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One Step Closer

1980 album by The Doobie Brothers
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One Step Closer

Summary

One Step Closer is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • One Step Closer's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • One Step Closer's genre is rock music[4].
  • One Step Closer was produced by Ted Templeman[5].
  • Among the performers on One Step Closer was The Doobie Brothers[6].
  • One Step Closer's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[7].
  • One Step Closer is part of The Doobie Brothers' albums in chronological order[8].
  • One Step Closer was distributed by music streaming[9].
  • One Step Closer was released on 1980[10].

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[11]

  • First release date: 1980-09-22[12]

  • Genre(s): classic rock, pop rock, rock[13]

  • Community tags: classic rock, pop rock, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 46a30189-f006-3c6e-b3e7-3bfff13aa7cb[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on One Step Closer was The Doobie Brothers[6]. It was produced by Ted Templeman[5].

Publication

One Step Closer was published on 1980[10]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of The Doobie Brothers' albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by music streaming[9].

Why It Matters

One Step Closer ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (497 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_one-step-closer-q7093243_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{One Step Closer}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/one-step-closer-q7093243}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Duffseb · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1980-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Record label → —
    Record label → Warner Bros. Records
    Distribution format → music streaming
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1476]]: One Step Closer"
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