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Get It On (Bang a Gong)

original song written and composed by Marc Bolan; released in 1971 by T. Rex
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Get It On (Bang a Gong)

Summary

Get It On (Bang a Gong) is a musical work/composition[1]. Get It On (Bang a Gong) ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,046 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s composer is recorded as Marc Bolan[4].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s genre is popular music[5].
  • Among the performers on Get It On (Bang a Gong) was T. Rex[6].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong) was performed by The Power Station[7].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong) was released on 1971[9].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s lyricist is recorded as Marc Bolan[10].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Get It On'}[11].
  • Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • Genre(s): pop, soul[14]

  • Community tags: cover song, pop, soul[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 29ff18d1-f057-3c91-b2cd-814424903d0f[16]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include T. Rex[6] and The Power Station[7].

Publication

Get It On (Bang a Gong) was published on 1971[9]. Get It On (Bang a Gong)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

Get It On (Bang a Gong) ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,046 views/month).[2] Get It On (Bang a Gong) has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

Marc Bolan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → T. Rex, The Power Station
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0101120335, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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