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I Don't Want to Be a Hero

1987 single by Johnny Hates Jazz
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I Don't Want to Be a Hero

Summary

I Don't Want to Be a Hero is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero's genre is sophisti-pop[4].
  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero was followed by Turn Back the Clock[5].
  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero was performed by Johnny Hates Jazz[6].
  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[7].
  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero was released on October 1987[8].
  • I Don't Want to Be a Hero's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Turn Back the Clock[9].

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[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: daf89a0e-952b-4ca5-832f-87bb3e2980fa[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

I Don't Want to Be a Hero was performed by Johnny Hates Jazz[6].

Publication

I Don't Want to Be a Hero was published on October 1987[8]. Its genre is sophisti-pop[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

I Don't Want to Be a Hero was followed by Turn Back the Clock[5].

Why It Matters

I Don't Want to Be a Hero ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (92 views/month).[2]

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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