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Amsterdam

song written and composed by Jacques Brel
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Amsterdam

Summary

Amsterdam is a musical work/composition[1]. Amsterdam ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Amsterdam's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Amsterdam's composer is recorded as Jacques Brel[4].
  • Amsterdam's genre is chanson[5].
  • Amsterdam is named after Amsterdam[6].
  • Among the performers on Amsterdam was Jacques Brel[7].
  • Amsterdam's language of work or name is recorded as French[8].
  • Amsterdam was released on 1964[9].
  • Amsterdam's lyricist is recorded as Jacques Brel[10].
  • Amsterdam's catalog is recorded as SABAM Repertoire[11].
  • Amsterdam's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Amsterdam'}[12].
  • Amsterdam's different from is recorded as Amsterdam[13].
  • Amsterdam's derivative work is recorded as Amsterdam[14].
  • Amsterdam's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 44871d9b-bf28-4e63-bcd2-a74ece92d181[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Amsterdam was Jacques Brel[7].

Publication

Amsterdam was published on 1964[9]. Amsterdam's language of work or name is recorded as French[8]. Amsterdam's genre is chanson[5].

Why It Matters

Amsterdam ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2] Amsterdam has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Amsterdam is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Jacques Brel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Amsterdam. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/amsterdam-q122781
MLA “Amsterdam.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/amsterdam-q122781.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_amsterdam-q122781_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Amsterdam}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/amsterdam-q122781}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → French
    Performer → Jacques Brel
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T1063543666, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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