I Am the Walrus

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, first recorded by The Beatles
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1138639
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I Am the Walrus

Summary

I Am the Walrus is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,068 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Am the Walrus's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Am the Walrus's composer is recorded as John Lennon[4].
  • I Am the Walrus's composer is recorded as Paul McCartney[5].
  • Among the performers on I Am the Walrus was The Beatles[6].
  • Among the performers on I Am the Walrus was Spooky Tooth[7].
  • Among the performers on I Am the Walrus was Die Toten Hosen[8].
  • Among the performers on I Am the Walrus was Oasis[9].
  • Among the performers on I Am the Walrus was Frank Zappa[10].
  • I Am the Walrus was performed by L.A. Guns[11].
  • I Am the Walrus was performed by Styx[12].
  • I Am the Walrus is part of Magical Mystery Tour[13].
  • I Am the Walrus's Commons category is recorded as I Am The Walrus (song)[14].
  • I Am the Walrus's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • I Am the Walrus was released on 1967[16].
  • I Am the Walrus's lyricist is recorded as John Lennon[17].
  • I Am the Walrus's lyricist is recorded as Paul McCartney[18].
  • I Am the Walrus's tonality is recorded as A major[19].
  • I Am the Walrus's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Am the Walrus'}[20].
  • I Am the Walrus's different from is recorded as The Walrus[21].
  • I Am the Walrus's form of creative work is recorded as song[22].
  • I Am the Walrus's set in environment is recorded as fictional country[23].

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[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ef40e997-8a14-3c84-b371-5afc76e0626b[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Beatles[6], Spooky Tooth[7], Die Toten Hosen[8], Oasis[9], Frank Zappa[10], and L.A. Guns[11].

Publication

I Am the Walrus was published on 1967[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. It is part of Magical Mystery Tour[13].

Why It Matters

I Am the Walrus ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,068 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . 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 Beatles, Spooky Tooth, Die Toten Hosen +4
    Form of creative work song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0104338648, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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