Talk:Girlfriend (Paul McCartney song)

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Fair use rationale for Image:Michael-Jackson-Girlfriend1.jpg[edit]

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Isn't this technically a Paul McCartney song...[edit]

He wrote and composed the song and it appeared on London Town before the cover version on Off the Wall. 74.69.234.115 19:02, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It's not a Michael Jackson song, it's a Paul McCartney song that Jackson covered. However I believe that McCartney originally wrote it for Jackson to record, it's just that the Wings version ended up coming out first. I still think the article should be renamed; the trouble is that Girlfriend (song) isn't specific enough as there are several other songs with the same title.--Pawnkingthree (talk) 10:14, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I thought they changed it to Girlfriend (Paul McCartney song). That would make sense. But someone changed it back. It's written by Paul McCartney, his name should be in the title. It's not a case of being released after the cover (like "I Wanna Be Your Man", another McCartney composition) where the Rolling Stones released their version first. It makes no sense! 74.69.234.115 (talk) 01:47, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agree - the Jackson version is a cover, and we don't normally identify songs by who covered them. -- Beardo (talk) 00:23, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's what this article??? This is revisionism. This song was composed by Paul McCartney and you can hear on his album "London Town". And McCartney also plays music on this song. Despite this, on the main article Paul McCartney is not credited as musicians. (Same things for musicians Wings). This article has no value. For this song,you must use the credit on Wings album (London Town) Why use credit on Michael Jackson album? And if tomorrow Justin Bieber cover this song, you are going to use credit on Justin Bieber's album. This article is disinformation. It does not respect the rules of Wikipedia. (and i understand now why people say that Wikipedia is not a serious source)

--Roujan (talk) 16:18, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Michael Jackson Girlfriend.jpg[edit]

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BetacommandBot 10:19, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Girlfriend (Wings song)[edit]

Move Talk to "Talk:Girlfriend (Wings song)", as article is "Girlfriend (Wings song)". --Yeepsi (Talk to me!) 20:34, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Background needs citation needed tag[edit]

Where in the world did the info in the first paragraph come from?? It feels very fabricated but maybe it just needs a legitimate citation.

I am new to wiki editing so I’m not sure how to add the citation needed tag. 72.177.8.45 (talk) 22:05, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]