Mercy Street

song by English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1986)
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q6818803
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Mercy Street

Summary

Mercy Street is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mercy Street's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Mercy Street's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • Mercy Street's genre is worldbeat[5].
  • Mercy Street's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Mercy Street's genre is art rock[7].
  • Mercy Street's genre is pop music[8].
  • Mercy Street was produced by Daniel Lanois[9].
  • Mercy Street was produced by Peter Gabriel[10].
  • Among the performers on Mercy Street was Peter Gabriel[11].
  • Mercy Street's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[12].
  • Mercy Street's record label is recorded as Virgin Records Limited[13].
  • Mercy Street is part of So[14].
  • Mercy Street is part of Growing Up Live[15].
  • Mercy Street is part of Growing Up Live[16].
  • Mercy Street is part of Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats[17].
  • Mercy Street is part of New Blood[18].
  • Mercy Street is part of New Blood: Live In London[19].
  • Mercy Street is part of Live Blood[20].
  • Mercy Street is part of Back to Front: Live in London[21].
  • Mercy Street is part of Back to Front: Live in London[22].
  • Mercy Street is part of PoV[23].
  • Mercy Street is part of Flotsam and Jetsam[24].
  • Mercy Street is part of Live in Athens 1987[25].
  • Mercy Street is part of Live in Athens 1987[26].
  • Mercy Street is part of Live in Verona – Scratch My Back and Taking The Pulse[27].

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[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8dad048f-e2f0-3d83-89e0-5348141a8ee3[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Mercy Street was performed by Peter Gabriel[11]. Producers include Daniel Lanois[9] and Peter Gabriel[10].

Publication

Mercy Street was released on May 19, 1986[30]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[31]. Genres include worldbeat[5], progressive rock[6], art rock[7], and pop music[8]. Part of include So[14], an album[32]; Growing Up Live[15], an album[33]; Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats[17], an album[34]; New Blood[18], an album[35]; New Blood: Live In London[19], a video album[36]; and Live Blood[20], an album[37].

Subject and Themes

Mercy Street's main subject is Anne Sexton[38].

Why It Matters

Mercy Street ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (242 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  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.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [38] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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