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Be My Wife

original song written, composed, and performed by David Bowie
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Be My Wife

Summary

Be My Wife is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Be My Wife is the creator of David Bowie[3].
  • Be My Wife's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Be My Wife's composer is recorded as David Bowie[5].
  • Be My Wife's genre is rock music[6].
  • Be My Wife was performed by David Bowie[7].
  • Be My Wife's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Be My Wife was published on June 1977[9].
  • Be My Wife's lyricist is recorded as David Bowie[10].
  • Be My Wife's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Be My Wife'}[11].
  • Be My Wife'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: c25bd5ea-0945-357a-8608-3f7987b77704[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Be My Wife was David Bowie[7]. It is the creator of David Bowie[3].

Publication

Be My Wife was released on June 1977[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is rock music[6].

Why It Matters

Be My Wife ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

David Bowie

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Be My Wife. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/be-my-wife
MLA “Be My Wife.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/be-my-wife.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_be-my-wife_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Be My Wife}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/be-my-wife}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w 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
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0116223596, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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