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This is a pretty famous song, much moreso than the Shania Twain song of the same name, so I'm almost disappointed I'm the only one to doing anything with it. (Adding the link to the disambig is mostly procedural, not really adding anything)--T. Anthony 06:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey, this song just got released today on The BioShock EP as a remix by Moby and Oscar the Punk... would that qualify as a cover or under media in a new subsection called Video Games or both? Additionally, I believe the original version is in the actual game, I'll try to find more information about that. Jason Bouwmeester 17:16, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Bible verse it relates to is more likely to be Matthew 13:12. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.75.49.254 (talk) 11:16, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

Simpsons template

I've removed the simpsons template from this page again. I know this song was included on that album, but it's been included on hundreds of albums, and covered hundreds of times. We shouldn't give that much prominence to one particular cover of the song. The infoboxes and templates in this article should be about this song, by Billie Holiday, not about Simpsons compliations. --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 22:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes I agree completely. But how many of those covers were made a single. Template re-added unless to inform me with more information otherwise. (Phrasia (talk) 13:50, 28 November 2008 (UTC))
The infobox is for the key information about the song. The key information relates to Arthur Herzog Jr, who wrote it, and Billie Holliday, who wrote it and was the first to sing it. Information about a cover on a comedy album is not key information, it's giving undue prominence to a fairly peripheral piece of information. We list more than 20 artists who've covered this song, most of them presumably on albums or as singles - should we add an infobox for all of them? --HughCharlesParker (talk - contribs) 23:02, 28 November 2008 (UTC)
Point achieved. However, The Simpsons made a more modern version of the song. It was the only version that was popularized. Yes there are many covers, I just think that the Simpsons version is superior to them. As a side note, the template has been there for quite a while. (Phrasia (talk) 03:36, 30 November 2008 (UTC))

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Written in 1939?

The argument Holiday had with her mother over money, which led to this song, occurred in 1941. So, I'm not so sure that it was written in 1939. Is there a citation for the year somewhere? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.166.48.154 (talk) 16:14, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

Every source I've ever seen on the subject states that Billie Holiday first performed the song in 1939. What's the source that says the argument occurred in 1941? When Holiday recounted the argument in Lady Sings the Blues, I don't believe she gave a specific date for it. However, the overall time period at which she discussed it was early during her steady run singing at Cafe Society, and that began at the end of 1938. 12.155.58.181 (talk) 23:34, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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