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"Heroes"

original song co-written and performed by David Bowie
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"Heroes"

Summary

"Heroes" is a musical work/composition[1]. "Heroes" ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • "Heroes" is the creator of David Bowie[3].
  • "Heroes"'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • "Heroes"'s composer is recorded as Brian Eno[5].
  • "Heroes"'s composer is recorded as David Bowie[6].
  • "Heroes"'s genre is rock music[7].
  • Among the performers on "Heroes" was David Bowie[8].
  • "Heroes" was performed by The Wallflowers[9].
  • "Heroes"'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • "Heroes" was published on 1977[11].
  • "Heroes"'s lyricist is recorded as David Bowie[12].
  • "Heroes"'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '"Heroes"'}[13].
  • "Heroes"'s form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e2b01286-a914-3eb9-a0ab-89e0659b878c[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include David Bowie[8] and The Wallflowers[9]. "Heroes" is the creator of David Bowie[3].

Publication

"Heroes" was published on 1977[11]. "Heroes"'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. "Heroes"'s genre is rock music[7].

Why It Matters

"Heroes" ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2] "Heroes" has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] "Heroes" is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Brian Eno David Bowie

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → David Bowie, The Wallflowers
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0104673735, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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