I Wanna Dance with Somebody

song written and composed by George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, originally recorded by Whitney Houston in 1986 and released in 1987
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1458883
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I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Summary

I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,831 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's composer is recorded as George Merrill[4].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's composer is recorded as Shannon Rubicam[5].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's genre is dance-pop[6].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody was produced by Narada Michael Walden[7].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody was performed by Whitney Houston[8].
  • Among the performers on I Wanna Dance with Somebody was Smith & Thell[9].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's record label is recorded as Arista Records[10].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody is part of Whitney[11].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody was distributed by CD single[13].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody was distributed by vinyl record[14].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody was distributed by compact disc[15].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody was released on February 3, 1987[17].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Wanna Dance with Somebody'}[18].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody's different from is recorded as Dance with Somebody[19].
  • I Wanna Dance with Somebody'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: e2de82c7-6fa9-3c3b-989b-844e8c9be126[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Whitney Houston[8] and Smith & Thell[9]. I Wanna Dance with Somebody was produced by Narada Michael Walden[7].

Publication

I Wanna Dance with Somebody was released on February 3, 1987[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is dance-pop[6]. It is part of Whitney[11]. Recorded distribution format include CD single[13], vinyl record[14], and compact disc[15].

Why It Matters

I Wanna Dance with Somebody ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,831 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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.
  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.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . 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.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Language of work or name English
    Performer Whitney Houston, Smith & Thell
    Form of creative work song
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