Fat Old Sun

1970 song written by David Gilmour, recorded and performed by Pink Floyd
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2335196
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Fat Old Sun

Summary

Fat Old Sun is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (166 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fat Old Sun's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Fat Old Sun's composer is recorded as David Gilmour[4].
  • Fat Old Sun's genre is psychedelic folk[5].
  • Fat Old Sun's genre is psychedelic rock[6].
  • Fat Old Sun's genre is progressive folk[7].
  • Fat Old Sun's genre is progressive rock[8].
  • Among the performers on Fat Old Sun was Pink Floyd[9].
  • Fat Old Sun's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[10].
  • Fat Old Sun's record label is recorded as EMI[11].
  • Fat Old Sun's record label is recorded as Harvest[12].
  • Fat Old Sun is part of Atom Heart Mother[13].
  • Fat Old Sun's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Abbey Road Studios[14].
  • Fat Old Sun was released on October 2, 1970[15].
  • Fat Old Sun was published on October 10, 1970[16].
  • Fat Old Sun's lyricist is recorded as David Gilmour[17].
  • Fat Old Sun's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Fat Old Sun'}[18].
  • Fat Old Sun's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+323'}[19].
  • Fat Old Sun's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].
  • Fat Old Sun's recording date is recorded as August 1970[21].

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Fat Old Sun was Pink Floyd[9].

Publication

Publication dates include October 2, 1970[15] and October 10, 1970[16]. Genres include psychedelic folk[5], psychedelic rock[6], progressive folk[7], and progressive rock[8]. Fat Old Sun is part of Atom Heart Mother[13].

Why It Matters

Fat Old Sun ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (166 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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