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He Was a Friend of Mine

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He Was a Friend of Mine

Summary

He Was a Friend of Mine is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • He Was a Friend of Mine's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Among the performers on He Was a Friend of Mine was Bob Dylan[4].
  • He Was a Friend of Mine's country of origin is recorded as United States[5].
  • He Was a Friend of Mine was published on 1939[6].
  • He Was a Friend of Mine's form of creative work is recorded as song[7].

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[8]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2563387a-650b-4d68-b704-9aadd7793adf[9]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on He Was a Friend of Mine was Bob Dylan[4].

Publication

He Was a Friend of Mine was released on 1939[6].

Why It Matters

He Was a Friend of Mine ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (176 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [8] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). He Was a Friend of Mine. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/he-was-a-friend-of-mine
MLA “He Was a Friend of Mine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/he-was-a-friend-of-mine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_he-was-a-friend-of-mine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{He Was a Friend of Mine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/he-was-a-friend-of-mine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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