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Eve of Destruction

song written and composed by Philip Gary Sloan
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Eve of Destruction

Summary

Eve of Destruction is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,343 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eve of Destruction's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Eve of Destruction's genre is folk rock[4].
  • Eve of Destruction was produced by Lou Adler[5].
  • Eve of Destruction was performed by Barry McGuire[6].
  • Eve of Destruction's record label is recorded as Dunhill[7].
  • Eve of Destruction is part of Eve of Destruction[8].
  • Eve of Destruction's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Eve of Destruction's lyricist is recorded as P. F. Sloan[10].
  • Eve of Destruction's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Eve of Destruction'}[11].
  • Eve of Destruction's has characteristic is recorded as anti-war song[12].
  • Eve of Destruction's derivative work is recorded as Vår värld skall gå under[13].
  • Eve of Destruction'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: 2010e654-8234-3c3b-b9ff-47f24f938b2c[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Eve of Destruction was performed by Barry McGuire[6]. It was produced by Lou Adler[5].

Publication

Eve of Destruction's genre is folk rock[4]. It is part of it[8].

Why It Matters

Eve of Destruction ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,343 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

United States

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.

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). Eve of Destruction. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/eve-of-destruction
MLA “Eve of Destruction.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/eve-of-destruction.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_eve-of-destruction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Eve of Destruction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/eve-of-destruction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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