Death on Two Legs

original song written and composed by Freddie Mercury
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q903018
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Death on Two Legs

Summary

Death on Two Legs is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Death on Two Legs's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Death on Two Legs's composer is recorded as Freddie Mercury[4].
  • Death on Two Legs's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • Death on Two Legs was performed by Queen[6].
  • Death on Two Legs's record label is recorded as EMI Records[7].
  • Death on Two Legs is part of A Night at the Opera[8].
  • Death on Two Legs's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Death on Two Legs was published on 1975[10].
  • Death on Two Legs's lyricist is recorded as Freddie Mercury[11].
  • Death on Two Legs's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Death on Two Legs'}[12].
  • Death on Two Legs's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+223'}[13].
  • Death on Two Legs's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cb6c5931-436c-38c5-9d24-044f37d1fe35[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Death on Two Legs was performed by Queen[6].

Publication

Death on Two Legs was published on 1975[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is progressive rock[5]. It is part of A Night at the Opera[8].

Why It Matters

Death on Two Legs ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. 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 Queen
    Part of A Night at the Opera
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0101544824, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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