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On the Turning Away

song performed by Pink Floyd
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On the Turning Away

Summary

On the Turning Away is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • On the Turning Away's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • On the Turning Away's composer is recorded as David Gilmour[4].
  • On the Turning Away's genre is popular music[5].
  • On the Turning Away was performed by Pink Floyd[6].
  • On the Turning Away's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • On the Turning Away was released on November 24, 1987[8].
  • On the Turning Away's lyricist is recorded as David Gilmour[9].
  • On the Turning Away's lyricist is recorded as Anthony Moore[10].
  • On the Turning Away's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'On the Turning Away'}[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 61c1cf7a-03ee-3215-97ac-06d2dfcc3d73[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on On the Turning Away was Pink Floyd[6].

Publication

On the Turning Away was released on November 24, 1987[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is popular music[5].

Why It Matters

On the Turning Away ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

David Gilmour

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Pink Floyd
    Publication date → +1987-11-24T00:00:00Z
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0103159143, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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