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It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)

song written and composed by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; originally recorded by The Rolling Stones and released in 1974
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It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)

Summary

It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) is a musical work/composition[1]. It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'s genre is glam rock[4].
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) was performed by The Rolling Stones[5].
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) was performed by Larz-Kristerz[6].
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'s lyricist is recorded as Mick Jagger[8].
  • It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'s form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

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[10]

  • Genre(s): bossa nova, latin, mpb, pop rock, rock[11]

  • Community tags: acoustic, bossa nova, latin, mpb, pop rock, rock[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 052b2cfb-d173-381d-81a7-4dc31efde5e6[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Rolling Stones[5] and Larz-Kristerz[6].

Publication

It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is glam rock[4].

Why It Matters

It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month).[2] It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Keith Richards Mick Jagger

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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