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Don't Explain

song written by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog Jr.
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Don't Explain

Summary

Don't Explain is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Explain's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Don't Explain's composer is recorded as Billie Holiday[4].
  • Don't Explain's composer is recorded as Arthur Herzog, Jr.[5].
  • Don't Explain's genre is jazz[6].
  • Don't Explain was performed by Billie Holiday[7].
  • Don't Explain's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Don't Explain was released on 1946[9].
  • Don't Explain's lyricist is recorded as Billie Holiday[10].
  • Don't Explain's title is recorded as Don't Explain[11].
  • Don't Explain's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8752f8f6-fb7b-3edf-94af-cefe471a1143[14]

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Authorship and Creation

Don't Explain was performed by Billie Holiday[7].

Publication

Don't Explain was published on 1946[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is jazz[6].

Why It Matters

Don't Explain ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Don't Explain. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-explain-q5291574
MLA “Don't Explain.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-explain-q5291574.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-explain-q5291574_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Don't Explain}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-explain-q5291574}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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