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I Didn't Know What Time It Was

original show tune by Rodgers and Hart; from the 1939 musical "Too Many Girls"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1606678
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I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Summary

I Didn't Know What Time It Was is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's composer is recorded as Richard Rodgers[4].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's genre is popular music[5].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was was performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra[6].
  • Among the performers on I Didn't Know What Time It Was was Cliff Richard[7].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was was released on 1939[9].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's lyricist is recorded as Lorenz Hart[10].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"}[11].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's has characteristic is recorded as show tune[12].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].
  • I Didn't Know What Time It Was's music created for is recorded as Too Many Girls[14].

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[15]

  • Genre(s): folk[16]

  • Community tags: folk[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 17ffdc13-e578-38d6-8cc7-0b9056143743[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Benny Goodman and His Orchestra[6] and Cliff Richard[7].

Publication

I Didn't Know What Time It Was was released on 1939[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

I Didn't Know What Time It Was ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Cliff Richard Richard Rodgers

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [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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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Cliff Richard
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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