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How Soon Is Now?

original song written and composed by Johnny Marr and Morrissey; first recorded by The Smiths
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How Soon Is Now?

Summary

How Soon Is Now? is a musical work/composition[1]. How Soon Is Now? ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How Soon Is Now?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s composer is recorded as Johnny Marr[4].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s composer is recorded as Morrissey[5].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s genre is popular music[6].
  • Among the performers on How Soon Is Now? was The Smiths[7].
  • How Soon Is Now? is part of Hatful of Hollow[8].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • How Soon Is Now? was released on 1984[10].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s lyricist is recorded as Morrissey[11].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s lyricist is recorded as Johnny Marr[12].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s catalog is recorded as GEMA Repertoire[13].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'How Soon Is Now?'}[14].
  • How Soon Is Now?'s form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b2f4f3fa-e17e-322d-8392-f7d50fa662a1[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on How Soon Is Now? was The Smiths[7].

Publication

How Soon Is Now? was published on 1984[10]. How Soon Is Now?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is popular music[6]. How Soon Is Now? is part of Hatful of Hollow[8].

Why It Matters

How Soon Is Now? ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month).[2] How Soon Is Now? has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Johnny Marr Morrissey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . GEMA Repertoire. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. 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 → The Smiths
    Form of creative work → song
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