Talk:I've Never Been to Me

message: This information is tentative. Apparently, it's sung by Shiina Megumi 椎名恵 and is titled "LOVE IS ALL".
* Japanese bulletin board where "LOVE IS ALL" is explained as cover of "I've never been to me", and is suggested for a wedding http://okweb.em-net.ne.jp/kotaeru.php3?q=1029942
* English translation of above http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://okweb.em-net.ne.jp/kotaeru.php3%3Fq%3D1029942&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=4&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25E6%25A4%258E%25E5%2590%258D%25E6%2581%25B5%2B%25E3%2582%25B7%25E3%2583%25A3%25E3%2583%25BC%25E3%2583%25AA%25E3%2583%25BC%25E3%2583%25B3%2B%2522LOVE%2BIS%2BALL%2522%2B%25E7%25B5%2590%25E5%25A9%259A%25E5%25BC%258F%26start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN
* Origin of "LOVE IS ALL" http://www.cdjournal.com/main/research/research.php?rno=971
Success! Japanese lyrics found (partial):
* http://sessai.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2006/02/post_25c2.html
:: Love is all
:: 女なら何よりも 愛を選ぶわ
:: たとえそれが苦しみでも かまわない　　　　　　　
:: そうよ
:: 遠くても 大切なものが 見えるから
:: 生きていける
:: You know my love is true
I've never heard the Japanese version but trying to read aloud the above text leads me to believe the lyrics would correspond to the tune and English lyrics as follows (English lyrics with corresponding Japanese lyrics in parentheses). "Corresponding" here means "sung at the same time of and instead of the English lyrics".
:: been (love) to (is) Geor- (all) -gia and (onna nara)
:: Ca- ( ) -lifornia (nan yori mo) and ( )
:: anywhere I could (ai wo erabu) run (wa)
:: I () took the hand (tatoe) 
:: of a prea- (sore ga) -cher man (kurushi) 
:: and we (midemo) made love in the sun (kamawanai)
:: but I ran (sou yo)
:: out of places (hayakutemo)
:: and friendly faces because (taisetsu mono ga)
:: I had to be free (mieru kara)
:: I've been to paradise (ikite ikeru)
:: But I've never been to me (you know my love is true)
Maybe someone who has heard the Japanese version can comment on the accuracy of my supposed Japanese lyric positioning above.
* Full Japanese lyrics http://chikazo.exblog.jp/3713321/
::I was going to provide a link to the song at youtube, but I think that is frowned upon, however if you put "椎名恵　LOVE IS ALL" into the search box, it will lead you to the song quick enough.KTo288 (talk) 15:26, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Information about Japanese adaptation of song 

message: The article currently states: In the spoken bridge, the use of the line "I've been to crying for unborn children" was not written about abortion. The line refers to a woman who is at a point in her life that she wished she had taken the time to have children. However, this was deemed too close to feminist issues and when Charlene's song was first released in 1976, the version used was the one without the spoken bridge.
However, the line "I've been to crying for unborn children" is not part of the spoken bridge. It's the first sung line after the spoken bridge. So this statement should be corrected, but I don't know exactly how. (The record company would not have omitted the spoken bridge because of a line that appeared in another part of the song.) --Metropolitan90 22:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoken bridge? 

message: Proposal to merge the section The success of "I've Never Been to Me" from the article Charlene (singer) to this page because the subject in question (the album) is the same. I will probably do the merger myself if there are no objections over the next few days.-Samuel Tan 07:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Its been almost a year so I don't know if its been acted upon, but I would oppose a full merge, move repeated info but keep information pertinent to the influence of the song on Charlene's career in Charlene's article, basically the article about the song should focus on the song, and the article on the singer on the singer.KTo288 (talk) 15:20, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Both articles are much shorter than a featured article, and neither are likely to get much longer, so I would be in favour of putting everything into one article.  However, since only one other person responded I am removing the merge banners.  We can continue the debate here if you wish.  --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 12:56, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: I heard that Charlene was the only white artist who has signed by Motown Records, is it true?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by MrHuangHK (talk • contribs) 04:11, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Off the top of my head I can think of Chris Clark and R. Dean Taylor as white artists signed to Motown. There are probably others. 80.254.147.52 (talk) 11:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: And S. F. Sorrow was on Motown. In Canada. Varlaam (talk) 22:23, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The only white artist who was signed by Motown Records 

message: Musically, it is a direct rip-off of "O Caroline" by Robert Wyatt, which was recorded by Wyatt's band "Matching Mole" in 1971.  If you ever get a chance, listen to it and you will find that the verses are musically virtually identical.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.72.13.14 (talk) 11:03, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Just listened to it on YouTube, and you're right the resemblence is uncanny.KTo288 (talk) 11:17, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: But Matching Mole is a progressive group. Little Red Record. Varlaam (talk) 22:21, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Robert Wyatt and Matching Mole

message: title: i've never been to me
artist: charlene
album: i've never been to me
recorded:  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.54.44.171 (talk) 05:05, 8 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  whats the song information? 

message: If i like this WikiProject Songs. This me help talk page on English Wikipedia. Thank you.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Wilfred Tating (talk • contribs) 17:13, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  About WikiProject Songs 

message: I am trying to post the B-Side song to this article, which is Somewhere in My Life. I am having a terrible time trying to post it as the song title is not showing up in the Infobox. 
If anyone has the idea on how I can upload the B-Side to the Infobox, please share. I want to do this myself, but show me how it can be done so I can post the B-Side in the Infobox. Thanks very much for any help and advice on how to do it. Frschoonover (talk) 20:44, 29 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  B-Side  

message: Obviously, whoever wrote that line listened to the Howard Keel version. I'm not sure that's the right impression. I doubt the old man was literally expecting to die the very next day. Unless he was planning on suicide, it seems unlikely that he would be up and about, able to panhandle strangers and engage them in conversation. I took from it that the old man expected to die soon, but not necessarily tomorrow. 
It should also be noted that The Temptations had a slightly difference set of lyrics when performing this song: "Won't you share a part of an old man's heart just the once before he dies?"
While Howard Keel sang, "Won't you share a part of an old man's heart on the day before he dies?" 65.33.138.115 (talk) 01:04, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: "Destined to die the very next day..."