It's About Time

1970 song written by Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, and Bob Burchman; performed by The Beach Boys
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q16848978
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It's About Time

Summary

It's About Time is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It's About Time's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • It's About Time's composer is recorded as Dennis Wilson[4].
  • It's About Time's composer is recorded as Al Jardine[5].
  • It's About Time's genre is rock music[6].
  • It's About Time followed Slip on Through[7].
  • It's About Time was followed by Cool, Cool Water[8].
  • It's About Time was performed by The Beach Boys[9].
  • It's About Time's record label is recorded as Brother Records[10].
  • It's About Time is part of Sunflower[11].
  • It's About Time's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • It's About Time's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • It's About Time was published on October 12, 1970[14].
  • It's About Time's title is recorded as It's About Time[15].
  • It's About Time'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

  • MusicBrainz ID: d30bea28-18e9-3061-b79b-5f93f4ee20e9[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

It's About Time was performed by The Beach Boys[9].

Publication

It's About Time was released on October 12, 1970[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is rock music[6]. It is part of Sunflower[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

It's About Time followed Slip on Through[7]. It was followed by Cool, Cool Water[8].

Why It Matters

It's About Time ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (46 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Q14005. Retrieved . 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.

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

  1. [17] . 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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