Gloomy Sunday

Hungarian song
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q747869
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Gloomy Sunday

Summary

Gloomy Sunday is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,243 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gloomy Sunday's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Gloomy Sunday's composer is recorded as Rezső Seress[4].
  • Sunday is named after Gloomy Sunday[5].
  • Among the performers on Gloomy Sunday was Sarah Brightman[6].
  • Among the performers on Gloomy Sunday was Pál Kalmár[7].
  • Among the performers on Gloomy Sunday was Billie Holiday[8].
  • Gloomy Sunday's language of work or name is recorded as Hungarian[9].
  • Gloomy Sunday was released on 1933[10].
  • Gloomy Sunday's lyricist is recorded as László Jávor[11].
  • Gloomy Sunday's title is recorded as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Szomorú vasárnap'}[12].
  • Gloomy Sunday's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 659e5ff5-4045-3453-9423-dfa3f5e54c11[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Sarah Brightman[6], Pál Kalmár[7], and Billie Holiday[8].

Publication

Gloomy Sunday was published on 1933[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Hungarian[9].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Gloomy Sunday include Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod[16], a film[17], directed by Rolf Schübel[18].

Why It Matters

Gloomy Sunday ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,243 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod[16], a film[17], directed by Rolf Schübel[18].

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.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Gloomy Sunday. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gloomy-sunday
MLA “Gloomy Sunday.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gloomy-sunday.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gloomy-sunday_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Gloomy Sunday}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gloomy-sunday}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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