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I'll Be You

1989 song performed by The Replacements
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I'll Be You

Summary

I'll Be You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I'll Be You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I'll Be You's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • I'll Be You followed One Hundred and One Dalmatians[5].
  • I'll Be You was performed by The Replacements[6].
  • I'll Be You's record label is recorded as Sire[7].
  • I'll Be You is part of Don't Tell a Soul[8].
  • I'll Be You was released on April 1989[9].
  • I'll Be You's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[11]

  • First release date: 1989-04[12]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, indie rock, rock, rock and roll[13]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, indie rock, rock, rock and roll[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1392e2e8-575f-42ab-8ece-04e237523ea5[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

I'll Be You was performed by The Replacements[6].

Publication

I'll Be You was published on April 1989[9]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It is part of Don't Tell a Soul[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

I'll Be You followed One Hundred and One Dalmatians[5].

Why It Matters

I'll Be You ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 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.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . 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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