Family Snapshot

song by the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1980)
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q16992049
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Family Snapshot

Summary

Family Snapshot is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Family Snapshot's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Family Snapshot's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • Family Snapshot's genre is art rock[5].
  • Family Snapshot's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Family Snapshot's genre is pop music[7].
  • Family Snapshot was produced by Steve Lillywhite[8].
  • Among the performers on Family Snapshot was Peter Gabriel[9].
  • Family Snapshot's record label is recorded as Charisma[10].
  • Family Snapshot's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[11].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Peter Gabriel[12].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Hit[13].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats[14].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Plays Live[15].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Back to Front: Live in London[16].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Back to Front: Live in London[17].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Live in Athens 1987[18].
  • Family Snapshot is part of Live in Athens 1987[19].
  • Family Snapshot's language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • Family Snapshot's language of work or name is recorded as German[21].
  • Family Snapshot's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[22].
  • Family Snapshot was released on May 30, 1980[23].
  • Family Snapshot's lyricist is recorded as Peter Gabriel[24].
  • Family Snapshot's main subject is assassination[25].
  • Family Snapshot's main subject is Arthur Bremer[26].
  • Family Snapshot's main subject is George Wallace[27].

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[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 06f87358-f383-4529-a2b5-43db6c252cad[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Family Snapshot was performed by Peter Gabriel[9]. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite[8].

Publication

Family Snapshot was released on May 30, 1980[23]. Languages include English[20] and German[21]. Genres include art rock[5], progressive rock[6], and pop music[7]. Part of include Peter Gabriel[12], an album[30]; Hit[13], an album[31]; Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats[14], an album[32]; Plays Live[15], an album[33]; Back to Front: Live in London[16], an album[34]; and Live in Athens 1987[18], an album[35].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include assassination[25], Arthur Bremer[26], George Wallace[27], and assassination of John F. Kennedy[36].

Why It Matters

Family Snapshot ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2]

References

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

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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [36] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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). Family Snapshot. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/family-snapshot
MLA “Family Snapshot.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/family-snapshot.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_family-snapshot_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Family Snapshot}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/family-snapshot}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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