I Shot the Sheriff

Bob Marley & The Wailers song
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I Shot the Sheriff

Summary

I Shot the Sheriff is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Shot the Sheriff's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's genre is protest song[5].
  • I Shot the Sheriff followed Get Up, Stand Up[6].
  • I Shot the Sheriff followed One Love[7].
  • I Shot the Sheriff was produced by Tom Dowd[8].
  • I Shot the Sheriff was performed by Bob Marley & The Wailers[9].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's record label is recorded as Tuff Gong[10].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's record label is recorded as Island Records[11].
  • I Shot the Sheriff is part of Burnin'[12].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • I Shot the Sheriff was published on 1973[14].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's lyricist is recorded as Bob Marley[15].
  • I Shot the Sheriff's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Shot the Sheriff'}[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 68746fde-1ee4-3a8a-a44e-1955ce50b8e0[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on I Shot the Sheriff was Bob Marley & The Wailers[9]. It was produced by Tom Dowd[8].

Publication

I Shot the Sheriff was published on 1973[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is protest song[5]. It is part of Burnin'[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Get Up, Stand Up[6] and One Love[7].

Why It Matters

I Shot the Sheriff ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,650 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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

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.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). I Shot the Sheriff. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-shot-the-sheriff
MLA “I Shot the Sheriff.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-shot-the-sheriff.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-shot-the-sheriff_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I Shot the Sheriff}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-shot-the-sheriff}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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