans, Deap Vally, Emmure, Holy Esque, Kadebostany, Molotov Jukebox, N.O.H.A., School Is Cool, The Feud, The Strypes, Thepetebox, 7 Weeks, Comact Disk Dummies, Groovy Shiva, Madame Pepper, Tricot, Paceshifters and others.

2015

 * 4–6 June
 * Line Up: Three Days Grace, Hollywood Undead, Asking Alexandria, Faith No More, Yellowcard, Limp Bizkit, Bastille, We Are Harlot, Red Fang, Vypsaná fixa, David Koller and others.

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Fast Car

"Fast Car" is the debut single by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on April 6, 1988, by Elektra, as the lead single from her 1988 self-titled debut studio album. Chapman's appearance at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert in June 1988 helped the song become a top-ten hit in the United States, reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100, and led the album to top the Billboard 200. The single also reached number five on the UK Singles Chart.

"Fast Car" received three nominations at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards in 1989: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, the last of which it won. It also received an MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best Female Video.

Since the release of Chapman's original, the song has had success in two electronic dance versions by Swedish DJ Tobtok and British DJ Jonas Blue, as well as a country cover by American singer Luke Combs. Combs's version was a number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts in 2023, and won Chapman the Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year, making her the first black person to win the award.

Music and lyrics
According to Metro Weekly critic Chris Gerard, "Fast Car" tells the story of a working woman trying to escape the cycle of poverty, set to "glowing folk rock". The song's arrangement was described by Orlando Sentinel writer Thom Duffy as "subtle folk-rock", while Billboard magazine's Gary Trust deemed the record a "folk/pop" song. Critic Dave Marsh called it an "optimistic folk-rock narrative" about characters living in a homeless shelter.

Release and promotion
Elektra Records released "Fast Car" as a single on April 6, 1988, one day after the album Tracy Chapman. That June, Chapman appeared at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute concert, where she was scheduled to sing three songs. Just before surprise guest Stevie Wonder walked onstage, he learned that his keyboard's floppy disk had gone missing. He left in a panic, forcing the event organizers to usher Chapman back to the stage with nothing but a microphone and her guitar. As the organizers readied the stage for the following act, Chapman performed "Fast Car" and "Across the Lines". This performance brought widespread attention to her music, with sales for Tracy Chapman increasing enough for it to top the Billboard 200 chart on August 27, 1988. "Fast Car" itself would reach number six on the Billboard Hot 100 the same week.

A remastered recording was issued by Elektra in 2015.

Critical reception
John Tague from NME wrote, "'Fast Car' is a typically well expressed lament, not for those who have suffered extraordinary circumstances, but for those who escape one form of dead end existence only to fall into another, relative material success without the consolation of dreams for the future. It's a keenly felt depiction of the impossibility of escape, rendered tastefully and gracefully, charming in its simplicity." Rolling Stone ranked "Fast Car" number 167 on their 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was Chapman's only song on the list, and the highest-ranking song performed and written solely by a female artist. When Rolling Stone updated the list in 2021, "Fast Car" was promoted to number 71. Pitchfork named it the 86th-best song of the 1980s in 2015.

Renewed British success
In April 2011, "Fast Car" entered the UK top ten for the second time at number four after Michael Collings performed it on Britain's Got Talent, one position higher than its initial chart success in 1988. The single was certified quadruple platinum in the United Kingdom by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) in 2024, based on downloads and streaming. By 2016, it had sold 661,500 copies in the United Kingdom.

Personnel

 * Tracy Chapman – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, percussion
 * Denny Fongheiser – drums
 * Larry Klein – bass guitar
 * Ed Black – pedal steel guitar

Tobtok version
In 2015, a tropical house version was released by Swedish record producer Tobtok, featuring vocals from British singer River. Tobtok's version was published on SoundCloud on October 30, 2015, and released commercially on November 27, 2015, through Good Soldier Records, and subsequently licensed to Neon Records in Australia and Disco:wax in the United States. Tobtok also released an accompanying music video. Although the Jonas Blue version released shortly after was far more successful, Tobtok's version also charted in a number of charts, notably Australia, where it received significant airplay (some stations like 2Day FM played it over the Jonas Blue version) and reached number 19 on the ARIA Singles Chart in January 2016, while Jonas Blue's version was at number two. The Tobtok version also charted in the Norwegian VG-lista, Irish IRMA, and Danish Tracklisten charts.

