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Born on the Bayou

original song written and composed by John Fogerty; first recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Born on the Bayou

Summary

Born on the Bayou is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (354 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Born on the Bayou's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Born on the Bayou's composer is recorded as John Fogerty[4].
  • Born on the Bayou's genre is swamp rock[5].
  • Born on the Bayou was performed by Creedence Clearwater Revival[6].
  • Born on the Bayou's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Born on the Bayou was released on 1968[8].
  • Born on the Bayou's lyricist is recorded as John Fogerty[9].
  • Born on the Bayou's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Born on the Bayou'}[10].
  • Born on the Bayou's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, rock[13]

  • Community tags: classic rock, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 46aba62f-15ed-3642-9dab-cdd8b4a312a9[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Born on the Bayou was Creedence Clearwater Revival[6].

Publication

Born on the Bayou was published on 1968[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is swamp rock[5].

Why It Matters

Born on the Bayou ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (354 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Creedence Clearwater Revival John Fogerty

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . 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 → Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0700140619, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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