I Should Have Known Better

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q610889
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I Should Have Known Better

Summary

I Should Have Known Better is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Should Have Known Better's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Should Have Known Better's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • I Should Have Known Better's instance of is recorded as 7″ single[5].
  • I Should Have Known Better's composer is recorded as John Lennon[6].
  • I Should Have Known Better's composer is recorded as Paul McCartney[7].
  • I Should Have Known Better's genre is popular music[8].
  • I Should Have Known Better was performed by The Beatles[9].
  • Among the performers on I Should Have Known Better was George Martin and His Orchestra[10].
  • I Should Have Known Better's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[11].
  • I Should Have Known Better is part of A Hard Day's Night[12].
  • I Should Have Known Better's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • I Should Have Known Better was published on 1964[14].
  • I Should Have Known Better's lyricist is recorded as John Lennon[15].
  • I Should Have Known Better's lyricist is recorded as Paul McCartney[16].
  • I Should Have Known Better's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Should Have Known Better'}[17].
  • I Should Have Known Better's different from is recorded as I Should Have Known Better[18].
  • I Should Have Known Better's charted in is recorded as Nederlandse Top 40[19].
  • I Should Have Known Better's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

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[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7258dd9c-d2bb-3d5a-acdd-2b8980b9bbe9[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Beatles[9] and George Martin and His Orchestra[10].

Publication

I Should Have Known Better was published on 1964[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is popular music[8]. It is part of A Hard Day's Night[12].

Why It Matters

I Should Have Known Better ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (348 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . top40.nl. Retrieved . top40.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). I Should Have Known Better. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-should-have-known-better
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Moebeus · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Single taken from the album or ep
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P13602]]: [[Q182518]], Moving to [[Q60560048]]"
  2. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Charted in Nederlandse Top 40
    Performer The Beatles, George Martin and His Orchestra
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0709190544, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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