For What It's Worth

2009 single by Placebo
VisualArtwork single Q3028267
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For What It's Worth

Summary

For What It's Worth is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • For What It's Worth's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • For What It's Worth's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • For What It's Worth followed Meds[5].
  • For What It's Worth was followed by The Never-Ending Why[6].
  • For What It's Worth was produced by David Bottrill[7].
  • For What It's Worth was performed by Placebo[8].
  • For What It's Worth's record label is recorded as Play It Again Sam[9].
  • For What It's Worth is part of Battle for the Sun[10].
  • For What It's Worth's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • For What It's Worth was distributed by compact disc[12].
  • For What It's Worth was distributed by 7″ single[13].
  • For What It's Worth was distributed by music download[14].
  • For What It's Worth was released on April 20, 2009[15].
  • For What It's Worth's lyricist is recorded as Brian Molko[16].
  • For What It's Worth's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "For What It's Worth"}[17].

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: Single[18]

  • First release date: 2009-06-01[19]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, rock[20]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 872fa1cc-fef1-3bb4-864d-59820bb93fcc[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

For What It's Worth was performed by Placebo[8]. It was produced by David Bottrill[7].

Publication

For What It's Worth was published on April 20, 2009[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It is part of Battle for the Sun[10]. Recorded distribution format include compact disc[12], 7″ single[13], and music download[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

For What It's Worth followed Meds[5]. It was followed by The Never-Ending Why[6].

Why It Matters

For What It's Worth ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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