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Heart-Shaped Box

1993 song by Nirvana
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Heart-Shaped Box

Summary

Heart-Shaped Box is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,152 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Heart-Shaped Box's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Heart-Shaped Box's instance of is recorded as audio track[4].
  • Heart-Shaped Box's genre is grunge[5].
  • Heart-Shaped Box followed Puss / Oh, the Guilt[6].
  • Heart-Shaped Box was produced by Steve Albini[7].
  • Heart-Shaped Box was performed by Nirvana[8].
  • Heart-Shaped Box's record label is recorded as DGC Records[9].
  • Heart-Shaped Box is part of In Utero[10].
  • Heart-Shaped Box's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Heart-Shaped Box was released on August 1993[12].
  • Heart-Shaped Box's lyricist is recorded as Kurt Cobain[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: 340b9356-1db6-30d7-aa79-3b56e4d5aa08[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Heart-Shaped Box was Nirvana[8]. It was produced by Steve Albini[7].

Publication

Heart-Shaped Box was published on August 1993[12]. Its genre is grunge[5]. It is part of In Utero[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Heart-Shaped Box followed Puss / Oh, the Guilt[6].

Why It Matters

Heart-Shaped Box ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,152 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

In Utero Kurt Cobain Steve Albini United States

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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