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Ball and Chain

1982 single by XTC
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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 (36 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ball and Chain's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Ball and Chain's genre is rock music[4].
  • Ball and Chain was performed by XTC[5].
  • Ball and Chain is part of English Settlement[6].
  • Ball and Chain was published on 1982[7].
  • Ball and Chain's form of creative work is recorded as song[8].

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: Single[9]

  • First release date: 1982-02-26[10]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop rock, rock[11]

  • Community tags: new wave, pop rock, rock[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8d9c42d4-c629-4ee8-8284-308f75848937[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Ball and Chain was performed by XTC[5].

Publication

Ball and Chain was published on 1982[7]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of English Settlement[6].

Why It Matters

Ball and Chain ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2]

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.

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

  1. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . 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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