Bela Lugosi's Dead

original song by Bauhaus
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q815090
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Bela Lugosi's Dead

Summary

Bela Lugosi's Dead is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (883 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's composer is recorded as Daniel Ash[4].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's composer is recorded as Kevin Haskins[5].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's composer is recorded as David J[6].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's composer is recorded as Peter Murphy[7].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's genre is gothic rock[8].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's genre is dub music[9].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead was performed by Bauhaus[10].
  • Among the performers on Bela Lugosi's Dead was Nouvelle Vague[11].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead was distributed by phonograph record[13].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead was published on August 6, 1979[14].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's lyricist is recorded as Daniel Ash[15].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's lyricist is recorded as Kevin Haskins[16].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's lyricist is recorded as David J[17].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's lyricist is recorded as Peter Murphy[18].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Bela Lugosi's Dead"}[19].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+576'}[20].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's form of creative work is recorded as song[21].
  • Bela Lugosi's Dead's recording date is recorded as January 26, 1979[22].

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[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d2d0c1ef-48dd-30e2-82db-8690225b4aac[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Bauhaus[10] and Nouvelle Vague[11].

Publication

Bela Lugosi's Dead was released on August 6, 1979[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include gothic rock[8] and dub music[9]. It was distributed by phonograph record[13].

Why It Matters

Bela Lugosi's Dead ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (883 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Bauhaus, Nouvelle Vague
    Form of creative work song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9002228537, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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