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Absolute Beginners

original song written, composed, and performed by David Bowie; from the 1986 film "Absolute Beginners"
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Absolute Beginners

Summary

Absolute Beginners is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (488 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Absolute Beginners is the creator of David Bowie[3].
  • Absolute Beginners's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Absolute Beginners's composer is recorded as David Bowie[5].
  • Absolute Beginners's genre is popular music[6].
  • Among the performers on Absolute Beginners was David Bowie[7].
  • Absolute Beginners's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Absolute Beginners was published on 1986[9].
  • Absolute Beginners's lyricist is recorded as David Bowie[10].
  • Absolute Beginners's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Absolute Beginners'}[11].
  • Absolute Beginners's has characteristic is recorded as film song[12].
  • Absolute Beginners's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].
  • Absolute Beginners's music created for is recorded as Absolute Beginners[14].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6acee3b1-e5df-4bba-8a84-f36a7bf11561[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Absolute Beginners was David Bowie[7]. It is the creator of David Bowie[3].

Publication

Absolute Beginners was released on 1986[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Why It Matters

Absolute Beginners ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (488 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

David Bowie

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → David Bowie
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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