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(We Want) The Same Thing

original song written and composed by Ellen Shipley and Rick Nowels; first recorded by Belinda Carlisle and released in 1989
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q4544903
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(We Want) The Same Thing

Summary

(We Want) The Same Thing is a musical work/composition[1]. (We Want) The Same Thing ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • (We Want) The Same Thing's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's composer is recorded as Ellen Shipley[4].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's composer is recorded as Rick Nowels[5].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's genre is pop music[6].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing was performed by Belinda Carlisle[7].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing was released on 1989[9].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's lyricist is recorded as Ellen Shipley[10].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's lyricist is recorded as Rick Nowels[11].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's title is recorded as (We Want) The Same Thing[12].
  • (We Want) The Same Thing's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 759b55d6-0930-4967-a0c8-407774322b1e[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on (We Want) The Same Thing was Belinda Carlisle[7].

Publication

(We Want) The Same Thing was published on 1989[9]. (We Want) The Same Thing's language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. (We Want) The Same Thing's genre is pop music[6].

Why It Matters

(We Want) The Same Thing ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (77 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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