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King for a Day

song performed by XTC
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King for a Day

Summary

King for a Day is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • King for a Day's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • King for a Day's genre is pop music[4].
  • King for a Day followed The Mayor of Simpleton[5].
  • King for a Day was performed by XTC[6].
  • King for a Day's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[7].
  • King for a Day is part of Oranges & Lemons[8].
  • King for a Day was released on 1989[9].
  • King for a Day's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

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: Single[11]

  • First release date: 1989-06-21[12]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, pop, power pop, rock[13]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, pop, power pop, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 48b9aba0-4060-3598-af17-4af978c0a048[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

King for a Day was performed by XTC[6].

Publication

King for a Day was published on 1989[9]. Its genre is pop music[4]. It is part of Oranges & Lemons[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

King for a Day followed The Mayor of Simpleton[5].

Why It Matters

King for a Day ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 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] ↑ . 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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . 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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