Talk:Sunny Came Home

Date problem?
I have recently updated the chronology of singles from Shawn Colvin's website. There seems to be a few problems with the dates. The article currently states that Sunny was released in 1997; however Colvin's website lists a 1996 date for this song, plus the previous singles before and after Sunny: Get Out of this House and You and the Mona Lisa. AllMusic lists a release date of 1996 for Sunny and a 1997 release date for You and the Mona Lisa (Get Out of this House was not listed). If someone could clear this up, thanks. Also, Amazon wasn't much help here. - Thanks, Hoshie 07:56, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Sunnycamehome.jpg
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Wholesale copying?
I followed the link for the first footnote (on answers.com) only to read the exact information that in the wiki article. Is this permissible? I suspect it's against Wikipedia guidelines.


 * Answers.com largely does copy Wikipedia articles and it is legally permitted and encouraged for sites to do so by the guidelines. It's odd that it would be a footnote on this article, however--Sketchee (talk) 04:30, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Burning down a house?
The beginning of the About The Single section says the song is about a woman burning down her house to escape her past, and cites the bio on the artist's website as its source. The bio says no such thing, however. It says it's a "murder-ballad" and that's it. Even then, Colvin did not write the bio, which refers to her in third person. It could be an assumption by the bio-writer, or it could even be a result of Colvin lying. (Songwriters often lie about their most complex lyrics, I've found, often to make people think harder about the lyrics. This is indeed a very complex song, and it's definitely open to multiple interpretations, not all of them violent.) Should this citation be changed to something like 'The biography on Colvin's website describes the song as a "murder-ballad".' or even removed entirely? --Almighty Doer of Stuff (talk) 20:36, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Video
I was surprised the article does not mention the music video (other than a link in the sidebar) or include credits for it. 100.11.6.27 (talk) 07:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)