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Surely Kylie Minogue isn't the only notable recording artist to have released a cover of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". Extraordinary Machine 17:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC).
I agree that they should be merged, there's 100's of cover versions, as it says in the main article, why should Kylie's doesn't warrant special attention.
I can't believe the version by Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs isn't mentioned. It was quite a hit in Australia in the 50's or 60's when it came out. I guess I know all about it because his version is one of my signature karaoke songs. Gemfyre 05:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Does the original name of the song include the word "Somewhere" at the beginning? The Wikipedia article on the film refers to the song simply as "Over the Rainbow," and that is how the lead section of the article begins as well. If so, wouldn't it be better to move this to "Over the Rainbow"? Also, if the title is supposed to include "Somewhere," should the word "over" be capitalized? I noticed that recently the article was moved from "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" to "Somewhere over the Rainbow." I understand that with normal capitalization rules, prepositions are not capitalized, but I have never seen this song spelled with the letter "o" lowercase in actual use. "Over" is capitalized in " One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest" and " Someone to Watch Over Me," but then again, "Bridge Over Troubled Water" was moved to " Bridge over Troubled Water," (capitalization I haven't seen in practice either). What are others' thoughts on this? ~ Reminiscent 23:35, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
It's definitely "Over the Rainbow", not "Somewhere over the Rainbow". In addition, I think we need consistency with "the" as it appears in the title. "The" or "the"? The article states it both ways and can usually be seen both ways with song titles anyways, but general consensus for the article? "The" or "the"? Little nanita ( talk) 05:05, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Does she really need six lines about her version? 139.62.166.77 20:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Patti LaBelle- it was called "overly dramatic," and that is insulting and an opinion. Also, Sam Harris's version was a complete copy of Patti's version.
Is it necessary to include so many names in the article? Just wondering. Xiner ( talk, email) 18:22, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
David Bowie did not even perform the entire song, he simply added the chorus to his song "Starman" when he performed his final Ziggy show at the Rainbow.
The band NOFX did a cover of this song... 76.195.234.11 ( talk) 20:19, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Is it necessary to write an entire section devoted to Eva Cassidy on this song? She did a good job with the song, no question, but really...Garland's original version remains THE definitive version.--Susan Nunes 15 February 2008 —Preceding
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207.228.62.37 (
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One of my favorite covers is from The Killer himself, Jerry Lee Lewis, who plays a great piano version circa 1980. 71.119.74.155 ( talk) 07:12, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
There is no version by Norah Jones. The internet one is fake, that is not her voice.
I think the blink 182 version is also fake
The article makes constant reference to a second verse, and also briefly to an introductory verse. I was curious to read the lyrics after that but was disappointed the page did not have it. Do you thnk it's worth including? Argonith April 29,2007
I strongly agree with the opinion above, particularly the lyrics for that almost unknown second verse! MCSmarties 04:42, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Do it! Brutannica 04:37, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
(sorry i'm not english...) Norah Jones didn't sing this song, fans confuse Norah Jones with Aselin Debison. The voice is to high pitched for Norah Jones and the voice is like like a kid voice. blink 182 is a fake too. Fans confuse Jimi Hendrix with Chris Impellitteri too and Chris Impellitteri is written both on the list. Deep Purple is (i think) a fake too. -- Dangvucau 00:40, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Queen too(in fact Chris Impelliteri)
I feel there should be a separate page for this song as it is technically a different song - then on that page the info about Cliff Richard's cover version and single release details can be put on there.
I have read the original lyrics from the movie and compared them to a relase on Iz's album "Alone In IZ World" the version of "Over the Rainbow" have the same exact lyrics. I say there should not be a separate page but a clarification of the two different versions that Iz recorded.
Homercles82 (
talk) 20:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
There should really be a covers section and a list of artists who have covered this song
81.97.99.90 (
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I have tried to make a number of improvements. I have done it using a series of edits to help make it easier to see what has been done. I hope others find them to be real improvements. If you have any objections, then let's discuss them here and make sure the article ends up in better condition than it was. -- Fyslee / talk 03:18, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
1.) Chronological order! 2.) Year in parentheses? 3.) Is there a way to link the names in the right bar to the description of their specific cover in the Covers section? If so, I think it should be done. 4.) Everyone who is in the sidebar should have a description, but not vice versa.
Actually, I'm just going to eliminate the list of covers in the sidebar and link it to the covers section, haha. Little nanita ( talk) 05:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
Per the hidden instructions at the beginning of the Covers section, I am nominating the following for deletion:
If anyone provides documentation, please provide diffs of the edits below. If no documentation is forthcoming within a few days, they should be removed. This list of covers should not be misused for promotional purposes. -- Fyslee / talk 06:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
At least the most notable cover versions should be mentioned. For example German act Marusha had a big hit, selling more than 500,000 copies of her version in 1994. Also, Buckethead could be noted, as he not only made an own version in 2001, but also based a whole album on it, Somewhere Over the Slaughterhouse.--Avant-garde a clue- hexa Chord 2 21:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
The list came back. I killed it again. Sorry I took so long. -- jpgordon ::==( o ) 01:13, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Given that this is such a popular song, can someone please verify the orchestrator for the original film version? It might be found in the liner notes for the various CD deluxe editions or perhaps Fordin's book on the Freed unit. Imdb.com lists 3 orchestrators apart from the musical director. GBS2 ( talk) 17:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
This song is in no way a Ballad; not by any definition. A Ballad tells a story. This song is nothing more than self-indulgent musing out loud. It does not, in and of itself, advance a story-line separate from that of the movie, nor does it contribute to the overall story being told by the movie.
