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Knockin' on Heaven's Door

original film song song written, composed, and recorded by Bob Dylan; from the 1973 film "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"
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Summary

Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.53% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,222 views/month, #102 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Bob Dylan[3]
  • Genre: rock music[4]
  • Performer: Bob Dylan[5], Eric Clapton[6], Arthur Louis[7], Guns N' Roses[8], Dunblane[9], Warren Zevon[10]
  • Language of work or name: English[11]
  • Publication date: 1973[12]
  • Lyricist: Bob Dylan[13]
  • Title: Knockin' on Heaven's Door[14]
  • Has characteristic: film song[15]
  • Different from: Knockin' on Heaven's Door[16]
  • Form of creative work: song[17]
  • Music created for: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid[18]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock, rock[20]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock, rock[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4195adde-cfcf-3cc5-ab3f-405a9fdca8a9[22]

Why It Matters

Knockin' on Heaven's Door has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Bob Dylan Eric Clapton Guns N' Roses

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Arthur Louis +4
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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