Talk:I'm a Mess (Ed Sheeran song)

Material to use

• http://www.mtv.com/news/1852218/im-a-mess-ed-sheeran/
• "I'm a Mess" builds into an anthemic ending that will surely cap off Sheeran's future live show. / Sheeran is still stumbling, but on "I'm A Mess," he demonstrates a classic folk voice and sensibility. The songwriter is not trying to screw up a semblance of happiness, and with a deceptively simple arrangement, he keeps matters as uncluttered as possible.
• He can slip smoothly through the gears from soulful balladry (One, Photograph) to edgy, rocky drama (I’m a Mess, Bloodstream)
• Wisely, Sheeran balances this slicker sound with plenty of weak-kneed falsetto and fragile acoustic pop, as heard on “One” and “I’m A Mess.”
• http://www.allmusic.com/album/x-mw0002655755
• Sheeran's a promising writer, even if he hasn't fully determined what separates tepid from vivid metaphor. For every Dylan and Beck Hansen rolling down highways in private buses are a dozen Everlast and G Love would-bes getting splashed in their wake. At his most unconvincing, Sheeran cuts it close. Flames burn bright inside his eyes on the strum-happy confession "I'm a Mess," signifying, as always, confused desire.
• Sheeran is a smart songwriter with a sharp instinct for fun melodies that will play well live as well as on the radio. He sounds best when pared down but energetic, as on I'm A Mess
• “I’m A Mess”: “See the flame inside my eyes,” Sheeran passionately sings as he begs someone to take a chance on him. He loses me a little on “put your faith in my stomach,” despite the snappy production. Grade: B-
• “I’m a Mess” is another highlight, with Sheeran reaching deep and shredding his voice while soaring over luminous guitar chords. It’s a simple song, mostly reliant on Sheeran’s vocal skills and charisma to get over, but it works: when isolated and not made to press against ostensibly mature lyrical material, he displays a deft touch.
• [http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/review/a579316/ed-sheeran-x-album-review-darker-snappier-and-loaded.html#~psUbXm8ao0oj8M

As admissions go, they don't come more blunt than 'I'm a Mess'. Ed's boyish sensibility has been washed away with a few pints of cider as he searches for "a sweet surrender". Most would presume fame has caused him to hit the bottle, but it's that other enigma that's bothering him; the heart. Ed has been crossed and then crossed again over the past few years, and his antagonists have obviously forgotten about his ability to channel that panging hurt into a stomping, slow-building anthem. Talk about having the last say. It's a turn he doesn't employ just once, but a handful of times throughout x, letting that doe-eyed mask slip to reveal a toughened expression.]

• Ed Sheeran sings of desperation in the lovely yet nervous “I’m A Mess,” which he debuted to celebrate his new album x (out today, June 23). To his guitar, Sheeran sings of being tortured by his own thoughts (“Searching for that sweet surrender, but this is not the end”) – as proven when he performed an acoustic-only rendition, a setting that works just fine. But “I’m A Mess” really shines when Sheeran’s joined by a few spare electric guitar notes, backing vocals and a beating drum, as he sings “Put your faith in my stomach.” Yes, it’s hard to tell exactly what he means by that. But hey, love is goofy and unrequited love can turn anyone and everyone into a nervous wreck – that’s Sheeran’s point. Hear “I’m A Mess” below.
• http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6128719/ed-sheeran-new-im-a-mess-listen-song
• http://www.mtv.com/news/1851879/ed-sheeran-mess-premiere-x/
• http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0139850
• http://www.theguardian.com/music/video/2014/jun/20/ed-sheeran-behind-the-beat-im-a-mess-x-acoustic-video

Additional sources

Tomica, the major sources were pretty much covered, many of which I also found on my list, especially those cited on the first section. You might find these helpful, too. The VH1 was very brief, though.

• VH1 Storytellers: Ed Sheeran Wrote "I'm A Mess" After Coming Back From Being On Tour
• 'm a Mess, which is me being in a bad situation after I've hurt someone
• However, not everything in Sheeran's life has been quite so positive, indicated by the track which he says "describes the album best" called 'I'm a Mess'.
• "I'm a Mess" ponder the ethics and logistics of moving on
• 7" Vinyl release
• The British singer set the tone early, opening with "I'm a Mess," the first of many incisive but catchy tales of heartbreak.
• Album track I’m A Mess, receiving its big-gig debut, was his emotional, confessional songwriting at its best.
• Billboard 7" Vinyl release
• drownedinsound.com review
• He was already building his loops by the second verse of the opening song, "I'm a Mess," its thumping beat created on the spot by pounding his guitar and sampling it, then looping the sound.

--Efe (talk) 17:00, 3 November 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 17 March 2017

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: No consensus. Note that I'm a Mess is a DAB page with six entries, and nobody who commented here has offered data to show that the Ed Sheeran song is the primary topic of I'm a Mess. The page views suggest it would not make it, since Jason White (musician) has a song of that name and he is in the DAB. The album with the Rasmus song is also one of the current entries in the DAB. EdJohnston (talk) 02:35, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

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I'm a Mess (Ed Sheeran song) → I'm a Mess – The Rasmus song was deleted. Unreal7 (talk) 22:33, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

• Support. Sole Wikipedia article which bears this specific title. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 03:28, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
• 02:02, 24 December 2015 Rjd0060 (talk | contribs) deleted page I'm a Mess (The Rasmus song) (Expired PROD, concern was: No references, no claim of notability, fails WP:NSONG and WP:GNG.)

Did the editor who placed a PROD tag on the Rasmus single look at the substantial original article at sv:I'm a Mess and smaller article at it:I'm a Mess? In ictu oculi (talk) 07:15, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

"I'm a Mess" is a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, released as the first single from their eighth album The Rasmus March 5, 2012. It debuted live as öppningslåt for the finals of the competition for new music February 25, 2012 at Helsinki ice rink. [2] It was also confirmed that "I'm a Mess" will be the official song for the European Athletics Championships in 2012. [3] etc. .... from the look of the Swedish article I can't see that it failed WP:NSONG, and WP:GNG, European news sources, just hadn't been developed. In ictu oculi (talk) 07:18, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

• As regards the merits of the number 49 UK song. No opinion. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:16, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
• Change to Oppose based upon above presentation by In ictu oculi. If the Ed Sheeran song achieved a higher ranking along with considerable success, it would have had the potential of becoming an indisputable WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. However, the Rasmus song's entries in the Swedish Wikipedia and the Italian Wikipedia do, indeed, confirm that it has sufficient notability to at least force a disambiguation page where it merits a WP:DABMENTION in anticipation of the probable recreation of its English Wikipedia entry. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 18:19, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

If it's not notable enough to warrant an article in the English-speaking world, then Ed Sheeran's song needs to take precedent. Unreal7 (talk) 20:34, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

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