Talk:Randy VanWarmer

The wiki for the song Just when I needed you lost states the song inspiration was a broken down car and girlfriend breakup. This wiki says it is loss of dad, and the link for this info no longer active

#1 in Alaska?

How does a song go #1 in Alaska? That is also similar to a song going #1 in your neighborhood right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.234.233.203 (talk) 22:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

There are regional rankings for music sales - I don't think that they are released to the press, but the record industry certainly knows. Anyway, VanWarmer cited this as an achievement in the article. Rabbiscat (talk) 01:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Wording taken almost verbatim from source

While this article does clearly cite the Drachman ("Release") interview as a source, it imports much of its wording wholesale without paraphrasing it. This is problematic from a fairness perspective and also because the point of view of the interviewer colors the wording, making it non-Wikipedia-esque. Not sure this would motivate me to rewrite the article, given that I don't know anything about the subject that I didn't read here, but maybe someone else will. - AlanUS (talk) 13:08, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't have the motivation to rewrite the article either, but I've removed the sentences and phrases that were taken word-for-word from that interview per WP:COPYVIO Qwfp (talk) 16:09, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

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