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Big in Japan

Original song written by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens; recorded 1984 by Alphaville
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q427172
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Big in Japan

Summary

Big in Japan is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,994 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Big in Japan's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Big in Japan's composer is recorded as Marian Gold[4].
  • Big in Japan's composer is recorded as Frank Mertens[5].
  • Big in Japan's composer is recorded as Bernhard Lloyd[6].
  • Big in Japan's genre is popular music[7].
  • Big in Japan was performed by Alphaville[8].
  • Big in Japan is part of Forever Young[9].
  • Big in Japan's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Big in Japan's catalog code is recorded as 1599474-001[11].
  • Big in Japan was released on 1984[12].
  • Big in Japan's lyricist is recorded as Marian Gold[13].
  • Big in Japan's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Big in Japan'}[14].
  • Big in Japan's different from is recorded as Big in Japan[15].
  • Big in Japan's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7d625a1a-6d16-374b-a5a0-2f3262f5e665[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Big in Japan was performed by Alphaville[8].

Publication

Big in Japan was released on 1984[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is popular music[7]. It is part of Forever Young[9].

Why It Matters

Big in Japan ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,994 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Alphaville

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SecondHandSongs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Q14005. wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Alphaville
    Form of creative work → song
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