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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

1967 song performed by Nina Simone
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I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free

Summary

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's instance of is recorded as audio track[4].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's instance of is recorded as musical work[5].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's genre is gospel music[6].
  • Among the performers on I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free was Nina Simone[7].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's record label is recorded as RCA Records[8].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free is part of Silk & Soul[9].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free was published on 1967[11].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's described at URL is recorded as https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/nina-simone/i-wish-i-knew-how-it-would-feel-to-be-free-chords-1806904[12].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's described at URL is recorded as https://www.musicto.com/playlist/fight-evil/i-wish-i-knew-how-it-would-feel-to-be-free-nina-simone/[13].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's described at URL is recorded as https://commongood.cc/reader/i-wish-i-knew-how-it-feels-to-be-free/[14].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+293'}[15].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+189'}[16].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+338'}[17].
  • I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

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[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 089ba8cc-316d-480c-8883-c1b4b0512ab4[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free was performed by Nina Simone[7].

Publication

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free was released on 1967[11]. Its genre is gospel music[6]. It is part of Silk & Soul[9]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (333 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . deezer.com. Retrieved . deezer.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . deezer.com. Retrieved . deezer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . open.spotify.com. Retrieved . open.spotify.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . deezer.com. Retrieved . deezer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . 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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