Talk:Love Don't Live Here Anymore

message: An infobox for the original Rose Royce recording of the song was requested at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Missing_encyclopedic_articles/List_of_notable_songs/8.
while I don't doubt that Madonna's cover of the original probably sold more copies than any other, I don't think that that in itself warrants the publicity stunt of dedicating such a large portion of the article to her version, video and memoirs, etc., which should probably be included in her own article - with as many links as you like. The photo should thus be of the originally released single, or possibly thumbnails of each and every one of the covers. I will not make any changes until feedback given as I don't want to enter into any kind of serious in-fighting as can be seen at far too many music article pages.83.191.28.62 13:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually I doubt Madonna's version sold the most. Rose Royce reached no.2 in the UK with this song in 1978 (back when singles had to actually sell something to get in the charts). It was also a big hit in other countries. Jimmy Nail reached no.3 with it in 1985. Madonna's version wasn't even released that widely. The bias of the article towards it being primarily about Madonna is pretty appalling and whilst her version deserves a mention, it should not take over the article the way it currently does. I've cut out most of the information about the music video she did for it because it is totally irrelevant to a Wiki article.79.66.95.234 (talk) 17:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: There is still way too much information about the Madonna version in this article. Madonna's version pales in comparison to the relevance of the original Rose Royce version and yet there seems to be more details about Madonna which is inappropriate for an encyclopedia as it gives undue weight to her version. 89.168.101.44 (talk) 11:28, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

text: As I commented below, I have merged these.  Madonna's coverage at this point is lopsided as far as article length BUT since Rose Royce's version is a significantly bigger hit in terms of charts, I think the answer here is to beef up the Rose Royce portion (and any others) and not to spin Madonna's portions off - it gives even more undue weight to one particular cover version. - eo (talk) 21:16, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Original

message: Rather than heeding the templates, content is becoming increasingly more blatently an advertisement. I suggest - off the top of my head - doing a disambiguation with obviously the original version under this article, mentioning briefly the cover versions, and other people's what-have-yous elsewhere. Constructive feedback, anyone? Regards, --Technopat 21:38, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry for having "mistakenly" deleted the reference to Ms Dickey - I didn't realise that it was/is the same person as Rose Norwalt. However, R. N. is the name given at the Rose Royce article and should be used if that's what was used for the credits on the original recording. Am putting R. N. in this article and linking to the Rose Royce page. --Technopat (talk) 09:36, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  PR efforts 

message: Please note : There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Songs/coverversions with the purpose of trying to establish a standard rule for merge/separate different versions of the same song. Please make known your feelings on the matter. --Richhoncho (talk) 23:02, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: The single was indeed released in 1986 in Japan, the artwork is shown here   and includes the same image as the Madonna video compilation (Catalogue number: P-2041 (7") and WPDR-3109 (3" CD)). The single was re-issued on 3" CD single for the CD Single Collection Japanese box set in 1996 . The b-side for the single was "Over and Over". Thanks JWAD Communicate|Nicely 10:42, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Jwad, please provide some reliable source, and not some fan sites please. The eil link is also not reliable. If this was indeed released in Japan, then atleast one of the books would have noted it, but none of them does. Why? — Legolas (talk2me) 10:58, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Sorry mate, I have searched and searched to try and get a reliable source and the only ones I can find are that of the Madonna fansites which have the scans of the singles. I understand if the information cannot be used, which is a pity as it was actually released in 1986 with the unique artwork. The reason probably that publications don't detail the box set and single is that they usually get their (mostly innacurate) information from online sources that list a "discography" and these very rarely include releases that are not worldwide. Sometimes I wish that fansites such as MadonnaTribe were in charge of Madonna's official site as it would have lots more information and accuracy (her website even details the Blond Ambition World Tour as "Blonde"!)--JWAD Communicate|Nicely 11:26, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with you on that her official website can be a mess, most of the times. That's why I had to redirect so many of her articles, just because there weren't any sourcs, and lacked notability. We are bound by the rules of WP policy,. — Legolas (talk2me) 05:30, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Madonna version

message: I was the person in charge of the production of  Love dont live here any more as recorded  by  Rose Royce  for  Whitfield/ Warner  Records the article I read has little truth in  it I set the record  striaght but it was removed why would you let in acurate atricles remain in your system??? Leanard Jackson Chief Recording and Mixing Engineer  for  Norman Whitfield  and Whitfield warner  Records  from 1975  to 1984  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.232.11.2 (talk) 07:21, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Leanard, if that IP is yours then I'm afraid you have a conflict of interest with how the article is portrayed. As explained in my talk page, where are the sources verifying the content you want to add? I suggest you look for them because your word-of-mouth is not acceptable. —Indian:BIO · [ ChitChat ] 07:47, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Leanard, I saw your credits at Allmusic and as a fan of Norman's work, all I can say without great engineers there would be no great producers. We know where the real work in a studio is done ;). However, IndianBio is correct in what he says above. We need to reference anything added to Wikipedia. So, if you have links that confirms what you are saying, load them up to this page, with any comments you wish to make and I am sure that somebody would be more than happy to be advised by you and add to the article. Thanks for your post. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 08:27, 21 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Production

message: There's an anomaly there. The song was recorded in 1978, yet the Linn LM-1 wasn't released until 1980. Does the source actually say that this was the one used? Valenciano (talk) 22:19, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Use of Linn drum machine

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thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: The country music group Lady Antebellum first single on the charts was of the same title - was that another cover of this page or a different song? Wfoj3 (talk) 00:08, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lady Antebellum Cover