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I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

1981 single by Barbara Mandrell
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I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool

Summary

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool's genre is country pop[4].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool followed Love Is Fair[5].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool was followed by Wish You Were Here[6].
  • Among the performers on I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool was Barbara Mandrell[7].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool's record label is recorded as MCA Records[8].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool was published on April 16, 1981[10].
  • I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Barbara Mandrell Live[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 57f250fe-f92f-45bc-a1a3-ad130670c6e9[13]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool was Barbara Mandrell[7].

Publication

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool was released on April 16, 1981[10]. Its genre is country pop[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool followed Love Is Fair[5]. It was followed by Wish You Were Here[6].

Why It Matters

I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . 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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