Car Thief

song by the Beastie Boys
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5037240
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Car Thief

Summary

Car Thief is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Car Thief's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Car Thief's genre is alternative hip-hop[4].
  • Car Thief followed Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun[5].
  • Car Thief was followed by What Comes Around[6].
  • Car Thief was produced by Dust Brothers[7].
  • Car Thief was performed by Beastie Boys[8].
  • Car Thief's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[9].
  • Car Thief is part of Paul's Boutique[10].
  • Car Thief's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Car Thief was released on July 25, 1989[12].
  • Car Thief'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: 28506538-3b4a-36e0-bb56-572ebf29d5bd[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Car Thief was Beastie Boys[8]. It was produced by Dust Brothers[7].

Publication

Car Thief was published on July 25, 1989[12]. Its genre is alternative hip-hop[4]. It is part of Paul's Boutique[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Car Thief followed Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun[5]. It was followed by What Comes Around[6].

Why It Matters

Car Thief ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 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). Car Thief. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/car-thief
MLA “Car Thief.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/car-thief.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_car-thief_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Car Thief}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/car-thief}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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