Mother of Violence

song by the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1978)
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q120186734
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Mother of Violence

Summary

Mother of Violence is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mother of Violence's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Mother of Violence's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • Mother of Violence's genre is art rock[5].
  • Mother of Violence's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Mother of Violence's genre is pop music[7].
  • Mother of Violence was produced by Robert Fripp[8].
  • Among the performers on Mother of Violence was Peter Gabriel[9].
  • Mother of Violence's record label is recorded as Atco Records[10].
  • Mother of Violence's record label is recorded as Charisma[11].
  • Mother of Violence is part of Peter Gabriel[12].
  • Mother of Violence is part of Peter Gabriel Revisited[13].
  • Mother of Violence is part of And I’ll Scratch Yours[14].
  • Mother of Violence is part of Flotsam and Jetsam[15].
  • Mother of Violence's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • Mother of Violence's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[17].
  • Mother of Violence was published on June 1, 1978[18].
  • Mother of Violence's lyricist is recorded as Peter Gabriel[19].
  • Mother of Violence's main subject is anxiety[20].
  • Mother of Violence's main subject is violence[21].
  • Mother of Violence's title is recorded as Mother of Violence[22].
  • Mother of Violence's first line is recorded as Walking the street with her naked feet / So full of rhythm, but I can′t find the beat[23].
  • Mother of Violence's last line is recorded as Hard to believe in anything at all / But fear[24].
  • Mother of Violence's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[25].
  • Mother of Violence's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

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[27]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, art rock, progressive rock, rock[28]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, art rock, progressive rock, rock[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d6192f57-90ca-461d-85af-a5dbbdce89e7[30]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Mother of Violence was Peter Gabriel[9]. It was produced by Robert Fripp[8].

Publication

Mother of Violence was released on June 1, 1978[18]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Genres include art rock[5], progressive rock[6], and pop music[7]. Part of include Peter Gabriel[12], an album[31]; Peter Gabriel Revisited[13], an album[32]; And I’ll Scratch Yours[14], an album[33]; and Flotsam and Jetsam[15], an album[34].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include anxiety[20] and violence[21].

Why It Matters

Mother of Violence ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (27 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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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . 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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