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Generals and Majors

1980 song performed by XTC
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Generals and Majors

Summary

Generals and Majors is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Generals and Majors's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Generals and Majors's genre is new wave[4].
  • Generals and Majors was followed by Towers of London[5].
  • Generals and Majors was produced by Steve Lillywhite[6].
  • Generals and Majors was performed by XTC[7].
  • Generals and Majors's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[8].
  • Generals and Majors is part of Black Sea[9].
  • Generals and Majors was published on August 1980[10].
  • Generals and Majors's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[12]

  • First release date: 1980-08-29[13]

  • Genre(s): new wave, pop, pop rock, rock[14]

  • Community tags: new wave, pop, pop rock, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f7be2e31-8ebd-3d9b-b535-7fc15b5e2308[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Generals and Majors was XTC[7]. It was produced by Steve Lillywhite[6].

Publication

Generals and Majors was released on August 1980[10]. Its genre is new wave[4]. It is part of Black Sea[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Generals and Majors was followed by Towers of London[5].

Why It Matters

Generals and Majors ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).[2]

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.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . 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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