Never Can Say Goodbye

1971 song by Clifton Davis, first recorded by the Jackson 5
VisualArtwork single Q45862
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Never Can Say Goodbye

Summary

Never Can Say Goodbye is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 0.29% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,805 views/month, #66 of 23,006).[2]

Key Facts

  • Never Can Say Goodbye's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye's genre is soul[4].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye followed Mama's Pearl[5].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye was followed by Maybe Tomorrow[6].
  • Among the performers on Never Can Say Goodbye was The Jackson 5[7].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye was performed by Gloria Gaynor[8].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye was performed by The Communards[9].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye's record label is recorded as Motown[10].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye is part of Maybe Tomorrow[11].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye is part of Never Can Say Goodbye[12].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye is part of Red[13].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye was published on March 16, 1971[16].
  • Never Can Say Goodbye's different from is recorded as Never can say goodbye[17].

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[18]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, funk, jazz, latin, pop, r&b, soul[19]

  • Community tags: covered by glee, dance-pop, funk, jazz, latin, pop, r&b, soul[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 685ada9f-2bb7-3d99-9bf2-c9f6ac183ad6[21]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Jackson 5[7], Gloria Gaynor[8], and The Communards[9].

Publication

Never Can Say Goodbye was released on March 16, 1971[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is soul[4]. Part of include Maybe Tomorrow[11], an album[22]; it[12], an album[23]; and Red[13], an album[24].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Never Can Say Goodbye followed Mama's Pearl[5]. It was followed by Maybe Tomorrow[6].

Why It Matters

Never Can Say Goodbye ranks in the top 0.29% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,805 views/month, #66 of 23,006).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

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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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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