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Ball and Chain

1990 song performed by Social Distortion
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Ball and Chain

Summary

Ball and Chain is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ball and Chain's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Ball and Chain's genre is cowpunk[4].
  • Ball and Chain followed Story of My Life[5].
  • Ball and Chain was produced by Dave Jerden[6].
  • Ball and Chain was performed by Social Distortion[7].
  • Ball and Chain's record label is recorded as Epic Records[8].
  • Ball and Chain is part of Social Distortion[9].
  • Ball and Chain's country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Ball and Chain was published on March 27, 1990[11].
  • Ball and Chain'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: 5b0bc8d5-00f4-4e12-b06f-cd01406ac22d[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Ball and Chain was performed by Social Distortion[7]. It was produced by Dave Jerden[6].

Publication

Ball and Chain was published on March 27, 1990[11]. Its genre is cowpunk[4]. It is part of Social Distortion[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Ball and Chain followed Story of My Life[5].

Why It Matters

Ball and Chain ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 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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