Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)

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single song

"Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)" is a 1962 soul and R&B hit by Ben E. King, known for its emotive vocals and tale of heartbreak over a once-cherished love song.

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Label Occurrences
Don't Play That Song (You Lied) 3
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) canonical 3
Don't Play That Song 1

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
surface form: Don’t Play That Song
chartSuccess hit single in 1962 ⓘ
composer Ahmet Ertegun ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Don’t Play That Song (Aretha Franklin version)
hasTitle Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) self-link ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Ahmet Ertegun ⓘ
Betty Nelson ⓘ
narrativeTheme emotional pain triggered by music ⓘ
heartbreak ⓘ
lost love ⓘ
originalArtist Ben E. King ⓘ
partOfAlbum Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Don’t Play That Song!
performer Aretha Franklin ⓘ
Ben E. King ⓘ
producer Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller ⓘ
surface form: Jerry Leiber

Mike Stoller ⓘ
publicationDate 1962 ⓘ
recordedIn 1962 ⓘ
recordLabel Atco Records ⓘ
vocalStyle emotive vocals ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ben E. King → notableSong → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) → partOfAlbum → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Play That Song!
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) → hasCoverVersion → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Play That Song (Aretha Franklin version)
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) → hasTitle → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) self-link ⓘ
Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) → alsoKnownAs → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Play That Song
Benjamin Earl Nelson → notableSong → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
Betty Nelson → notableWork → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
Betty Nelson → coWrote → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
Betty Nelson → alsoKnownAs → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
this entity surface form: Don't Play That Song
Betty Nelson → alsoKnownAs → Don’t Play That Song (You Lied) ⓘ
subject surface form: Don't Play That Song (You Lied)
this entity surface form: Don't Play That Song (You Lied)