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Love Shine a Light

song written and composed by Kimberley Rew, originally performed by Katrina and the Waves at the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest
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Love Shine a Light

Summary

Love Shine a Light is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,020 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Love Shine a Light's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Love Shine a Light's composer is recorded as Kimberley Rew[4].
  • Love Shine a Light's genre is pop rock[5].
  • Love Shine a Light was performed by Katrina and the Waves[6].
  • Love Shine a Light was performed by Katrina and the Waves[7].
  • Love Shine a Light's record label is recorded as Warner Music Group[8].
  • Love Shine a Light's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Love Shine a Light was distributed by music streaming[10].
  • Love Shine a Light was published on May 1997[11].
  • Love Shine a Light's lyricist is recorded as Kimberley Rew[12].
  • Love Shine a Light's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Love Shine a Light'}[13].
  • Love Shine a Light's derivative work is recorded as Låt ett ljus få brinna[14].
  • Love Shine a Light's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 96b10521-3df0-4278-8395-80219fe64b53[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Katrina and the Waves[6].

Publication

Love Shine a Light was published on May 1997[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is pop rock[5]. It was distributed by music streaming[10].

Why It Matters

Love Shine a Light ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,020 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Warner Music Group

References

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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.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → —
    Instance of → —
    Composer → Kimberley Rew
    Form of creative work → song
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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