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Keep the Car Running

original song written, composed, and performed by Arcade Fire
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Keep the Car Running

Summary

Keep the Car Running is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Keep the Car Running's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Keep the Car Running's composer is recorded as William Butler[4].
  • Keep the Car Running's composer is recorded as Win Butler[5].
  • Keep the Car Running's composer is recorded as Régine Chassagne[6].
  • Keep the Car Running's composer is recorded as Jeremy Gara[7].
  • Keep the Car Running's composer is recorded as Tim Kingsbury[8].
  • Keep the Car Running's composer is recorded as Richard Parry[9].
  • Keep the Car Running was performed by Arcade Fire[10].
  • Keep the Car Running was performed by Foo Fighters[11].
  • Keep the Car Running's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Keep the Car Running was published on 2007[13].
  • Keep the Car Running's lyricist is recorded as William Butler[14].
  • Keep the Car Running's lyricist is recorded as Win Butler[15].
  • Keep the Car Running's lyricist is recorded as Régine Chassagne[16].
  • Keep the Car Running's lyricist is recorded as Jeremy Gara[17].
  • Keep the Car Running's lyricist is recorded as Tim Kingsbury[18].
  • Keep the Car Running's lyricist is recorded as Richard Parry[19].
  • Keep the Car Running's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Keep the Car Running'}[20].
  • Keep the Car Running's form of creative work is recorded as song[21].

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[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 165f5a46-0e5d-3525-9fd7-b7935e172b23[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Arcade Fire[10] and Foo Fighters[11].

Publication

Keep the Car Running was published on 2007[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12].

Why It Matters

Keep the Car Running ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

Arcade Fire

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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Keep the Car Running. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/keep-the-car-running
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_keep-the-car-running_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Keep the Car Running}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/keep-the-car-running}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 29d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Publication date → +2007-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Language of work or name → English
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