Talk:If I Never See Your Face Again

The article says that the song will be released to the mainstream radio on May 13, but I've heard it on Sirius radio already. Does this mean it's been released to actual radio, or what? Raven23 (talk) 01:31, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

May 13th is the date that the song officially goes for adds. Some stations, like the Sirius outlet, may already have it on the air. --InDeBiz1 (talk) 02:30, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I gave a better description of the music video and I also added electro rock because of the use of electronic instruments such as the keyboard is an electronic instrument! Remove these changes if you like but please specify why on my talk page!--Seán Travers (talk) 18:30, 12 June 2008 (UTC)Seán Travers

{{editsemiprotected}}there is an error in the charts section, it says that the peak position of the Billboard Hot 100 chart is 28, thats NOT true, the peak position is 51 as per the given source. So, please fix it, change 28 to 51.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Champagnewoman (talk • contribs) 22:55, 1 July 2010

I checked this on billboard itself, and yes, 51. I changed it to that, and added the reference. Thanks,  Chzz  ►  12:16, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

 Done

Background

• http://www.billboard.com/news/rihanna-and-maroon-5-team-up-for-again-remix-1003795985.story#/news/rihanna-and-maroon-5-team-up-for-again-remix-1003795985.story
• http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/rihanna/41591-rihanna-maroon-5-collabo

Composition

• http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0059804

Reception

• http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20038960,00.html (Original)
• http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/790/790663p1.html (Original)
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jr3n (Original)
• http://www.contactmusic.com/pages/maroon5x26x06x07 (Original)
• http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/maroon-5-it-wont-be-soon-before-long/1117 (Original)
• http://top40.about.com/od/albums/fr/maroon5soonlong.htm (Original)
• http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/singlesreviews/a100893/maroon-5--rihanna-if-i-never-see-your-face-again.html (Remix)
• http://uk.music.ign.com/articles/882/882390p1.html (Remix)
• http://uk.eonline.com/redcarpet/2009/grammys/news/rihanna-set-to-perform-at-the-grammy-awards/81301 (Grammy nomination)
• http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20220598,00.html (MTV VMA nomination)

Charts

• http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (France)
• http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (Switzerland)
• http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (Austrian)
• http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (The Netherlands)
• http://danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (Denmark)
• http://italiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (Italy)

• http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (Australia)
• http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Maroon+5+feat%2E+Rihanna&titel=If+I+Never+See+Your+Face+Again&cat=s (NZ)

• http://www.billboard.com/artist/maroon-5/chart-history/486079#/song/maroon-5-featuring-rihanna/if-i-never-see-your-face-again/8920898 (US Chart history)

Music video

• http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1586264/rihanna-maroon-5-team-up-magic-collaboration.jhtml
• http://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/if-i-never-see-your-face-again/id280754759 (US Video release)

Release

• http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/if-i-never-see-your-face-again/id279492572 (US single)
• http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/if-i-never-see-your-face-again/id282881568 (AU EP)

Aaron • ^{You Da One} 21:41, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

The original version of "If I Never See Your Face Again" was complete, but Maroon 5 enlisted Rihanna to record "bits and pieces" because they wanted to, in lead singer Adam Levine's words, "try something different".^[1] James Diener, president of A&M/Octone Records, said that Maroon 5 were friends with and fans of Rihanna, having attended some of her performances, and thought that she could help them achieve Levine's goal of turning the song into a "'battle of the sexes'-style duet".^[2] Because of the speed of the collaboration, Levine compared the remix of "If I Never See Your Face Again" to his experience working with rapper Kanye West on the song "Heard 'Em Say" (2005), explaining "It sounds cheesy, but if the magic is there, if the chemistry is there, you don't even have to think about it."^[1]

Rihanna said she was "honored" to be approached by Maroon 5, one of her favorite bands, and made the song the only collaboration on the re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad because she had always wanted to work with them.^[1] She also attributed her enthusiasm for collaborating on the remix to the song's "energy" and "badass" lyrics.^[3]

Maroon 5 and Rihanna performed it for the first time live on the MTV show and it was well-received by most of the viewing public.

"If I Never See Your Face Again" was sent to U.S. mainstream radio on May 13, 2008.^[4]

The song received a Grammy nomination in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category at 51st Grammy Awards.^[5]

This review is transcluded from Talk:If I Never See Your Face Again/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Basilisk4u (talk · contribs) 22:37, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Hello! I will review this article. I have been a bit busy with school recently, so please bear with me. Basilisk4u (talk) 22:37, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 22:43, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Review

Lead

• "'If I Never See Your Face Again' is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5 from the re-release of second studio album It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) in June 2008." --> "'If I Never See Your Face Again' is a song by American pop rock band Maroon 5 from the June 2008 re-release of the group's second studio album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007)."
• Wasn't the song also included on the re-release of Good Girl Gone Bad?
• "It was released as an Extended Play (EP) in Australia..." - "Extended play" should not be capitalized
• "Rihanna stated it was an honor to do a song with them." Not sure if this is exactly necessary for the lead, or I think it could be added into the sentence before it.
• "'If I Never See Your Face Again' is a Pop and R&B song. Instrumentation is provided by synthesizers and a guitar." --> "'If I Never See Your Face Again' is a pop and R&B song featuring instrumentation provided by synthesizers and a guitar."

   Done Aaron • ^{You Da One}

Background

• "he wanted to try something different for the albums re-release." --> "he wanted to try something different for the album's re-release."
• Was there any re-writing when Rihanna joined? Explain more about Rihanna's contribution to the song if possible.

  There isn't. Aaron • ^{You Da One}

• Why aren't the albums linked when they are mentioned?

   Done Aaron • ^{You Da One}

Composition

• "Jerome Blakeney for BBC wrote that it is a 'guitar drenched' and 'crunching synth' song." The quote from the review is actually "synth-crunching", I think it sounds better as well.
• It might be good to talk about the lyrical content of the song if you can find anything about it.

  There isn't.  Done Aaron • ^{You Da One}

Critical reception

• "A reviewer for IGN was complimentary of 'If I Never See Your Face Again', writing that it hard to resist listening to." --> "A reviewer for IGN was complimentary of 'If I Never See Your Face Again', writing that it is hard to resist listening to the song."
• "The reviewer also noted that Levine appeared to adopt a vocal style reminiscent to that employed by Justin Timberlake" --> The reviewer also noted that Levine appeared to adopt a vocal style reminiscent of techniques employed by Justin Timberlake"

   Done Aaron • ^{You Da One}

Chart performance

• "The made a re-entry on the chart..." --> "The song made a re-entry on the chart"

  What's the difference? Aaron • ^{You Da One}

  "The made" doesn't make sense. There needs to be "song" in there.

  Ohh hehe Aaron • ^{You Da One}

  Haha :p Basilisk4u (talk) 22:28, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Music video

• The quotes in the first paragraph need citations.

   Done Aaron • ^{You Da One}

References

• Looks good!

Review on hold

Honestly, I could not find very many problems with the article. I have now placed the article on hold for concerns to be addressed. Good work and good luck! Basilisk4u (talk) 19:33, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. Done all. Aaron • ^{You Da One} 19:48, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Great! I have passed the article :) Basilisk4u (talk) 22:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks :) Aaron • ^{You Da One} 22:09, 2 March 2012 (UTC)