Forever Young

song written and composed by Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens, originally recorded and released by Alphaville in 1984
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1437264
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Forever Young

Summary

Forever Young is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,725 views/month, #93 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Forever Young's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Forever Young's composer is recorded as Frank Mertens[4].
  • Forever Young's composer is recorded as Marian Gold[5].
  • Forever Young's composer is recorded as Bernhard Lloyd[6].
  • Forever Young's genre is ballad[7].
  • Forever Young's genre is synth-pop[8].
  • Forever Young was performed by Alphaville[9].
  • Among the performers on Forever Young was Laura Branigan[10].
  • Forever Young is part of Forever Young[11].
  • Forever Young's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Forever Young's catalog code is recorded as 1599471-001[13].
  • Forever Young was released on September 1984[14].
  • Forever Young's lyricist is recorded as Marian Gold[15].
  • Forever Young's tonality is recorded as C major[16].
  • Forever Young's main subject is pursuit of immortality[17].
  • Forever Young's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Forever Young'}[18].
  • Forever Young's has characteristic is recorded as anti-war song[19].
  • Forever Young's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while"}[20].
  • Forever Young's form of creative work is recorded as song[21].

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[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f8c51ad3-75f0-34da-91e9-9c76e02066cf[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Alphaville[9] and Laura Branigan[10].

Publication

Forever Young was published on September 1984[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include ballad[7] and synth-pop[8]. It is part of it[11].

Subject and Themes

Forever Young's main subject is pursuit of immortality[17].

Why It Matters

Forever Young ranks in the top 0.48% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,725 views/month, #93 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . 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] . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Language of work or name English
    Performer Alphaville, Laura Branigan
    Form of creative work song
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