Don't Start Now
Dua Lipa
2019
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 2019
Release: 2019Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original single retains its October 2019 recording date within the later 2020 Future Nostalgia program; 2019 is the first-release year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2019.html, 2020.html, 2021.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Future Nostalgia - original program and later guest version
The original 2020 program includes solo Levitating, Physical, Love Again and Break My Heart; Don't Start Now retains its 2019 single date. The appended DaBaby version is separately credited and dated later in 2020.
Former annual assignments retained as history
These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.
- 2021: older return
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Lipa wrote about moving on from a past relationship and embracing personal growth.
Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 2019.html, position 126
Original annotation, retained with an explicit unverified label
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Textual recording candidate, not an audio fingerprint or pressing-level verification.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Supplied annual selection; independent annual corroboration remains open
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 2019.html
Supplied annual selection, not independently corroborated.
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