# Clean vs explicit. disambiguation or song title

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/clean-vs-explicit-disambiguation-or-song-title/625338>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz\
**Tags:** song-title, disambiguation, musicbrainz\
**Created:** [February 24, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/clean-vs-explicit-disambiguation-or-song-title/625338 "2023-02-24T21:11:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![albiekOH330](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/albiekoh330/32/59963_2.png) [@albiekOH330](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/albiekOH330)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/clean-vs-explicit-disambiguation-or-song-title/625338/1 "2023-02-24T21:11:21Z")

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I have over 20 entries that I placed clean or explicit in the song title.

I can’t find where the proper location to place explicit or clean.

Should this be placed in disambiguation or song title if the song title on the album art doesn’t have explicit on the title and has explicit on the front cover of the album art?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![agatzk](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/agatzk/32/44684_2.png) [@agatzk](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/agatzk)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/clean-vs-explicit-disambiguation-or-song-title/625338/2 "2023-02-24T21:15:34Z")

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I tend to put them in the disambiguation. Sometimes, e.g. on a single, I will include them in a _track_ title per the back cover, but I usually remove them from a recording title (for use in the recording disambiguation).

> [@"Explicit" vs "Clean" tags/identification](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/explicit-vs-clean-tags-identification/425925):
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> Would the be any change of having a “flag” (like a check box perhaps, similar to how “Videos” recordings are identified) for Explicit vs “Clean” versions of a song/recording? Now, i’m sure one could argue on what basis would you class a recording as Clean, which might be a valid point. Personally, i would say many online music providers flag songs as Clean or Explicit, so that would be what i would base it on. You could even have such a “flag” on entire albums (releases) as some albums have be…

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**Author:** ![Lotheric](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/lotheric/32/88429_2.png) [@Lotheric](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Lotheric)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/clean-vs-explicit-disambiguation-or-song-title/625338/4 "2023-02-26T22:10:19Z")

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> <https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/STYLE-891>

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**Author:** ![albiekOH330](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/albiekoh330/32/59963_2.png) [@albiekOH330](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/albiekOH330)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/clean-vs-explicit-disambiguation-or-song-title/625338/5 "2023-02-26T22:25:56Z")

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Thanks. At least I know its an active topic still in the works.