Indiana

song composed by James F. Hanley, lyrics by Ballard MacDonald
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q798311
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Indiana

Summary

Indiana is a musical work/composition[1]. Indiana ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Indiana's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Indiana's composer is recorded as James F. Hanley[4].
  • Indiana's genre is jazz[5].
  • Indiana was performed by Louis Armstrong[6].
  • Indiana's Commons category is recorded as Back Home Again in Indiana[7].
  • Indiana's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Indiana was released on 1917[9].
  • Indiana's lyricist is recorded as Ballard MacDonald[10].
  • Indiana's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Indiana'}[11].
  • Indiana's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '(Back Home Again in) Indiana'}[12].
  • Indiana's has characteristic is recorded as jazz standard[13].
  • Indiana's different from is recorded as Indiana[14].
  • Indiana's copyright status is recorded as public domain[15].
  • Indiana's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 291f1eeb-030e-35f4-bd70-9206eb9dc752[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Indiana was Louis Armstrong[6].

Publication

Indiana was published on 1917[9]. Indiana's language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Indiana's genre is jazz[5].

Why It Matters

Indiana ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[2] Indiana has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Indiana is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Indiana. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/indiana-q798311
MLA “Indiana.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/indiana-q798311.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_indiana-q798311_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Indiana}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/indiana-q798311}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Louis Armstrong
    Form of creative work song
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