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Changing of the Guards

original song written and composed by Bob Dylan
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Changing of the Guards

Summary

Changing of the Guards is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Changing of the Guards's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Changing of the Guards's composer is recorded as Bob Dylan[4].
  • Changing of the Guards's genre is rock music[5].
  • Changing of the Guards was performed by Bob Dylan[6].
  • Changing of the Guards was performed by Patti Smith[7].
  • Changing of the Guards is part of Street-Legal[8].
  • Changing of the Guards's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Changing of the Guards was released on 1978[10].
  • Changing of the Guards's lyricist is recorded as Bob Dylan[11].
  • Changing of the Guards's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Changing of the Guards'}[12].
  • Changing of the Guards'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: b3b58202-fd21-3202-8eaf-0ab11dd9d464[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Bob Dylan[6] and Patti Smith[7].

Publication

Changing of the Guards was published on 1978[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of Street-Legal[8].

Why It Matters

Changing of the Guards ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Bob Dylan Patti Smith

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bob Dylan, Patti Smith
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702499680, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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