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Accidents Will Happen

song by Elvis Costello
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Accidents Will Happen

Summary

Accidents Will Happen is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Accidents Will Happen's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Accidents Will Happen's genre is new wave[4].
  • Accidents Will Happen followed Oliver's Army[5].
  • Accidents Will Happen was followed by I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down[6].
  • Accidents Will Happen was produced by Nick Lowe[7].
  • Among the performers on Accidents Will Happen was Elvis Costello[8].
  • Accidents Will Happen's record label is recorded as Radar Records[9].
  • Accidents Will Happen is part of Armed Forces[10].
  • Accidents Will Happen was published on May 4, 1979[11].
  • Accidents Will Happen's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d549637a-a636-397b-b6a8-84209b5f7ae8[14]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Accidents Will Happen was Elvis Costello[8]. It was produced by Nick Lowe[7].

Publication

Accidents Will Happen was published on May 4, 1979[11]. Its genre is new wave[4]. It is part of Armed Forces[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Accidents Will Happen followed Oliver's Army[5]. It was followed by I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down[6].

Why It Matters

Accidents Will Happen ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (86 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Accidents Will Happen. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/accidents-will-happen-q4672620
MLA “Accidents Will Happen.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/accidents-will-happen-q4672620.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_accidents-will-happen-q4672620_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Accidents Will Happen}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/accidents-will-happen-q4672620}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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