Sometimes You Just Can't Win

original song written and composed by Smokey Stover; first recorded by George Jones
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q20874684
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Sometimes You Just Can't Win

Summary

Sometimes You Just Can't Win is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's composer is recorded as Smokey Stover[4].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's genre is country music[5].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win was performed by George Jones[6].
  • Among the performers on Sometimes You Just Can't Win was Smokey Stover[7].
  • Among the performers on Sometimes You Just Can't Win was Linda Ronstadt[8].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win was performed by Loretta Lynn[9].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win was published on 1962[11].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's lyricist is recorded as Smokey Stover[12].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's title is recorded as Sometimes You Just Can't Win[13].
  • Sometimes You Just Can't Win's form of creative work is recorded as song[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]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c6479033-73b3-326c-b00b-57356c910479[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include George Jones[6], Smokey Stover[7], Linda Ronstadt[8], and Loretta Lynn[9].

Publication

Sometimes You Just Can't Win was published on 1962[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is country music[5].

Why It Matters

Sometimes You Just Can't Win ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 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] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . 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.

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). Sometimes You Just Can't Win. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sometimes-you-just-can-t-win
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sometimes-you-just-can-t-win_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Sometimes You Just Can't Win}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sometimes-you-just-can-t-win}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Secondhandsongs work id 57497
    Iswc T-070.243.811-6
    Wikidata description original song written and composed by Smokey Stover; first recorded by George Jo
    Freebase id /m/0bb72g5
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702438116, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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