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Don't Leave Me This Way

original song written and composed by Kenny Gamble, Hippy, Leon Huff; originally recorded by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
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Don't Leave Me This Way

Summary

Don't Leave Me This Way is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,197 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Leave Me This Way's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's composer is recorded as Kenny Gamble[4].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's composer is recorded as Leon Huff[5].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's composer is recorded as Cary Gilbert[6].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's genre is popular music[7].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way was performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes[8].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way is part of Wake Up![9].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way was published on November 1975[11].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's lyricist is recorded as Kenny Gamble[12].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's lyricist is recorded as Leon Huff[13].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's lyricist is recorded as Cary Gilbert[14].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Don't Leave Me This Way"}[15].
  • Don't Leave Me This Way's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1162a0b4-6c43-3902-b713-5f898de93637[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Don't Leave Me This Way was performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes[8].

Publication

Don't Leave Me This Way was published on November 1975[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is popular music[7]. It is part of Wake Up![9].

Why It Matters

Don't Leave Me This Way ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,197 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Don't Leave Me This Way. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-leave-me-this-way
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-leave-me-this-way_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Don't Leave Me This Way}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-leave-me-this-way}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702337367, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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