What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Released on Philips, also Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Iron Man (Black Sabbath) and Son of a Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield)
Written by Billie Holiday, also God Bless the Child (Blood, Sweat & Tears), Tell Me More and More and Then Some and Lady Sings the Blues (Billie Holiday)
Part of Let It All Out, also This Year’s Kisses and For Myself
Written by Arthur Herzog, Jr., also God Bless the Child (Blood, Sweat & Tears), The Child (Alex Gopher) and Some Other Spring (Billie Holiday)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Billie Holiday wrote 17 songs on fono
Arthur Herzog, Jr. wrote 11 songs on fono
Arthur Herzog, Jr.’s most frequent co-writer is Billie Holiday (6 songs together)
Billie Holiday first appears on fono in 1939, 26 years before this song
Credits
All 9 credits
- Written by
- Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
- Performed by
- Al Schackman, Bobby Hamilton, Lisle Atkinson, Nina Simone and Rudy Stevenson
- Part of
- Let It All Out
- Released on
- Philips
- Written by
- Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday
- Performed by
- Al Schackman, Bobby Hamilton, Lisle Atkinson, Nina Simone and Rudy Stevenson
- Part of
- Let It All Out
- Released on
- Philips
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Billie Holiday
Same label: Philips
Same release: Let It All Out
Same writer: Billie Holiday
Same writer: Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Same label: Philips
Same release: Let It All Out
Same writer: Billie Holiday
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was performed by Al Schackman
Don’t Explain was performed by Al Schackman
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was performed by Bobby Hamilton
Don’t Explain was performed by Bobby Hamilton
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was performed by Lisle Atkinson
Don’t Explain was performed by Lisle Atkinson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was performed by Nina Simone
Don’t Explain was performed by Nina Simone
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was performed by Rudy Stevenson
Don’t Explain was performed by Rudy Stevenson
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was written by Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Don’t Explain was written by Arthur Herzog, Jr.
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was written by Billie Holiday
Don’t Explain was written by Billie Holiday
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Don’t Explain is part of the release Let It All Out
Don’t Explain is part of the release Let It All Out
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz Philips is the label of the song Don’t Explain
Philips is the label of the song Don’t Explain
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Don’t Explain was released on 1965