Money (That’s What I Want)

original song written and composed by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q1804373
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Money (That’s What I Want)

Summary

Money (That’s What I Want) is a musical work/composition[1]. Money (That’s What I Want) ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,925 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s composer is recorded as Berry Gordy[4].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s composer is recorded as Janie Bradford[5].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s genre is popular music[6].
  • Among the performers on Money (That’s What I Want) was Barrett Strong[7].
  • Among the performers on Money (That’s What I Want) was The Beatles[8].
  • Among the performers on Money (That’s What I Want) was The Flying Lizards[9].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Money (That’s What I Want) was released on 1959[11].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s lyricist is recorded as Berry Gordy[12].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s lyricist is recorded as Janie Bradford[13].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Money'}[14].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': '(That’s What I Want)'}[15].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s different from is recorded as Money[16].
  • Money (That’s What I Want)'s form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

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[18]

  • Genre(s): pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[19]

  • Community tags: beat, pop, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a50f2637-33a5-3e1f-a375-101460bea6a5[21]

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Authorship and Creation

Performers include Barrett Strong[7], The Beatles[8], and The Flying Lizards[9].

Publication

Money (That’s What I Want) was published on 1959[11]. Money (That’s What I Want)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Why It Matters

Money (That’s What I Want) ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,925 views/month).[2] Money (That’s What I Want) has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [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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    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Barrett Strong, The Beatles, The Flying Lizards
    Form of creative work song
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