To illustrate this point, consider the following examples of true Ballads from the popular culture of the past five or six decades:
The Ballad of Paladin;
The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle; and
Kenny Rogers' The Gambler.
Note how each has a story, with a beginning, a middle and an end. Admittedly, Paladin's story is a brief one, nevertheless it contains the essential ingredients of a Ballad.
Lengthier, and much older examples, include the iconic Australian poems, The Man From Snowy River and Waltzing Matilda.
Also, the use of the word "classic" in the opening line of the article is emotive and subjective. Many would indeed consider this song to be a classic but the use of the word here adds nothing factual to the article.
Thank you for your consideration. Sir Scott-A-Lot ( talk) 13:28, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
This article really needs a "Covers" section. That said it should be limited to songs that actually were big - not just songs that the band played at a single concert. Israel Kamakawawawhatsit for example should be mentioned. 58.170.21.205 ( talk) 23:48, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
I am not certain where to note this but excuse me if this is entered incorrectly in the talk area in regards to my very unusual album Over the Rainbow. My late sister Jacquilyn Dingmann founded the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 1975. She helped save the historic school built in 1898 that Judy's sisters went to when they lived in Grand Rapids from 1919 to 1926. At the time they lived only about a block and a half away. My sister passed away in 1999. I am Jackie's brother Michael Jensen. I in 2004 produced a solo piano album Red Sky at Night that included my version of Over The Rainbow I had titled Somewhere Over the Rainbow that the Judy Garland Museum director liked and invited me to play for the annual festival for Judy. I have now performed for many tourists in Judy's living room and also for six Judy Garland Festivals. I sent through the museum my music to Judy's daughter Lorna Luft. They listened first then approved of my album, Over the Rainbow a tribute to Judy, my sister Jackie, and my now late mother, Helen Jensen. They gave me special permission to include pictures of Judy with my 70 minute album that has 4 versions of, Over the Rainbow, that I rewrote into major length pieces with longest being, Over the Rainbow II at 30:51; Over the Rainbow III at 21:53; and shorter versions of Over the Rainbow I at 1:12; and Over the Rainbow IV at 2:02, plus two songs I wrote, Judy's Smile, and The Smiles That Go On. This special honor to include pictures of Judy with my tribute had never been done before for a solo artist. On the cover is a nice portrait picture of Judy in 1941 combined with a picture of her childhood home and includes a picture of Judy inside and a beautiful portrait my sister Jackie had painted of Judy. I wrote a paragraph about this in 2007 that was never included and do not know why, yet I had not mentioned the rarity of this album. Also I did not add that Jackie had founded the museum and started the annual Judy Garland Festival in Grand Rapids. I was also born in the same hospital as Judy and raised in Grand Rapids. I sold over 2,000 copies of my album without ever touring. I am a designate of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of Taos, NM where I have had artist residencies and worked on my music and writing there. My albums are both in the permanent collection at the Wurlitzer Foundation library. Let me know and I will rewrite any mention you might allow about my album. Thanks! Signed: Michael Jensen 12:34AM 7-15-14 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winfred0000 ( talk • contribs) 05:48, 25 July 2014 (UTC)
Connie Talbot entry be replaced as follows :* Connie Talbot ( 2007 and 2008)
Pga1965 ( talk) 14:47, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
-- UrSuS ( talk) 14:23, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
For me cover list in main article is ok. For you not, that's a pitty -- UrSuS ( talk) 17:58, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
I would think that a mention of the Eva Cassidy version would not be out of place, as it's fairly notable; it was her version of 'Rainbow', (played on various BBC radio and TV outlets), which led to her discovery in the UK, and thence back in the US. Noel (talk) 07:56, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
In the movie 9 by Shane Acker the character 5 dies to this song in the background. Should we add something about this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.79.53.37 ( talk) 22:52, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
Well yeah, but there are other media references with movies/shows that had the song in it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.79.53.37 ( talk) 20:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
The second hour of the Tom Ashbrook WBUR On Point radio interview show on July 15, 2010 was devoted to Judy Collins performing Over the Rainbow on her currently released album “Paradise.” On the show she performs the additional lyrics introductory verse. "Also just out is the new children’s book, “Over the Rainbow,” with lyrics from the classic song and illustrations by Eric Puybaret. The book is accompanied by a CD of Judy Collins performing “Over the Rainbow,” along with two other songs." See onpointradio.org/2010/07/collins-rainbow or listen to the whole show audio.wbur.org/storage/2010/07/onpoint_0715_2.mp3
"It was not Irving Berlin who supplied the coda, it was Ira Gershwin who offered the “If Happy Little Bluebirds fly…can’t I?” and Harburg liked it and accepted it. I believe this took place in Los Angeles."
