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Mike and the Mechanics

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Mike and the Mechanics

Summary

Mike and the Mechanics is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,342 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A notable work attributed to Mike and the Mechanics is Living Years[3].
  • A notable work attributed to Mike and the Mechanics is Word of Mouth[4].
  • A notable work attributed to Mike and the Mechanics is Nobody's Perfect[5].
  • A notable work attributed to Mike and the Mechanics is Nobody Knows[6].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's instance of is recorded as musical group[7].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is rock music[8].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is soft rock[9].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is pop rock[10].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is pop music[11].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is progressive rock[12].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is adult contemporary music[13].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's genre is new wave[14].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[15].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as WEA[16].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as Rhino[17].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[18].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as Arista Records[19].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as Bertelsmann Music Group[20].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as EMI[21].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.[22].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's record label is recorded as BMG Rights Management[23].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's discography is recorded as Mike and the Mechanics discography[24].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's Commons category is recorded as Mike and the Mechanics[25].
  • Mike and the Mechanics's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[26].
  • Mike and the Mechanics comprises Mike Rutherford[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

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: GB[29]

  • Began / founded: 1985[30]

  • Genre(s): aor, new wave, pop rock, rock, soft rock[31]

  • Community tags: aor, new wave, pop rock, rock, soft rock, synthpop[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a04e09c8-733c-4430-9e22-99ef9dd5e2d7[33]

Body

Founding

1985 marks the founding of Mike and the Mechanics[34]. Its location of formation is recorded as Dover[35].

Why It Matters

Mike and the Mechanics ranks in the top 2% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,342 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Related Entities

Arista Records Atlantic Records Bertelsmann Music Group Mike Rutherford United Kingdom Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [35] ↑ . Q14005. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [4] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [5] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [6] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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