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Being a Girl

1998 song performed by Mansun
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Being a Girl

Summary

Being a Girl is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Being a Girl's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Being a Girl's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Being a Girl followed Legacy[5].
  • Being a Girl was followed by Negative[6].
  • Being a Girl was produced by Paul Draper[7].
  • Among the performers on Being a Girl was Mansun[8].
  • Being a Girl's record label is recorded as Parlophone[9].
  • Being a Girl is part of Six[10].
  • Being a Girl was published on August 24, 1998[11].
  • Being a Girl'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: EP[13]

  • First release date: 1998-08-24[14]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, britpop, electronic, indie rock, progressive rock, rock[15]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, britpop, electronic, indie rock, progressive rock, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dfc40714-0ab9-374b-afb7-5f478a8558e8[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Being a Girl was Mansun[8]. It was produced by Paul Draper[7].

Publication

Being a Girl was published on August 24, 1998[11]. Its genre is progressive rock[4]. It is part of Six[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Being a Girl followed Legacy[5]. It was followed by Negative[6].

Why It Matters

Being a Girl ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 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.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Being a Girl. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/being-a-girl
MLA “Being a Girl.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/being-a-girl.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_being-a-girl_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Being a Girl}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/being-a-girl}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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