Talk:Walking on Sunshine (Katrina and the Waves song)

Two versions of lyrics?

I had always heard the key line of this song as an' it's startin' to feel good, but lately it seems to be rendered as don't it feel good?. Were there two releases by any chance? Google confirms I'm not the only one who heard the (clearly superior) "startin'" lyric. --Trovatore 07:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Maybe not as superior as you thought. AmIRight Misheard Lyrics:[[1]]

Popular belief?

"Contrary to popular belief.... " This whole paragraph in the first part of the main article seems pretty useless. There are no references to it being a "popular belief" and doesn't really have much to do with the article in general. 99.240.198.86 (talk) 20:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

I removed some of the poor wording referenced in the issue above. It is a useful paragraph simply to disambiguate the information. Nickmalik (talk) 18:19, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Other cover versions

The ones mentioned in the article aren't a complete list. There have been a couple of punk/ska versions of the song floating around on Limewire and other file sharing programs that have yet to list the actual artists of those covers and are often mislabeling them.

removed some Hurricane Katrina uncited references

The paragraph in the Hurricane Katrina section that noted that the song was widely played in the Gulf Coast area after Hurricane Katrina asked for citations for many months. Since no citations were provided, I removed the statement. The statement that MSNBC named their coverage "Katrina and the Waves" has no basis in fact. No citation was provided. It would be worthy of a lawsuit if it were true, so I'd be surprised if this were more than an urban legend. No citations were given for "headlines" that refered to the rock group, although a small number of blog entries are easy to find. I removed that sentence as well.

There really does appear to be very little connection between this article and the Hurricane. Nickmalik (talk) 18:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

There appears to be another section on the Hurricane, should this also be removed as again, there are no citation? Etimodnar (talk) 01:37, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

I just added a "Citation Needed" tag to that whole paragraph. 128.104.49.214 (talk) 03:04, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Most of the paragraph seems more relevant to the band "Katrina and the Waves" than to the song in general (minus the sentence stating that the song was played in New Orleans around the time of the hurricane). Still, the paragraph is a little poorly organized and uncited. LittleBigSpoon (talk) 07:09, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Urban Legend?

Years and years ago, a DJ friend of mine told me this song is about female masturbation. Specifically, she's singing about pleasuring herself when her boyfriend isn't around. I did a Google search and only found one real reference to that, lecture notes for a Univ. of Western Ontario course on Sex & Culture. I wouldn't add anything to the article unless I (or anyone else) could find something more confirming this. What I have so far, is one reference that may be nothing more than a highly personal interpretation of the lyrics and something a friend told me in passing more than 20 years ago over a couple of beers. Anyone else ever hear anything about this, or have any info to support -- or debunk -- it? Entrybreak (talk) 20:50, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

Parton's version

Cjgood0730 Please explain how Dolly Parton's version meets these criteria.

Only cover versions/renditions important enough to have gained attention in their own right should be added to song articles. When a song has been recorded or performed by more than one artist, a particular artist's rendition should be included in the song's article (never in a separate article), but only if at least one of the following applies:

• the rendition is discussed by a reliable source, showing that it is noteworthy in its own right. Merely appearing in an album track listing, a discography, etc., is not sufficient to show that a cover version is noteworthy; cover songs with only these types of sources should not be added to song articles, either as prose or in a list.
• the rendition itself meets the notability requirement at WP:NSONGS.

--jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 13:46, 12 August 2021 (UTC)