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Piece of My Heart

original song written and composed by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns; first recorded by Erma Franklin
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Piece of My Heart

Summary

Piece of My Heart is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,134 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Piece of My Heart's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Piece of My Heart's composer is recorded as Bert Berns[4].
  • Piece of My Heart's composer is recorded as Jerry Ragovoy[5].
  • Piece of My Heart's genre is soul[6].
  • Among the performers on Piece of My Heart was Erma Franklin[7].
  • Piece of My Heart was performed by Big Brother and the Holding Company[8].
  • Among the performers on Piece of My Heart was Bryan Ferry[9].
  • Piece of My Heart was performed by Faith Hill[10].
  • Piece of My Heart was performed by Shaggy[11].
  • Among the performers on Piece of My Heart was Beverley Knight[12].
  • Among the performers on Piece of My Heart was Bonnie Tyler[13].
  • Piece of My Heart's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • Piece of My Heart was released on 1967[15].
  • Piece of My Heart's lyricist is recorded as Bert Berns[16].
  • Piece of My Heart's lyricist is recorded as Jerry Ragovoy[17].
  • Piece of My Heart's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Piece of My Heart'}[18].
  • Piece of My Heart's different from is recorded as Piece of My Heart[19].
  • Piece of My Heart's form of creative work is recorded as song[20].

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[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 79084648-8bca-3e29-858c-a207c421f327[22]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Erma Franklin[7], Big Brother and the Holding Company[8], Bryan Ferry[9], Faith Hill[10], Shaggy[11], and Beverley Knight[12].

Publication

Piece of My Heart was released on 1967[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is soul[6].

Why It Matters

Piece of My Heart ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,134 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

Bonnie Tyler Bryan Ferry Faith Hill Shaggy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Erma Franklin, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Bryan Ferry +4
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701675753, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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