Now Be Thankful

original song written and composed by Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q17040263
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Now Be Thankful

Summary

Now Be Thankful is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Now Be Thankful's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Now Be Thankful's composer is recorded as Dave Swarbrick[4].
  • Now Be Thankful's composer is recorded as Richard Thompson[5].
  • Among the performers on Now Be Thankful was Fairport Convention[6].
  • Now Be Thankful's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Now Be Thankful was released on October 1970[8].
  • Now Be Thankful's lyricist is recorded as Dave Swarbrick[9].
  • Now Be Thankful's lyricist is recorded as Richard Thompson[10].
  • Now Be Thankful's title is recorded as Now Be Thankful[11].
  • Now Be Thankful's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 49359f9b-9f17-4b2e-b28a-224626ce82ed[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Now Be Thankful was performed by Fairport Convention[6].

Publication

Now Be Thankful was released on October 1970[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7].

Why It Matters

Now Be Thankful ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 29d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from
    Title Now Be Thankful
    Musicbrainz work id 49359f9b-9f17-4b2e-b28a-224626ce82ed
    Discogs master id 515262
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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