Talk:Over the Rainbow

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[edit] Merging from Over the Rainbow (Kylie Minogue single)

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.

[edit] Title of the song/article

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)

The "o" should remain in lowercase form if the title is begins with "Somewhere." "Over" is a preposition and it is also below (and not equal) five letters. See dictionary.com. Prepositions (under five letters) should not be capitalized unless if it is part of a idiom, or if it is actually an adverb, or a has a different meaning. The four-letter preposition "from" is often wrtiten in lowercase form in titles of authored works as well. --Jivi 00:00, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move

  • Support. See comment someone made up this talk page. Georgia guy 20:26, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Support. I mentioned this above. ;) I think the song is called "Over the Rainbow." AFI's list of songs calls the song "Over the Rainbow." [1] The film's article names it so, and I also just noticed that the word "somewhere" is nowhere in the actual article either. ~ Reminiscent 00:33, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Support. The article lists it as "Over the Rainbow", and has no where in it the word "somewhere". 69.161.213.251 02:26, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Done. --Ezeu 02:35, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
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