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How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us

1997 single by R.E.M.
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How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us

Summary

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us followed Electrolite[5].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was followed by Daysleeper[6].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was produced by Scott Litt[7].
  • Among the performers on How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was R.E.M.[8].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[9].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us is part of New Adventures in Hi-Fi[10].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was published on April 1997[13].
  • How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us's lyricist is recorded as Peter Buck[14].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Single[15]

  • First release date: 1997[16]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, rock[17]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4fed51e5-f303-3d66-a47f-30d24bc63432[19]

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Authorship and Creation

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was performed by R.E.M.[8]. It was produced by Scott Litt[7].

Publication

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was released on April 1997[13]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It is part of New Adventures in Hi-Fi[10]. It was distributed by compact disc[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us followed Electrolite[5]. It was followed by Daysleeper[6].

Why It Matters

How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

compact disc Peter Buck United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  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.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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