Giving Up the Gun

2010 single by Vampire Weekend
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Giving Up the Gun

Summary

Giving Up the Gun is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Giving Up the Gun's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Giving Up the Gun's genre is indie pop[4].
  • Giving Up the Gun followed Cousins[5].
  • Giving Up the Gun was followed by Holiday[6].
  • A cast member of Giving Up the Gun was Jake Gyllenhaal[7].
  • Giving Up the Gun was performed by Vampire Weekend[8].
  • Giving Up the Gun's record label is recorded as XL Recordings[9].
  • Giving Up the Gun was released on February 19, 2010[10].
  • Giving Up the Gun's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Contra[11].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Single[12]

  • First release date: 2010-06-22[13]

  • Genre(s): afrobeat, electronic, indie rock, pop, rock[14]

  • Community tags: afrobeat, electronic, indie rock, pop, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a505ecb2-6940-4959-aec2-c9f93ab2ac5a[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Giving Up the Gun was Vampire Weekend[8]. A cast member of it was Jake Gyllenhaal[7].

Publication

Giving Up the Gun was published on February 19, 2010[10]. Its genre is indie pop[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Giving Up the Gun followed Cousins[5]. It was followed by Holiday[6].

Why It Matters

Giving Up the Gun ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 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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