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Life Is a Highway

original song written, composed, and recorded by Tom Cochrane
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Life Is a Highway

Summary

Life Is a Highway is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Life Is a Highway's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Life Is a Highway's composer is recorded as Tom Cochrane[4].
  • Life Is a Highway's genre is country rock[5].
  • Life Is a Highway's genre is country music[6].
  • Life Is a Highway was produced by Dann Huff[7].
  • Life Is a Highway was produced by Rascal Flatts[8].
  • Among the performers on Life Is a Highway was Tom Cochrane[9].
  • Life Is a Highway was performed by Rascal Flatts[10].
  • Among the performers on Life Is a Highway was Chris LeDoux[11].
  • Life Is a Highway's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[12].
  • Life Is a Highway's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Life Is a Highway was released on 1991[14].
  • Life Is a Highway's lyricist is recorded as Tom Cochrane[15].
  • Life Is a Highway's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Life Is a Highway'}[16].
  • Life Is a Highway's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+266'}[17].
  • Life Is a Highway's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].
  • Life Is a Highway's recording date is recorded as 2005[19].

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[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b3e5c907-e45e-35a4-9ebd-1324721807b4[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Tom Cochrane[9], Rascal Flatts[10], and Chris LeDoux[11]. Producers include Dann Huff[7] and Rascal Flatts[8].

Publication

Life Is a Highway was published on 1991[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include country rock[5] and country music[6].

Why It Matters

Life Is a Highway ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,415 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

Capitol Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Tom Cochrane, Rascal Flatts, Chris LeDoux
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0715185297, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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