Talk:Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band

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According to wookiepedia, the name of the song is Mad About Me - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mad_About_Me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.33.138.221 (talk) 05:31, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

/disco song

?does this really sound like a disco song? sounds like jazz to me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.36.60.147 (talk) 16:47, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

The original John Williams cantina songs were based on 1930s Big Band sounds, but the particular 1977 release by Meco which is the subject of this article was very much influenced by disco... AnonMoos (talk) 15:24, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Guesses and sloppy writing

"To date it is the biggest-selling instrumental single in the history of recorded music, possibly the only one ever to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, having sold a million units."

"To date"? No, you mean as of a particular date. If, 10 years ago, I had written "To date, there has never been an African American president of the United States." it would have been correct at that moment. In January, 2009, it suddenly wasn't. You might argue that a claim wouldn't sit there untouched for a decade. You'd be wrong. This one did.[1]

Is it the "biggest-selling instrumental single in the history of recorded music"? I don't know. Given the lack of a source, it would seem whoever wrote this didn't know either.

Is it "possibly the only one ever to be certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America"? Yeah, anything is "possible". That said, virtually any provable fact labeled "possible" is likely a guess.

If we look for sources on these, we can likely find them in older sources. The big run of instrumental hits was likely 1940-1960 ("In the Mood", "Take the 'A' Train" and such, with the occasional "Wipeout" thrown in). Sales of 1 million were rare in the U.S. in those days and the market outside of the U.S. was much smaller as well. The 70s had a good number of disco and film score hits ("Love's Theme", "Rocky", "Close Encounters", "A Fifth of Beethoven", etc.).

More recently, there have been more than a few hits that are either entirely instrumental or arguably so. The first one that came to mind, "Harlem Shake", is certified 2x platinum in the U.S. That kills the "only one certified" claim. While I don't have a source for it, "Shake" has likely also outsold this song outside of the U.S. as well.

None of this was sourced and it is likely that none of it was correct. - SummerPhD^v2.0 16:27, 11 July 2018 (UTC)

Setting aside your comments about the sourcing (which I flagged as cite needed for similar reasons, but without the rhetoric), there was no need to delete the platinum cite which was properly and recently sourced.Oblivy (talk) 18:17, 12 July 2018 (UTC)