Every Grain of Sand

song written by Bob Dylan
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5417516
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Every Grain of Sand

Summary

Every Grain of Sand is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Every Grain of Sand's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Every Grain of Sand's genre is rock music[4].
  • Among the performers on Every Grain of Sand was Bob Dylan[5].
  • Every Grain of Sand's record label is recorded as Epic Records[6].
  • Every Grain of Sand is part of Shot of Love[7].
  • Every Grain of Sand's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • Every Grain of Sand was released on August 1981[9].
  • Every Grain of Sand's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

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[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d2493c3e-807d-39ce-93cb-3efa64c1e65b[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Every Grain of Sand was Bob Dylan[5].

Publication

Every Grain of Sand was released on August 1981[9]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of Shot of Love[7].

Why It Matters

Every Grain of Sand ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (128 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

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.

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

  1. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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