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Is It Over Yet

1993 single by Wynonna Judd

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 7, 2025
Entity authorityQ6075415 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Is It Over Yet" is a song written by Billy Kirsch, and recorded by American country music artist Wynonna Judd. It was released in October 1993 as the third single from the album Tell Me Why. The song reached number six on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. R&B singer Tamia covered the song for her album Beautiful Surprise (2012).

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Is It Over Yet” is 1993 single by Wynonna Judd. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Over, single and Wynonna, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993-10-30. For this dossier, Over, single and Wynonna is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “1993 single by Wynonna Judd” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 7, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6075415. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2012.

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This entry incorporates text from “Is It Over Yet” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.