Talk:That's the Way of the World (Earth, Wind & Fire song)

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I fixed the problems with the "R&B, funk" genre link, which does not exist. Souljia 1991 (talk) 18:52, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Single performance by a non-notable act[edit]

Yes, an otherwise unknown group performed the song once at Jonestown. The performance was mentioned in a book. It happened.

No, it is not a significant piece of the song's history.

The relevant guideline here is WP:COVERSONG. The single performance of the song did not chart. It was not played regularly on any radio network. It did not influence other bands. If you read articles about the song, you are unlikely to find discussion of this non-notable act's single performance of the song. Given the nature of the People's Temple, there were certain dozens of other songs the group played. That this particular performance is mentioned in a book about the group, ranks it with thousands of other details in the book that are not significant aspects of the group or those particular subjects. I imagine a scene described in the book with Jones drinking a cup a tea while reading the newspaper, a scene not listed in teacup, tea, newspaper, Los Angeles Times, etc.

Virtually every Major League Baseball game is broadcast nationally and starts with someone singing "The Star-Spangled Banner". The article, "The Star-Spangled Banner" does not list these hundreds of single performances, though they certainly happened and are easily cited, for one simple reason: they are not significant aspects of the song's history and had zero impact on the song, which is the subject of that article. No one reading about "The Star-Spangled Banner" is being cheated of significant knowledge of the song by not reading that it was performed once by Taylor Dayne before a Yankee's game in 1987. Had the People's Temple group performed it every time they played it wouldn't be significant either. It would be trivia, much like the single performance here. - SummerPhD^v2.0 12:50, 9 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This song "Thats the way of the world" was covered acapella by Stevie Wonder and the group Pentatonix in 2016 at the Grammy's as a tribute to EWF band founder Maurice White who passed away that same year, — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.178.185.35 (talk) 05:05, 20 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]