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Eternal Flame

song written and composed by Susanna Hoffs, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, originally recorded by the Bangles and released in 1988
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Eternal Flame

Summary

Eternal Flame is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,223 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eternal Flame's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Eternal Flame's composer is recorded as Tom Kelly[4].
  • Eternal Flame's composer is recorded as Billy Steinberg[5].
  • Eternal Flame's composer is recorded as Susanna Hoffs[6].
  • Eternal Flame's genre is popular music[7].
  • Eternal Flame was performed by The Bangles[8].
  • Eternal Flame's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Eternal Flame was published on February 17, 1989[10].
  • Eternal Flame's lyricist is recorded as Tom Kelly[11].
  • Eternal Flame's lyricist is recorded as Billy Steinberg[12].
  • Eternal Flame's lyricist is recorded as Susanna Hoffs[13].
  • Eternal Flame's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eternal Flame'}[14].
  • Eternal Flame's different from is recorded as Eternal flame[15].
  • Eternal Flame's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f913b343-ec0a-38ee-a954-f9b548fb7e57[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Eternal Flame was The Bangles[8].

Publication

Eternal Flame was published on February 17, 1989[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is popular music[7].

Why It Matters

Eternal Flame ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,223 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Susanna Hoffs The Bangles

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . 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 → The Bangles
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0708813119, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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