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I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

1987 song by The Smiths
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I Started Something I Couldn't Finish

Summary

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish was performed by The Smiths[5].
  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish is part of Strangeways, Here We Come[6].
  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish was released on November 2, 1987[7].
  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"}[8].
  • I Started Something I Couldn't Finish's form of creative work is recorded as song[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: 692efceb-adb9-4846-80e7-4728b4e96710[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on I Started Something I Couldn't Finish was The Smiths[5].

Publication

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish was published on November 2, 1987[7]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It is part of Strangeways, Here We Come[6].

Why It Matters

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (133 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

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Johnny Marr Morrissey

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.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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MLA “I Started Something I Couldn't Finish.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-started-something-i-couldn-t-finish.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-started-something-i-couldn-t-finish_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I Started Something I Couldn't Finish}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-started-something-i-couldn-t-finish}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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