Once Upon a Time

1985 studio album by Simple Minds
MusicAlbum album Q2294937
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Once Upon a Time

Summary

Once Upon a Time is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (804 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Once Upon a Time's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Once Upon a Time's genre is pop rock[4].
  • Once Upon a Time was produced by Jimmy Iovine[5].
  • Among the performers on Once Upon a Time was Simple Minds[6].
  • Once Upon a Time's record label is recorded as Virgin[7].
  • Once Upon a Time's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Once Upon a Time is part of Simple Minds' albums in chronological order[9].
  • Once Upon a Time's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Once Upon a Time was distributed by LP record[11].
  • Once Upon a Time was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Once Upon a Time was released on October 21, 1985[13].
  • Once Upon a Time's tracklist is recorded as All the Things She Said[14].
  • Once Upon a Time's tracklist is recorded as Alive and Kicking[15].
  • Once Upon a Time's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Once Upon a Time'}[16].
  • Once Upon a Time's different from is recorded as Once Upon a Time[17].
  • Once Upon a Time's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+8'}[18].
  • Once Upon a Time's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[19].

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: Album[20]

  • First release date: 1985-10-21[21]

  • Genre(s): electronic, new wave, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[22]

  • Community tags: 5+ wochen, electronic, english, new wave, offizielle charts, pop, pop rock, rock, synth-pop[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8b184afd-58a6-3626-a4c6-67089ab88734[24]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Once Upon a Time was Simple Minds[6]. It was produced by Jimmy Iovine[5].

Publication

Once Upon a Time was published on October 21, 1985[13]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is pop rock[4]. It is part of Simple Minds' albums in chronological order[9]. Recorded distribution format include LP record[11] and music streaming[12].

Why It Matters

Once Upon a Time ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (804 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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