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I Talk to the Wind

original song composed by Ian McDonald, lyrics by Peter Sinfield; first recorded by King Crimson
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I Talk to the Wind

Summary

I Talk to the Wind is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Talk to the Wind's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Talk to the Wind's composer is recorded as Ian McDonald[4].
  • I Talk to the Wind's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • Among the performers on I Talk to the Wind was King Crimson[6].
  • I Talk to the Wind was performed by Opus III[7].
  • I Talk to the Wind is part of In the Court of the Crimson King[8].
  • I Talk to the Wind's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • I Talk to the Wind was published on 1969[10].
  • I Talk to the Wind's lyricist is recorded as Q471967[11].
  • I Talk to the Wind's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Talk to the Wind'}[12].
  • I Talk to the Wind's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • Genre(s): progressive rock, rock, symphonic rock[15]

  • Community tags: progressive rock, rock, symphonic rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cb3da85e-b167-4cd7-ac8b-2d3e8d2435ba[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include King Crimson[6] and Opus III[7].

Publication

I Talk to the Wind was released on 1969[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is progressive rock[5]. It is part of In the Court of the Crimson King[8].

Why It Matters

I Talk to the Wind ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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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. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → King Crimson, Opus III
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9148221787, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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