Down by the River

original song written and composed by Neil Young
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2805621
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Down by the River

Summary

Down by the River is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (640 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Down by the River's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Down by the River's composer is recorded as Neil Young[4].
  • Down by the River's genre is rock music[5].
  • Down by the River was performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse[6].
  • Down by the River is part of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere[7].
  • Down by the River's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Down by the River was published on 1969[9].
  • Down by the River's lyricist is recorded as Neil Young[10].
  • Down by the River's coordinates of the point of view is recorded as {'lat': 32.7207128, 'lon': -117.1507123}[11].
  • Down by the River's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Down by the River'}[12].
  • Down by the River's different from is recorded as Down by the River[13].
  • Down by the River'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: de5fa494-814d-3b4d-b22f-ba3d52b48ef9[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Down by the River was performed by Neil Young and Crazy Horse[6].

Publication

Down by the River was released on 1969[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere[7].

Why It Matters

Down by the River ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (640 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Musical Maps. Retrieved . musicalmaps.blogspot.com.au. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . 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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Down by the River. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/down-by-the-river
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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 Neil Young and Crazy Horse
    Part of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
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    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0708812194, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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