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A Legal Matter

song by The Who
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A Legal Matter

Summary

A Legal Matter is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Legal Matter's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • A Legal Matter's composer is recorded as Pete Townshend[4].
  • A Legal Matter's genre is rock music[5].
  • A Legal Matter followed Substitute[6].
  • A Legal Matter was produced by Shel Talmy[7].
  • Among the performers on A Legal Matter was The Who[8].
  • A Legal Matter is part of My Generation[9].
  • A Legal Matter's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • A Legal Matter was published on 1965[11].
  • A Legal Matter's lyricist is recorded as Pete Townshend[12].
  • A Legal Matter's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A Legal Matter'}[13].
  • A Legal Matter's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 08d5a5fb-6b60-4c90-b3d5-b8e1b27680f6[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Legal Matter was The Who[8]. It was produced by Shel Talmy[7].

Publication

A Legal Matter was released on 1965[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of My Generation[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Legal Matter followed Substitute[6].

Why It Matters

A Legal Matter ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (119 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

Pete Townshend The Who

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). A Legal Matter. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-legal-matter
MLA “A Legal Matter.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-legal-matter.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_a-legal-matter_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{A Legal Matter}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/a-legal-matter}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Who
    Part of → My Generation
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0101659113, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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