Message in a Bottle

1979 single by The Police
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Message in a Bottle

Summary

Message in a Bottle is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,093 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Message in a Bottle received the SNEP gold single[3].
  • Message in a Bottle's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • Message in a Bottle's genre is new wave[5].
  • Message in a Bottle was followed by Walking on the Moon[6].
  • Message in a Bottle was followed by Blaze Some Hate[7].
  • Message in a Bottle was produced by Stewart Copeland[8].
  • Among the performers on Message in a Bottle was The Police[9].
  • Message in a Bottle's record label is recorded as A&M Records[10].
  • Message in a Bottle is part of Reggatta de Blanc[11].
  • Message in a Bottle's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Message in a Bottle was distributed by vinyl record[13].
  • Message in a Bottle was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • Message in a Bottle was published on January 1, 1979[15].
  • Message in a Bottle's lyricist is recorded as Sting[16].
  • Message in a Bottle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Message in a Bottle'}[17].
  • Message in a Bottle's different from is recorded as Message in a bottle[18].
  • Message in a Bottle's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Reggatta de Blanc[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: d4bbeea9-98ed-376d-9d4e-0a33e179a5f2[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Message in a Bottle was The Police[9]. It was produced by Stewart Copeland[8].

Publication

Message in a Bottle was published on January 1, 1979[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is new wave[5]. It is part of Reggatta de Blanc[11]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[13] and music streaming[14].

Reception

Message in a Bottle received the SNEP gold single[3].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Successors include Walking on the Moon[6] and Blaze Some Hate[7].

Why It Matters

Message in a Bottle ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,093 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

FAQs

What awards did Message in a Bottle receive?

Honors received include SNEP gold single[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . 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.

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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