Complete original main lyrics can be found at stlyrics.com/lyrics/thewizardofoz/somewhereovertherainbow.htm There is a link there to a moving audio recording on youtube, apparently of Judy Garland as an adult, definitely not the movie soundtrack. When and where was this recording made? - 71.174.187.200 ( talk) 23:42, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Exactly what does this mean: "It was not until 1956, when MGM released the thirty-second true soundtrack album from the film.."
Were there 31 previous soundtrack albums released? Is "thirty-second" a measure of time? I have reworded this part as:
"It was not until 1956, when MGM released the true soundtrack album from the film, that the film version of the song was made available to the public." Guyburns ( talk) 02:11, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
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If we can find a source for this, i would like to add that Keith Jarrett closes his solo concerts with Tin Pan Alley songs, often this one (this from the article on his koln concert recording). I note this article doesnt mention tin pan alley.(mercurywoodrose) Mercurywoodrose ( talk) 06:20, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
Quote: It's the birthday of American composer and pianist Harold Arlen, born Hyman Arluck, in Buffalo (1905), the son of a musician. In the mid-1920s, he met lyricist Ted Koehler; together they collaborated on such tunes as "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" and "I've Got the World on a String." Among his many Broadway and Hollywood songs are "It's Only a Paper Moon," "That Old Black Magic," and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Anyone know more about this? Possibly a mistake in the Writer's Almanac? ( Martin | talk • contribs 20:35, 15 February 2014 (UTC))
While reading David Mccullough's book on the Wright brothers there is reference made to a wildly known and memorized and read poem by J T Trowbridge called Darious Green and his flying machine popular from the turn of the century on. Some lines from it include If birds can fly then why can't I and Also a reference to Bluebirds...Something that the songwriter may have heard and remembered. 2602:304:5D33:3B49:30D3:F9BB:50E2:1987 ( talk) 16:32, 30 January 2016 (UTC)
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this article contains a lot of history about the song if someone has the time to go through it for facts. -- Ssilvers ( talk) 08:33, 7 June 2017 (UTC)
on youtube there is a version ascribed to bob marley ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aj9brkjrb5Q&feature=youtu.be ). it includes the medley with "what a wonderful world", whereas the youtube-kamakawiwo'ole-version does not include the medley... could someone knowledgeable clarify this, please. the marley-version seems to be a fake... thanx! -- HilmarHansWerner ( talk) 16:43, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
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This article mentions a rare recording of Judith Garland singing Over The Rainbow with the introductory lyrics. It is referenced in a now unavailable page. The recording can currently be found in another page of the same site : http://www.thejudyroom.com/radiosongs.html (instead of http://www.thejudyroom.com/media/songs.html).
New to contributing to wikipedia, how can I edit the article to link to the correct page? Should I change the link and remove the archived one ? Keep everything and mention the latest link beneath ?
Thanks for your guidance.
Sakkaoui ( talk) 16:42, 21 April 2020 (UTC) Stéphane Akkaoui
The main theme of Rainbow Islands copies the notes in the intro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNeXw1fB5o8&ab_channel=VintaGamersParadise It was changed in later releases and was mentioned in the article for Rainbow Islands, so why isn't it mentioned here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.230.53 ( talk) 19:31, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
I was tutoring someone and editing their assignment for submission. The assignment was a response to a given concert. In helping with the research, I discovered that Eric Clapton covered Over the Rainbow. He seems to have performed it on December 4th, 2001 in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan at the Nippon Budokan Arena. "Live in Japan." 76.67.184.181 ( talk) 01:55, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
The sheet music available for download via the link given appears to be an arrangement, a different version that is very unlike the movie soundtrack. It is in a different key (G major) and uses many different chords and chord progressions that are inventions and not in the original score. The song was composed in A flat which is indeed the key Garland performs it in. The film's soundtrack is mainly comprised of strings which suggest and weave around a chordal framework without actually playing many obvious chords; there is in addition a sparse sprinkling of melodies from the wind section. Elsewhere there is a complete absence of pianos, guitars or ukuleles playing any chords like the linked sheet music suggests.
Because of its loose structure and ethereal atmosphere the actual score would appear rather 'empty' on paper. Most of the arrangements we see online and in print are highly embellished and fail to capture the simplicity of the original by overcomplicating it - to the point of putting half a dozen chord changes in a measure that only has one or two chords at most!
I have yet to come across a proper score (perhaps none exists?) and I suggest that the link to the inauthentic sheet music be deleted. Wokepedian ( talk) 04:16, 1 June 2021 (UTC)
because I am not sure why it was put in. If there is a reason for it please talk about it here. Carptrash ( talk) 05:14, 21 January 2023 (UTC)