Track listing
 * 1) "Fast Car" – 3:27
 * 2) "Fast Car" (L'Tric remix radio edit) – 2:57

Jonas Blue version
In 2015, a tropical house cover of "Fast Car" was released by British record producer Jonas Blue. It is Blue's debut single and features the vocals from British singer Dakota; it is also her debut single. It is the lead single of Blue's debut album Blue (2018). The Club Mix was included on Blue's compilation, Jonas Blue: Electronic Nature – The Mix 2017.

Background and inspiration
In an interview with iHeartRadio, Blue stated Chapman's original 1988 hit is a favorite of his mother, who would often play it in the car. "It was a good song in London [during] that time when I was growing up, so it was always on the radio," he went on to say. "And it just kind of stuck with me. It was that song on the long journeys, and I loved it."

Regarding Dakota, who provides vocals on the song, Blue said, "... she [said], 'Oh, I've never done dance music before or anything like that so, I'm not kind of sure.' And I was like, 'Listen, you'd be great.' And she came the next day to record it, and what you hear on the radio is her coming in the next day after her show to record it." Blue also admitted that he wanted to create a Swedish-esque sound on the record: "I think with things like the synth lead lines in it, giving it that second hook, I was kind of going for a very kind of Swedish-y kind of sound. That's kind of the influence behind that kind of lead synth line, and that was something which I don't think people have picked up on yet, but they just like the song because of what it is."

Composition
Jonas Blue's version of "Fast Car" is performed in the key of A major with a tempo of 114 beats per minute in common time, with Dakota's vocals ranging from E3 to F♯4.

Chart performance
The Jonas Blue version peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, behind Zayn Malik's "Pillowtalk". Its UK peak meant it charted higher than Chapman's original, which peaked at number five on the chart in May 1988 and a position higher upon a re-release in April 2011.

Outside the United Kingdom, the Jonas Blue version reached number one in Australia and Hungary, while peaking within the top ten in Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, New Zealand, and Sweden. In the United States, the Jonas Blue version went to number one on Dance Club Songs.

It reached one billion streams on Spotify in late February 2023.

Luke Combs version
American country music artist Luke Combs released a version of the song on his 2023 album Gettin' Old. It was sent to American Top 40 and adult contemporary radio as the second single from the album, marking the first time that Combs has had a song sent to contemporary hit radio, as well as the first single that he did not have a hand in writing.

Combs' version uses most of Chapman's original lyrics, including the line "I work in the market as a checkout girl". Combs' manager Chris Kappy told Billboard magazine, "Luke is a songwriter too and Tracy is one of his favorite artists. So his goal was to never change the song. His goal was to honor the perfection that it is, and changing the gender never crossed his mind."

In a July 2023 interview with Billboard, Chapman spoke favorably of Combs and his rendition of "Fast Car", stating: "I never expected to find myself on the country charts, but I'm honored to be there. I'm happy for Luke and his success and grateful that new fans have found and embraced 'Fast Car.'" According to Billboard, Chapman earned about $500,000 in publishing royalties in the first few months after the release of Combs' version.

When Combs' version of "Fast Car" hit number one on the Country Airplay chart in July 2023, Chapman became the first black woman to score a country number one with a solo composition. At the 57th Annual Country Music Association Awards in November 2023, Chapman notably became the first Black woman or Black songwriter to ever win a CMA Award, winning Song of the Year. In February 2024, Chapman performed the song with Combs at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, in her first televised live performance in nine years.

Commercial performance
Combs' version of "Fast Car" became a smash hit on radio, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100, higher than Chapman, and on the Canadian Hot 100, tying it with "Forever After All" as Combs' highest-charting single on the former. On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated August 5, 2023, it sat at number three, behind Jason Aldean's "Try That in a Small Town" and Morgan Wallen's "Last Night" at one and two, making it the first time in that chart's history that the top three positions were all occupied by country artists.

The song reached number one on the Country Airplay chart in July 2023, making Chapman the first black woman to score a country number one with a solo composition. Additionally, it became the first cover of a pop single to top a Billboard chart based on country radio airplay since Blake Shelton's version of Michael Bublé's 2005 single "Home" reached number one in 2008. On the Country Airplay chart dated September 9, 2023, it held the number two position behind Combs' own "Love You Anyway" at the top, making it the first time in that chart's history that the top two positions were simultaneously occupied by a solo act with no accompanying acts, and only the second time that such a distinction has been achieved by any act overall.

Other notable versions

 * The initial version of the song "Dreams" by Gabrielle was based around a sample of "Fast Car", but this was removed from the final version because the sample could not be cleared.
 * American musician Jim O'Rourke performed a 33-minute long rendition of "Fast Car" in Tokyo in 2002.

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