Bad

1984 song by U2
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2602667
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Bad

Summary

Bad is a musical work/composition[1]. Bad ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Bad's genre is rock music[4].
  • Bad followed 4th of July[5].
  • Bad was produced by Brian Eno[6].
  • Bad was produced by Daniel Lanois[7].
  • Among the performers on Bad was U2[8].
  • Bad's record label is recorded as Island Records[9].
  • Bad is part of The Unforgettable Fire[10].
  • Bad's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Bad was released on 1984[12].
  • Bad's lyricist is recorded as Bono[13].
  • Bad's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+369'}[14].
  • Bad'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: 62d0a051-20ff-3fce-961c-c9157e38a07d[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Bad was U2[8]. Producers include Brian Eno[6] and Daniel Lanois[7].

Publication

Bad was released on 1984[12]. Bad's language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Bad's genre is rock music[4]. Bad is part of The Unforgettable Fire[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Bad followed 4th of July[5].

Why It Matters

Bad ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2] Bad has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . 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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Bad. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/bad-q2602667
MLA “Bad.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/bad-q2602667.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bad-q2602667_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bad}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bad-q2602667}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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