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Foreign Affair

original song written, composed, and performed by Tom Waits
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Foreign Affair

Summary

Foreign Affair is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • Foreign Affair's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • Foreign Affair's composer is recorded as Tom Waits[3].
  • Foreign Affair's genre is popular music[4].
  • Foreign Affair's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Foreign Affair was released on 1977[6].
  • Foreign Affair's lyricist is recorded as Tom Waits[7].
  • Foreign Affair's title is recorded as Foreign Affair[8].
  • Foreign Affair's form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3e5716f0-434d-4004-9567-c0b3542be173[11]

Body

Publication

Foreign Affair was published on 1977[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5]. Its genre is popular music[4].

Related Entities

Tom Waits

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → song
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Iswc → T-070.057.901-6
    Language of work or name → English
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0700579016, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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