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Darkness on the Edge of Town

song written, composed and recorded by Bruce Springsteen in 1978
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Darkness on the Edge of Town

Summary

Darkness on the Edge of Town is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's genre is rock music[4].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was produced by Jon Landau[5].
  • Among the performers on Darkness on the Edge of Town was Bruce Springsteen[6].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[7].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town is part of Darkness on the Edge of Town[8].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town was released on June 2, 1978[9].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town's title is recorded as Darkness on the Edge of Town[10].
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town'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): heartland rock, rock, rock and roll[13]

  • Community tags: heartland rock, rock, rock and roll[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d3cbf5a8-c80a-3273-a405-e756cf11e9ca[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Darkness on the Edge of Town was Bruce Springsteen[6]. It was produced by Jon Landau[5].

Publication

Darkness on the Edge of Town was published on June 2, 1978[9]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of it[8].

Why It Matters

Darkness on the Edge of Town ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (64 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Bruce Springsteen

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.
  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.

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