Please Don't Go

original song written and composed by Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch; first recorded by KC and the Sunshine Band
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2584225
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Please Don't Go

Summary

Please Don't Go is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (980 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Please Don't Go's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Please Don't Go's composer is recorded as Harry Wayne Casey[4].
  • Please Don't Go's composer is recorded as Richard Finch[5].
  • Please Don't Go's genre is soft rock[6].
  • Among the performers on Please Don't Go was KC and the Sunshine Band[7].
  • Among the performers on Please Don't Go was Double You[8].
  • Please Don't Go was performed by KWS[9].
  • Please Don't Go was performed by Basshunter[10].
  • Please Don't Go was performed by DJ Ross[11].
  • Among the performers on Please Don't Go was Hermes House Band[12].
  • Please Don't Go's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Please Don't Go was published on July 12, 1979[14].
  • Please Don't Go's lyricist is recorded as Harry Wayne Casey[15].
  • Please Don't Go's lyricist is recorded as Richard Finch[16].
  • Please Don't Go's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Please Don't Go"}[17].
  • Please Don't Go's different from is recorded as Please Don't Go[18].
  • Please Don't Go's different from is recorded as Please Don't Go[19].
  • Please Don't Go's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

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[21]

  • Genre(s): dance-pop, electro house, electronic, eurodance, pop, trance[22]

  • Community tags: dance-pop, electro house, electronic, eurodance, pop, trance[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 33cf4930-f372-3051-94fe-bfd9f17b900d[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include KC and the Sunshine Band[7], Double You[8], KWS[9], Basshunter[10], DJ Ross[11], and Hermes House Band[12].

Publication

Please Don't Go was released on July 12, 1979[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is soft rock[6].

Why It Matters

Please Don't Go ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (980 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Please Don't Go. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/please-don-t-go
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_please-don-t-go_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Please Don't Go}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/please-don-t-go}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 28d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer KC and the Sunshine Band, Double You, KWS +3
    Form of creative work song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709398764, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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