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Foil

"Weird Al" Yankovic's parody of Lorde's song "Royals"
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Foil

Summary

Foil is a musical work/composition[1]. Foil ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Foil's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Foil's genre is parody[4].
  • Foil's based on is recorded as Royals[5].
  • Foil was performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic[6].
  • Foil's record label is recorded as RCA Records[7].
  • Foil is part of Mandatory Fun[8].
  • Foil was published on July 15, 2014[9].
  • Foil'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: 832540e2-a7ba-46eb-80d7-3dd44b7a6e9e[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Foil was "Weird Al" Yankovic[6].

Publication

Foil was released on July 15, 2014[9]. Foil's genre is parody[4]. Foil is part of Mandatory Fun[8].

Why It Matters

Foil ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (205 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

"Weird Al" Yankovic

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.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Foil. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foil-q18153188
MLA “Foil.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foil-q18153188.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foil-q18153188_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Foil}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foil-q18153188}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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