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Driven to Tears

1980 song by The Police
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Driven to Tears

Summary

Driven to Tears is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Driven to Tears's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Driven to Tears's genre is new wave[4].
  • Driven to Tears was followed by When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around[5].
  • Driven to Tears was produced by Nigel Gray[6].
  • Driven to Tears was performed by The Police[7].
  • Driven to Tears's record label is recorded as A&M Records[8].
  • Driven to Tears is part of Zenyatta Mondatta[9].
  • Driven to Tears was published on October 2, 1980[10].
  • Driven to Tears's lyricist is recorded as Sting[11].
  • Driven to Tears's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d7c50a9a-6938-36cf-99af-549de7585eaf[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Driven to Tears was performed by The Police[7]. It was produced by Nigel Gray[6].

Publication

Driven to Tears was released on October 2, 1980[10]. Its genre is new wave[4]. It is part of Zenyatta Mondatta[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Driven to Tears was followed by When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around[5].

Why It Matters

Driven to Tears ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Sting

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.
  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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Driven to Tears. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/driven-to-tears
MLA “Driven to Tears.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/driven-to-tears.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_driven-to-tears_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Driven to Tears}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/driven-to-tears}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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