Freewheel Burning

original song written and composed by K.K. Downing, Rob Halford, Glenn Tipton
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q5501259
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Freewheel Burning

Summary

Freewheel Burning is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Freewheel Burning's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Freewheel Burning's composer is recorded as K. K. Downing[4].
  • Freewheel Burning's composer is recorded as Rob Halford[5].
  • Freewheel Burning's composer is recorded as Glenn Tipton[6].
  • Freewheel Burning's genre is heavy metal music[7].
  • Freewheel Burning followed Electric Eye[8].
  • Freewheel Burning was followed by Love Bites[9].
  • Freewheel Burning was performed by Judas Priest[10].
  • Freewheel Burning is part of Defenders of the Faith[11].
  • Freewheel Burning's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Freewheel Burning was released on 1983[13].
  • Freewheel Burning's lyricist is recorded as K. K. Downing[14].
  • Freewheel Burning's lyricist is recorded as Rob Halford[15].
  • Freewheel Burning's lyricist is recorded as Glenn Tipton[16].
  • Freewheel Burning's title is recorded as Freewheel Burning[17].
  • Freewheel Burning's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

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[19]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal, rock[20]

  • Community tags: hard rock, heavy metal, ripped off, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1d78b78b-5bc6-4c7d-83a2-9a7ffbb51443[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Freewheel Burning was Judas Priest[10].

Publication

Freewheel Burning was published on 1983[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is heavy metal music[7]. It is part of Defenders of the Faith[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Freewheel Burning followed Electric Eye[8]. It was followed by Love Bites[9].

Why It Matters

Freewheel Burning ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (67 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

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

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