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Heading Out to the Highway

1981 song performed by Judas Priest
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Heading Out to the Highway

Summary

Heading Out to the Highway is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heading Out to the Highway's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Heading Out to the Highway's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Heading Out to the Highway followed Don't Go[5].
  • Heading Out to the Highway was followed by Hot Rockin'[6].
  • Heading Out to the Highway was produced by Tom Allom[7].
  • Among the performers on Heading Out to the Highway was Judas Priest[8].
  • Heading Out to the Highway's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Heading Out to the Highway is part of Point of Entry[10].
  • Heading Out to the Highway was published on 1981[11].
  • Heading Out to the Highway's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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: Single[13]

  • First release date: 1981[14]

  • Genre(s): hard rock, heavy metal, rock[15]

  • Community tags: hard rock, heavy metal, rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a2f0dc20-57c9-4fb5-8b61-a8162e057602[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Heading Out to the Highway was performed by Judas Priest[8]. It was produced by Tom Allom[7].

Publication

Heading Out to the Highway was released on 1981[11]. Its genre is heavy metal music[4]. It is part of Point of Entry[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Heading Out to the Highway followed Don't Go[5]. It was followed by Hot Rockin'[6].

Why It Matters

Heading Out to the Highway ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Columbia Records

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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . 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). Heading Out to the Highway. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/heading-out-to-the-highway
MLA “Heading Out to the Highway.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/heading-out-to-the-highway.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_heading-out-to-the-highway_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Heading Out to the Highway}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/heading-out-to-the-highway}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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