Big Brother

song written by David Bowie
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q4905221
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Big Brother

Summary

Big Brother is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big Brother's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Big Brother's genre is art rock[4].
  • Big Brother followed 1984[5].
  • Among the performers on Big Brother was David Bowie[6].
  • Big Brother's record label is recorded as RCA Records[7].
  • Big Brother is part of Diamond Dogs[8].
  • Big Brother's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Big Brother was published on May 24, 1974[10].
  • Big Brother's main subject is surveillance[11].
  • Big Brother's main subject is Nineteen Eighty-Four[12].
  • Big Brother's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 36669d4b-9bfe-3ae9-8a77-c41e06b5db32[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Big Brother was David Bowie[6].

Publication

Big Brother was released on May 24, 1974[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is art rock[4]. It is part of Diamond Dogs[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include surveillance[11] and Nineteen Eighty-Four[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Big Brother followed 1984[5].

Why It Matters

Big Brother ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 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.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . 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). Big Brother. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-brother-q4905221
MLA “Big Brother.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-brother-q4905221.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_big-brother-q4905221_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Big Brother}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/big-brother-q4905221}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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