Talk:What's Up? (4 Non Blondes song)

What's Going On?
Wouldn't a more appropriate title for this song be "What's Going On?"? They never say "What's Up?" in the whole song, rather "What's Going On?". This is the same case with many songs, including The Who's "Baba O'Riley", which would be more appropriately named "Teenage Wasteland".

In an interview, Linda said that it was going to be the title, but they changed it due to Marvin Gaye's same-titled song. --Darkdan 01:31, 15 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Are you seriously trying to tell musicians what their songs should be called? Why would Teenage Wasteland be a better title for Baba O'Reilly? Just because they repeat the line a few times? What should 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' have been called? Seriously, who are you to declare what 'more appropriate' titles for songs should be?Robbmonster (talk) 08:27, 24 February 2018 (UTC)
 * whatsapp 197.239.11.50 (talk) 19:52, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

One-Hit Wonders
I have removed the words "One-Hit Wonder" from the article, as this term refers to a band, not a song. Kipholbeck 01:27, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Meaning
What is the meaning of "The brotherhood of man" in the song exactly ? (the writer just found out she was a lesbian around the time of writing the song she is possibly singing about her inner struggle to come to an acceptance and understanding of who she was. "brotherhood of man" could then be a reference to social restaints, which she makes reference to later on in the song as the "institution" and the askes for a "revolution.")

It's also a reference in "Imagine" by John Lennon But what come up from wikipedia is only just a name of British vocal group


 * I believe "Brotherhood of man" usually means the idea that there is or should be a commonality/solidarity among people/peoples. In certain cases it only means male people, but usually it means people of either gender. I think the French Revolution term "Fraternite" is similar. I don't know if this is the meaning used in the song or not. In some cases it's used sarcastically or ironically. In an episode of NewsRadio the Dave Nelson character stated something like "never has the brotherhood of man looked so repellent." This came after the Bill character found that a great many of the people in Missouri were, underneath a veneer of politeness, just as cynical and selfish as himself.--T. Anthony 09:27, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Another Cover
There was also a bouncy house remix of this song by Northstarz (I think,) but I'm not sure exactly when this was made. Is it worth adding? Tezp 11:59, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Pink also did a live cover http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=djHoYhIwiKE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.99.31.153 (talk) 06:00, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Also DJ Miko did a dance version in the early 90s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wByIyzuw1Ao 82.132.234.166 (talk) 23:22, 24 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Please see WP:COVERSONG. - Sum mer PhD v2.0 01:34, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

Parody
A rather popular internet parody of this song was created a few years back that features Prince Adam of Eternia (A fictional character AKA He-Man) singing a remixed version of this song in falsetto. I don't know if this should be mentioned in the article, I'm not really the judge of that. Here's the link to a later re-posting of the video, and as you can see from the number of views this parody was pretty popular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32FB-gYr49Y Lee (talk) 17:37, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

This also appears on a dedicated website: http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/ 78.105.22.42 (talk) 22:40, 7 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Noting that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5LpwO-An4 has almost 300,000 likes and millions of views I certainly think that this video deserves a reference somewhere Dab8fz (talk) 04:19, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I would like to edit the mention of this video in the article. As it is now, tha article says the video feature 'He-Man from Masters of the Universe'. The video doesn't feature He-Man at all - it's Prince Adam.Robbmonster (talk) 08:30, 24 February 2018 (UTC)

Critical reception
That part of the article almost only mentions the worst critics made to the song, although it actually placed pretty high on most rankings. It should be rewritten to fit factual reality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chirigami (talk • contribs) 02:31, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Date on the Page
Why is the release date listed in the intro different than the date on the info sidebar thing? I'm not sure which is right, so I'm not going to change it, but I just wanted to bring it up because it seemed odd. 50.202.217.173 (talk) 04:13, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
 * 1992 is the date of the album release, 1993 of the single. I've edited to clarify. Thanks for pointing this out. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 12:01, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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Who is David Tickle?
Why is he even mentioned? He's not a member of the band was he a producer? This section should be expanded to explain who he was and why he had any say in anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.19.24.218 (talk) 01:17, 11 March 2018 (UTC)

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Synethesia
When I watch the video I can smell patchouli. Friends report the same. Is this a real effect or some sort of illusion caused by some combination of the lead singer's hair style and the song's ethos? Have any scientific studies been carried out on this phenomenon? What have they found? JKeck (talk) 19:58, 23 March 2020 (UTC)

Stop removing my links to the countries
Why are you removing my ediditing when I'm only trying to make links to the countries the band was popular in? 188.113.95.213 (talk) 18:31, 24 October 2023 (UTC)