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Don't Worry, Be Happy

a popular worldwide hit song by American musician Bobby McFerrin
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Don't Worry, Be Happy

Summary

Don't Worry, Be Happy is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,774 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's composer is recorded as Bobby McFerrin[4].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy was performed by Bobby McFerrin[5].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy was released on 1988[7].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's lyricist is recorded as Bobby McFerrin[8].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Don't Worry, Be Happy"}[9].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's has characteristic is recorded as film song[10].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's different from is recorded as Don't Worry, Be Happy[11].
  • Don't Worry, Be Happy's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 368c658c-f3cb-3968-90bd-dbbfc0ccbc0a[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Don't Worry, Be Happy was performed by Bobby McFerrin[5].

Publication

Don't Worry, Be Happy was released on 1988[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

Why It Matters

Don't Worry, Be Happy ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,774 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Bobby McFerrin

References

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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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . 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 → Bobby McFerrin
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702337685, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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