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Boris the Spider

1966 single by The Who
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Boris the Spider

Summary

Boris the Spider is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Boris the Spider's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Boris the Spider's genre is psychedelic rock[4].
  • Boris the Spider was produced by Kit Lambert[5].
  • Boris the Spider was performed by The Who[6].
  • Boris the Spider is part of A Quick One[7].
  • Boris the Spider was released on 1966[8].
  • Boris the Spider's lyricist is recorded as John Entwistle[9].

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[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3bc927bf-e57e-33d8-ba38-39cb1f928743[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Boris the Spider was The Who[6]. It was produced by Kit Lambert[5].

Publication

Boris the Spider was published on 1966[8]. Its genre is psychedelic rock[4]. It is part of A Quick One[7].

Why It Matters

Boris the Spider ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (288 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Related Entities

John Entwistle The Who

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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