When You Say Nothing at All

song written and composed by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, originally recorded by Keith Whitley and released in 1988
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2026497
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When You Say Nothing at All

Summary

When You Say Nothing at All is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,726 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When You Say Nothing at All's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's genre is country music[4].
  • When You Say Nothing at All was produced by Stephen Lipson[5].
  • When You Say Nothing at All was performed by Keith Whitley[6].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's record label is recorded as RCA Records[7].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • When You Say Nothing at All was published on August 1988[10].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's lyricist is recorded as Paul Overstreet[11].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When You Say Nothing At All'}[12].
  • When You Say Nothing at All's has characteristic is recorded as debut single[13].
  • When You Say Nothing at All'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: e7090f29-4646-388c-a95f-28c7b667708c[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

When You Say Nothing at All was performed by Keith Whitley[6]. It was produced by Stephen Lipson[5].

Publication

When You Say Nothing at All was published on August 1988[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is country music[4].

Why It Matters

When You Say Nothing at All ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,726 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_when-you-say-nothing-at-all_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{When You Say Nothing at All}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/when-you-say-nothing-at-all}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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