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Driving the Last Spike

1991 song by Genesis
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Driving the Last Spike

Summary

Driving the Last Spike is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Driving the Last Spike's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Driving the Last Spike's composer is recorded as Tony Banks[4].
  • Driving the Last Spike's composer is recorded as Mike Rutherford[5].
  • Driving the Last Spike's composer is recorded as Phil Collins[6].
  • Driving the Last Spike's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Among the performers on Driving the Last Spike was Genesis[8].
  • Driving the Last Spike is part of We Can't Dance[9].
  • Driving the Last Spike's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Driving the Last Spike was published on November 1991[11].
  • Driving the Last Spike's lyricist is recorded as Tony Banks[12].
  • Driving the Last Spike's lyricist is recorded as Mike Rutherford[13].
  • Driving the Last Spike's lyricist is recorded as Phil Collins[14].
  • Driving the Last Spike's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 480d45de-15d3-4452-b4cf-edca515dc9d6[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Driving the Last Spike was Genesis[8].

Publication

Driving the Last Spike was published on November 1991[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is progressive rock[7]. It is part of We Can't Dance[9].

Why It Matters

Driving the Last Spike ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (61 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Mike Rutherford Phil Collins Tony Banks

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.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_driving-the-last-spike_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Driving the Last Spike}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/driving-the-last-spike}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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