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I've Got the World on a String

original song composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler
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I've Got the World on a String

Summary

I've Got the World on a String is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I've Got the World on a String's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I've Got the World on a String's composer is recorded as Harold Arlen[4].
  • I've Got the World on a String was performed by Aida Ward[5].
  • I've Got the World on a String was performed by Cab Calloway[6].
  • I've Got the World on a String was performed by Frank Sinatra[7].
  • I've Got the World on a String's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • I've Got the World on a String was published on 1932[9].
  • I've Got the World on a String's lyricist is recorded as Ted Koehler[10].
  • I've Got the World on a String's title is recorded as I've Got the World on a String[11].
  • I've Got the World on a String's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • Genre(s): jazz, swing[14]

  • Community tags: jazz, swing[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a08efffd-410f-3979-89c6-86222d53884f[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Aida Ward[5], Cab Calloway[6], and Frank Sinatra[7].

Publication

I've Got the World on a String was released on 1932[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8].

Why It Matters

I've Got the World on a String ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Harold Arlen

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Retrieved . memory-alpha.fandom.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . 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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