People Have the Power

1988 single by Patti Smith
VisualArtwork single Q7165881
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People Have the Power

Summary

People Have the Power is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • People Have the Power's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • People Have the Power's instance of is recorded as music track with vocals[4].
  • People Have the Power's genre is rock music[5].
  • People Have the Power followed So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star[6].
  • People Have the Power was followed by Dream of Life[7].
  • People Have the Power was produced by Fred Smith[8].
  • Among the performers on People Have the Power was Patti Smith[9].
  • People Have the Power's record label is recorded as Arista Records[10].
  • People Have the Power is part of Dream of Life[11].
  • People Have the Power's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • People Have the Power was published on June 1988[13].
  • People Have the Power's lyricist is recorded as Patti Smith[14].
  • People Have the Power's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'People Have the Power'}[15].
  • People Have the Power's music mood is recorded as passionate[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d4953b00-6246-4f50-a914-c4a257df16eb[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

People Have the Power was performed by Patti Smith[9]. It was produced by Fred Smith[8].

Publication

People Have the Power was released on June 1988[13]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of Dream of Life[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

People Have the Power followed So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star[6]. It was followed by Dream of Life[7].

Why It Matters

People Have the Power ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

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.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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