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Last Song

I understood this was the last song made by DC5, can anyone confirm? Jokem 02:06, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Not unless The_Dave_Clark_Five#U.S._singles is really, really wrong. Wasted Time R 22:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

GA review

Passed. User:RTSthestardust (Talk) (Edits) 22:37, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

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This review is transcluded from Talk:Catch Us If You Can/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: VirreFriberg (talk · contribs) 23:57, 13 November 2025 (UTC)

Reviewer: RTSthestardust (talk · contribs) 16:49, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello, RTSthestardust here, and after this nomination has been bottled up for so long, I will be able to review your nomination. It's not complicated as it seems (almost all the books are accessible online). - RTSthestardust (talk) 16:49, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@VirreFriberg I have provided a lot of small revisions you will need to add when considering its prose below. Outside of that, everything is good. Once you're done with all of them, I will pass this nomination. - RTSthestardust (talk) 23:04, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
Hi, @RTSthestardust! Thank you for taking the time to review the article! I revised it after your notes down below. VirreFriberg (talk) 22:29, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
Splendid! I will pass it right away. - RTSthestardust (talk) 22:36, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Revisions

Lead

  • Revise "focused on America." --> "focused on the North American market." or "focused on the US." (I believe the latter is a better approach)
  • Revise "envisioned the movie Catch Us If You Can for release in 1965." --> "developed the 1965 film of the same name."
  • Revise "...Major Lance and recorded at" --> "...Major Lance, and was recorded at"
  • Revise "produced by Clark" --> "production from Clark"
  • Remove "has" from "and has a harmonica solo", as it is still correct on its own.
  • Replace "occurred" with "was" from "occurred on the American soundtrack..."
  • Add a comma after "Columbia Records" and before "and on 5 August 1965"
  • Revise "...in over a year, and number four..." --> "...in over a year. The single was also number four..."
  • Revise "being more commercial..." --> "having a more commercial sound..."
  • Revise "Retrospectively, the song has received praise, and has influenced other songwriters." --> "Retrospectively, the song has received critical acclaim and influenced various songwriters."

Background and composition

  • Revise "focus on America" --> "focus on the US"
  • Replace "movie" with "film" in "starred in the movie"
  • Revise "The idea to the song "Catch Us If You Can" was initialized by Clark" --> "The song's composition was conceptualized by Clark"
  • Revise "runs 1:54 minutes in length," --> "contains a running time of one minute and fifty-four seconds,"
  • Revise "rather than organ or saxophone" --> "rather than an organ or a saxophone"
  • Replace "the contentless words" with "its incomprehensible lyrics"
  • Revise "believed that there additionally was a thematical element of anti-establishment in them" --> "considered it to feature anti-establishment themes"

Release and commercial performance

  • Replace "American" with "US" on any instances of "on their American album"
  • Revise "was one 17" --> "was one of seventeen"
  • Revise "the single fared the best in" --> "the single performed better in"
  • Revise "band's eight" --> "band's eighth"
  • Add a comma after "The Dave Clark Five's Greatest Hits (1966)"
  • Replace the commas that follow each mention of a compilation album with semi-colons (;)
    • Example: "The Dave Clark Five's Greatest Hits (1966) which reached number nine on the US Billboard 200; 25 Thumping Great Hits (1978), which reached number seven on the UK Albums Chart; Glad All Over Again..."

Reception and legacy

  • Revise "choruses and found them clever" --> "choruses, finding them clever"
  • Add "she" in between of "though" and "believed"
  • Add "he" in betweent of "though" and "stated"
  • Replace "They" with "He" on the last sentence of the first paragraph
  • Revise "Amongst American reviewers" --> "Amongst reviewers from the US"
  • Replace "American" with "US" on "their previous American single"
  • Add "(1965)" following "I Like It Like That"

GA Criteria Table

More information Rate, Attribute ...
Rate Attribute Review Comment
1. Well-written:
1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct. Prose needs a bunch of work with many small alterations; done
1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, list incorporation, and table accessibility. Needs cleanup/better prose as listed in my Revision notes; done
2. Verifiable with no original research, as shown by a source spot-check:
2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline. Great use of citations with archiving, especially older citations from the 1960s and various legitimate literary sources (info from album booklets, historic books, etc)
2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose). No inconsistencies
2c. it contains no original research. No original research found.
2d. it contains no copyright violations or plagiarism. Highest copyvio is 40.5% from AllMusic, which meets a yellow mark. I would discard that simply because the title of the song is mentioned a lot in the article.
3. Broad in its coverage:
3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic. Really detailed with a backstory, development, release, and commercial/critical performance
3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style). Consistent with no distracting issues spotted.
4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each. No issues here.
5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Your percentage takes up 95.7% of the whole authorship, which is very good; also very stable
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content. There is a non-free file and three free files that all carry proper sources and rationales
6b. media are relevant to the topic, have suitable captions, and have alt text. Good descriptions for the free images; alt text for cover is good
7. Overall assessment. Pass; any remaining tasks are complete.
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