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Close to the Edge

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Close to the Edge

Summary

Close to the Edge is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Close to the Edge's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Close to the Edge's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • Close to the Edge was produced by Eddy Offord[5].
  • Close to the Edge was performed by Yes[6].
  • Close to the Edge's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[7].
  • Close to the Edge is part of Close to the Edge[8].
  • Close to the Edge's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Close to the Edge was released on 1972[10].
  • Close to the Edge'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]

  • MusicBrainz ID: db5d87a1-dcb0-4a39-8de8-a3a86a37a343[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Close to the Edge was performed by Yes[6]. It was produced by Eddy Offord[5].

Publication

Close to the Edge was released on 1972[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is progressive rock[4]. It is part of it[8].

Why It Matters

Close to the Edge ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (258 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Atlantic Records Jon Anderson Steve Howe Yes

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Close to the Edge. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-the-edge-q648858
MLA “Close to the Edge.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-the-edge-q648858.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_close-to-the-edge-q648858_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Close to the Edge}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/close-to-the-edge-q648858}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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