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Johnny B. Goode

1958 song by Chuck Berry
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Johnny B. Goode
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Summary

Johnny B. Goode is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,278 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Chuck Berry[3]
  • Genre: rock and roll[4]
  • Performer: Chuck Berry[5], Grateful Dead[6]
  • Part of: Berry Is on Top[7]
  • Commons category: Chuck Berry[8]
  • Language of work or name: American English[9]
  • Publication date: 1958[10]
  • Lyricist: Chuck Berry[11]
  • Title: Johnny B. Goode[12]
  • Form of creative work: song[13]
  • Recording date: January 6, 1958[14], 1955[15]

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[16]

  • Genre(s): blues, blues rock, rock[17]

  • Community tags: blues, blues rock, rock, rock & roll[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6671bffb-f9cc-3ea9-96e4-91cdc8d746a6[19]

Why It Matters

Johnny B. Goode has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Chuck Berry Grateful Dead

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . theguardian.com. Provenance: 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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · ערן · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Performer → Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead
    Secondhandsongs work id → 580
    Recording or performance of → Q139916760
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Performer: Chuck Berry, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/61e80b4c7e59|details]])"
  2. 20w ago · TangoAF · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → Chuck Berry
    Iswc → T-070.939.624-6
    Lyricist → Chuck Berry
    Performer → Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Performer: Chuck Berry, Moving to Q139916760"
  3. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → American English
    Performer → Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Iswc: T0709396246, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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