Talk:Sunshine on My Shoulders

The Story Behind The Track

In the article, it read that John Denver said that he wrote Sunshine on my Shoulders when it was dreary out and slushy. But, I read somewhere else that he got it from a poem written by Jacquelyn Helton, the girl whom Sunshine was about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.95.63.5 (talk) 05:57, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

The above post is indeed correct. I remember watching the TV show as a kid, and my dad's explanation of the story behind it. Three decades and several continents later, it remains firmly etched in my mind. I googled it up, and discovered this thread: http://www.findadeath.com/forum/showthread.php?20930-Jacquelyn-Helton-quot-Sunshine-quot. which explained the story very nicely. I am sure more references can be found, but I am a little busy now. Perhaps in a couple of weeks, if the page remains unchanged. Thanks Misha Atreides (talk) 10:07, 24 March 2012 (UTC)

Some confusion

Could someone provide a definitive clarification of this? The infobox here says -- single version 3:18; album version 5:10. Meanwhile, the article on the album John Denver's Greatest Hits states "The version of "Sunshine on My Shoulders" included here is the single version, featuring overdubbed strings", while listing it with time of 5:10. Is this indicating that the single version took the original Poems, Prayers and Promises album version, and added strings to it for the single, or that in the John Denver's Greatest Hits album, strings were added to the single version for this album? (The article on that album documents how a number of songs were re-recorded for it.) For that matter, since the single version ran 3:18, how can it be that version, if it itself runs 5:10? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.186.19.151 (talk) 00:15, 21 May 2015 (UTC)