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Personal Jesus

original song written and composed by Martin Gore, recorded in 1989 by Depeche Mode
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Summary

Personal Jesus is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,474 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Martin Gore[3]
  • Performer: Depeche Mode[4]
  • Part of: Violator[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Publication date: 1989[7]
  • Lyricist: Martin Gore[8]
  • Title: Personal Jesus[9]
  • Form of creative work: song[10]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 39197673-056f-3812-bf50-056a99265485[12]

Why It Matters

Personal Jesus has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Depeche Mode Martin Gore

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Personal Jesus. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/personal-jesus
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_personal-jesus_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Personal Jesus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/personal-jesus}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-12}}
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  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Depeche Mode
    Form of creative work → song
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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