Love Is Like a Heat Wave

1963 single by Martha and the Vandellas
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2806356
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Love Is Like a Heat Wave

Summary

Love Is Like a Heat Wave is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's composer is recorded as Eddie Holland[4].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's composer is recorded as Lamont Dozier[5].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's composer is recorded as Brian Holland[6].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's genre is soul[7].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave was performed by Martha and the Vandellas[8].
  • Among the performers on Love Is Like a Heat Wave was The Supremes[9].
  • Among the performers on Love Is Like a Heat Wave was Linda Ronstadt[10].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave was published on 1963[12].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's lyricist is recorded as Eddie Holland[13].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's lyricist is recorded as Lamont Dozier[14].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's lyricist is recorded as Brian Holland[15].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Love Is Like a Heat Wave'}[16].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's different from is recorded as Heat wave[17].
  • Love Is Like a Heat Wave's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

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[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f5838306-a92b-33b7-9b87-b30228265c79[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Martha and the Vandellas[8], The Supremes[9], and Linda Ronstadt[10].

Publication

Love Is Like a Heat Wave was published on 1963[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is soul[7].

Why It Matters

Love Is Like a Heat Wave ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (396 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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] . 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] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Love Is Like a Heat Wave. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/love-is-like-a-heat-wave
MLA “Love Is Like a Heat Wave.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/love-is-like-a-heat-wave.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_love-is-like-a-heat-wave_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Love Is Like a Heat Wave}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/love-is-like-a-heat-wave}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, Linda Ronstadt
    Form of creative work song
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