Talk:Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead

Lyrics

The article currently has a lyrics section. However, per here, most song lyrics are protected by copyright if they are published after 1922. The song was released in 1939, so please check the song copyright, and if it is protected, either remove the lyrics or quote the lyrics for the purpose of direct commentary or illustration of the song style. Wikipedia is not a lyrics database. Bulldog ^{edit my talk page da contribs review me} 05:21, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead reaches #1 on iTunes UK charts

It is probably worth noting that (due to the recent death of Margaret Thatcher), this song has reached #1 for the first time ever on the UK iTunes charts on 9th April 2013. --82.34.243.21 (talk) 00:24, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

It's currently mentioned as reaching #2, but charts like this aren't usually included in articles, so should be replaced if the song reaches the official chart. –anemoneprojectors– 09:43, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

This section needs editing. The Ella Fitzgerald version was never the target of the campaign - it was always the Judy Garland OST version. Some people mistakenly thought that at 51s this would be too short to count in the charts and so highlighted the Ella cover, but the Official Chart Company rules were clear on their being maximum lengths for a single but not a miniumum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.222.142.27 (talk) 14:02, 10 April 2013 (UTC)

Not totally true. Originally the creators of the facebook page were urging people ONLY to buy the Ella Fitzgerald version as it was understood that the original version would not could. This was checked with the official chart company on Monday/Tuesday of this week and confirmed it would qualify and so the facebook page which spawned the campaign was changed to reflect this. If you go back to the original facebook campaign you will find this is the case. However its largely irrelevant, within 24 hours the campaign moved to the original version. Oh, and on the lede, fully agree this shouldnt be in the lede. Its not that relevant, but it is relevant enough it should be in the article, as it could well result in a top ten chart placing in the UK. Dimspace (talk) 16:58, 11 April 2013 (UTC)

It's imperative this gets to No.1 in time for the extravagant funeral we are all having to pay for in this time of public service cuts and 'austerity'.

I normally prefer not to speak ill of the dead, but the hours and hours of dishonest guff all this week on the BBC (and the rest of our supposedly independent 'meeja'), exploiting that woman's death to rewrite history, has driven me to this.

You'd think she was some kind of patriotic Mother Theresa, not the cynical, mercenary class warrior who stole our country from us and gave it to the Americans.

I can never get Facebook to work and I've never bought an on-line download before, so please could somebody explain in simple terms how I can buy a copy of this song in a way that will count towards its 'chart' position?

Thank you.

GrahamN (talk) 15:40, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

This section needs chopping right down per WP:RECENT. Tweets happen all the time, what's enduring, ditch the rest. Widefox; talk 21:39, 12 April 2013 (UTC)

at the moment its an ongoing story so will probably grow and shrink as the news develops. Come monday once its final chart position is known etc, im sure the section can be cleaned up. Dimspace (talk) 13:53, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

And Google Play, and Amazon, and lots of other sites, perhaps we should mention all these too. Or rather, I agree with the other responses - it's rather undue weight to be giving what positions it reached on different days on random shop charts. Don't get me wrong, I think the campaign and its result should be mentioned here, though I agree with anemone - let's list the official chart position (which is what matters, no need to go advertising various sites that don't reflect the total sales - if it only reached number one on some sites, but not overall, then I don't think that is notable to mention). Mdwh (talk) 19:17, 13 April 2013 (UTC)

Singer

Judy Garland does not even sing a note of the song. Not in the Film, nor on the Film Soundtrack. As YouTube Clips clearly show. So it cannot be credited to Judy. Only The Munchkins sing it - as the first part of the Article correctly says. Then, near the end of the Article, the nonsense about Judy Garland singing it is added - totally wrong. 12:01, 12 April 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.13.2.211 (talk)

Now corrected - thanks. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:04, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Profited Tory Grandee

This is essential to the paragraph because it places in context the entire picture of events and contains multiple verified sources. However, yesterday a editor took it upon himself to delete the entry which included a mention by the BBC citing 'inconquenstial blogs', only the BBC cite was from the BBC music blog, the rest are all verified Wiki sources. Twobells (talk) 08:51, 15 April 2013 (UTC).

Please learn what is a reliable source, and what is not. The Mail claim seems barely relevant, but I've retained it with a more properly formatted reference - your other refs either bore no relation to the text at all, or were clearly unreliable. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:07, 15 April 2013 (UTC)

Lede

Someone has stated previously that the Thatcher episode should not be included in the lede. However, the guidelines of WP:LEDE suggest there should probably be some mention of it. The lede should be a summary of the article as a whole, and there is a significant section on it now. Any thoughts? Paul MacDermott (talk) 17:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Just applied a temporary patch to fix vandalism of the name of the wicked witch in the lede. Hope someone can soon revert the patch to what really belongs there (obviously not a link to the Antonin Scalia article). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.19.137.218 (talk) 02:14, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Image

There was a character in a book. Illustrations were made for the book. The book was eventually made into several movies. One of the films was a musical. One of the songs was about the death of the character (who is only briefly seen in the film). The illustration is distantly related to the song, at best. - SummerPhD^v2.0 21:52, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

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