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Ashes to Ashes

original song written, composed, and performed by David Bowie
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q288437
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Ashes to Ashes

Summary

Ashes to Ashes is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,192 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ashes to Ashes's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Ashes to Ashes's composer is recorded as David Bowie[4].
  • Ashes to Ashes's genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on Ashes to Ashes was David Bowie[6].
  • Ashes to Ashes's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Ashes to Ashes was published on 1980[8].
  • Ashes to Ashes's lyricist is recorded as David Bowie[9].
  • Ashes to Ashes's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ashes to Ashes'}[10].
  • Ashes to Ashes's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 432556e1-cd5c-3cb7-ab37-59a5a903fa43[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Ashes to Ashes was David Bowie[6].

Publication

Ashes to Ashes was published on 1980[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Ashes to Ashes include it[14], a television series[15].

Why It Matters

Ashes to Ashes ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,192 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Entities named for it include it[14], a television series[15].

Related Entities

David Bowie

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Ashes to Ashes. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ashes-to-ashes-q288437
MLA “Ashes to Ashes.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ashes-to-ashes-q288437.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ashes-to-ashes-q288437_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ashes to Ashes}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ashes-to-ashes-q288437}, 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 → English
    Performer → David Bowie
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9000186243, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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