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Guns for Hire

song by AC/DC
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Guns for Hire

Summary

Guns for Hire is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Guns for Hire's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Guns for Hire's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Guns for Hire was followed by Nervous Shakedown[5].
  • Among the performers on Guns for Hire was AC/DC[6].
  • Guns for Hire's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[7].
  • Guns for Hire is part of Flick of the Switch[8].
  • Guns for Hire was published on 1983[9].
  • Guns for Hire's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

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[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fa377f15-e748-428d-90ae-6a66bc63b863[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Guns for Hire was performed by AC/DC[6].

Publication

Guns for Hire was released on 1983[9]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Flick of the Switch[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Guns for Hire was followed by Nervous Shakedown[5].

Why It Matters

Guns for Hire ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (56 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

AC/DC Angus Young Atlantic Records Brian Johnson Malcolm Young

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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Guns for Hire. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/guns-for-hire
MLA “Guns for Hire.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/guns-for-hire.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_guns-for-hire_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Guns for Hire}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/guns-for-hire}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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