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Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Christmas song composed by John Lennon, lyrics by Yoko Ono, interpolating "Pledging My Love" by Ferdinand Washington and Don Robey
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q889240
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Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Summary

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is a musical work/composition[1]. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is the creator of Plastic Ono Band[3].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s composer is recorded as John Lennon[5].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is associated with the peace movement movement[6].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s genre is rock music[7].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s genre is pop music[8].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s genre is Christmas music[9].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s based on is recorded as Pledging My Love[10].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was produced by Phil Spector[11].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was produced by John Lennon[12].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was produced by Yoko Ono[13].
  • Among the performers on Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was John Lennon and Yoko Ono[14].
  • Among the performers on Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was Magnus Carlsson[15].
  • Among the performers on Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was Christer Sjögren[16].
  • Among the performers on Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was Sanna Nielsen[17].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s collection is recorded as Museum of Modern Art[18].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s record label is recorded as Apple Records[19].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[20].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was distributed by phonograph record[21].
  • 1971 marks the founding of Happy Xmas (War Is Over)[22].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was published on December 6, 1971[23].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s lyricist is recorded as Yoko Ono[24].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'}[25].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s has characteristic is recorded as Christmas-themed song[26].
  • Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s has characteristic is recorded as anti-war song[27].

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[28]

  • Genre(s): christmas music[29]

  • Community tags: christmas, christmas music[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bf606008-fed8-3692-8b24-016b819a6bd1[31]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include John Lennon and Yoko Ono[14], Magnus Carlsson[15], Christer Sjögren[16], and Sanna Nielsen[17]. Producers include Phil Spector[11], John Lennon[12], and Yoko Ono[13]. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is the creator of Plastic Ono Band[3].

Publication

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was published on December 6, 1971[23]. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[20]. Genres include rock music[7], pop music[8], and Christmas music[9]. Happy Xmas (War Is Over) was distributed by phonograph record[21].

Subject and Themes

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is associated with the peace movement movement[6].

Why It Matters

Happy Xmas (War Is Over) ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (810 views/month).[2] Happy Xmas (War Is Over) has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Happy Xmas (War Is Over) is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Apple Records John Lennon Museum of Modern Art Phil Spector Sanna Nielsen Yoko Ono

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . moma.org. moma.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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