Talk:Wind Beneath My Wings

Why the lowercase "B"?
Can I just ask...why was the article redirected to a title with a lowercase "B"? Is there a reason behind it? Otherwise, I'm going to move it back to "Wind Beneath My Wings" with the capital "B".

TerranRich 01:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Because "beneath" is a preposition, and our Manual of Style (in common with many others) specifies lower case for prepositions. --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 18:34, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe so, but in this case it looks ridiculous. Perhaps an exception should be made for long, multi-syllable prepositions.  Wasted Time R 00:35, 29 June 2007 (UTC)


 * The Wikipedia guidelines for song title capitalization (in common with many others) specify that prepositions of five characters or over should be capitalized.--HarryHenryGebel 19:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Air from County Derry / Danny Boy connection?
Maybe it's just me, but the chorus to this song sounds a lot like Londonderry Air, better known in North America as Danny Boy. Is there any known connection here? --Saforrest 19:16, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I came here to ask the same thing. This morning I woke up to my radio playing an instrumental version of (what I later realised was) Londonderry Air, but my immediate thought was WBMW, and I wondered why they'd be playing that tune on a classical music station. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  21:21, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Requested move
If no one objects within a week or so, I plan to request that this page be moved to Wind Beneath My Wings (capital B) in order to bring it into conformance with WikiProject Music guidelines.--HarryHenryGebel 02:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I've moved the page, per the request at WP:RM and per WP:MUSTARD and usual capitalization conventions. "Beneath" is a seven-letter preposition, so it certainly gets capitalized in title case. -GTBacchus(talk) 22:35, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

No evidence for this being played at Diana's funeral
Possibly mixup with 'Candle in the Wind' (or perhaps Danny Boy) both of which were played. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.39.171.201 (talk) 16:11, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

1972 release of Wind Beneath My Wind
The claim that Wind Beneath My Wing originated in 1972 seems to be groundless. I have found no evidence of this. More research is needed. If anyone has an album released in 1972 with Wind Beneath My wings on it then they have a collectors item. I would like to hear more on this. Mustang3725 (talk) 08:36, 14 August 2010 (UTC)


 * I just did a big revision on the article. A source already cited in the article documents that the song was written in 1982, so a 1972 recording would not be possible.142 and 99 (talk) 18:02, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Colleen Hewett
Colleen Hewett's recording of this was a big hit in Australia c.1983. Format (talk) 08:59, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Not a number 1 in Australia - or even top 10
It peaked at 11 in Australia. It does hold the record for highest sales by a song that did not make the top 10, though, as it was in the charts for over a year. There was a lot of commentary about this at the time.

If you think it peaked at number 1, please prove it. 203.4.164.1 (talk) 02:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

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Lyric Change
I'm only familiar with the Low Rawls and Bette Midler versions. There is a difference in the lyrics between the two. The Midler version contains "Did I ever tell you...", which is appropriate when sung for a deceased friend, as in Beaches. In the Rawls version, it's "Have I ever told you...", as for a person being directly addressed.

This fact seems appropriate for addition to the section on the Midler version. I don't have references to hand. If someone does, please make the addition. If no one does in a little while I'll try to dig sources up myself. -- Joe Avins (talk) 16:05, 22 January 2021 (UTC)