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Don't Wanna Know

Maroon 5 featuring Kendrick Lamar

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LIST YEAR

2017

Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.

Genre

Alternative rockPop rockRock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 2016

Release: 2016Source checked | Recent carryover

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 recording is documented in the 2016 release history of Don't Wanna Know. Only year precision is assigned; later singles, charts, remasters and live versions do not establish its first release.

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 2016.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Red Pill Blues - licensed original program and carryovers
Original 2017 program preserves Don't Wanna Know as a 2016 single with Kendrick Lamar and What Lovers Do as a 2017 SZA collaboration. The Cardi B recording is explicitly a later 2018 addition.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

The song explores the difficulty of moving on from a past relationship.

Evidence scope: Attributed owner-supplied note; NOT independently verified songwriter testimony

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 2016.html, position 48
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

External chart association; scope is limited to the cited chart, not full discographic verification

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Billboard year-end 2017 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary chart transcription: title, artist and annual association only. Not a complete recording or songwriting review.

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