Blister in the Sun

original song written and composed by Gordon Gano; first recorded by Violent Femmes
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q4926905
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Blister in the Sun

Summary

Blister in the Sun is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,342 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blister in the Sun's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Blister in the Sun's composer is recorded as Gordon Gano[4].
  • Blister in the Sun's genre is folk punk[5].
  • Blister in the Sun was performed by Violent Femmes[6].
  • Among the performers on Blister in the Sun was Nouvelle Vague[7].
  • Blister in the Sun's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Blister in the Sun was published on 1983[9].
  • Blister in the Sun's lyricist is recorded as Gordon Gano[10].
  • Blister in the Sun's title is recorded as Blister in the Sun[11].
  • Blister in the Sun'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: 48caed4f-d9e0-363c-b6e9-21fee0e4f97c[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Violent Femmes[6] and Nouvelle Vague[7].

Publication

Blister in the Sun was released on 1983[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is folk punk[5].

Why It Matters

Blister in the Sun ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,342 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] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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.

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). Blister in the Sun. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/blister-in-the-sun
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_blister-in-the-sun_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Blister in the Sun}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/blister-in-the-sun}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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