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Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

1970 single by The Temptations
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Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

Summary

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) is a single[1]. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)'s instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)'s genre is psychedelic soul[4].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) followed Psychedelic Shack[5].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) was produced by Norman Whitfield[6].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) was performed by The Temptations[7].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)'s record label is recorded as Motown[8].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) is part of Greatest Hits II[9].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)'s country of origin is recorded as United States[10].
  • Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) was released on May 7, 1970[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.

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  • Release type: Song[12]

  • Genre(s): funk, pop, pop rock, rock, soul[13]

  • Community tags: funk, pop, pop rock, rock, soul[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 45a1fc84-07bc-3ed0-88c1-80f380030f22[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) was The Temptations[7]. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) was produced by Norman Whitfield[6].

Publication

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) was published on May 7, 1970[11]. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)'s genre is psychedelic soul[4]. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) is part of Greatest Hits II[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) followed Psychedelic Shack[5].

Why It Matters

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (556 views/month).[2] Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Motown United States

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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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