White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)

song written and composed by Melle Mel and Sylvia Robinson, based on "Cavern" by Liquid Liquid
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White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)

Summary

White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) is a derivative work[1]. White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) draws 526 Wikipedia views per month (derivative_work category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s instance of is recorded as derivative work[3].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s composer is recorded as Melle Mel[5].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s composer is recorded as Sylvia Robinson[6].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s genre is old-school hip-hop[7].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s based on is recorded as Cavern[8].
  • Among the performers on White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) was Melle Mel[9].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) was performed by Duran Duran[10].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) was released on 1983[12].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s lyricist is recorded as Melle Mel[13].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s lyricist is recorded as Sylvia Robinson[14].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s main subject is cocaine[15].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s main subject is addiction[16].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s main subject is drug trafficking[17].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s title is recorded as White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)[18].
  • White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)'s form of creative work is recorded as song[19].

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[20]

  • Genre(s): electronica, hip hop[21]

  • Community tags: electronica, hip hop[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: db5dcec9-86a2-33cf-90ab-55f8401aa359[23]

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include derivative work[3] and musical work/composition[4].

Why It Matters

White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It) draws 526 Wikipedia views per month (derivative_work category, ranking #4 of 12).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . 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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MLA “White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It).” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/white-lines-don-t-don-t-do-it-.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_white-lines-don-t-don-t-do-it-_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{White Lines (Don’t Don’t Do It)}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/white-lines-don-t-don-t-do-it-}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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