Primary

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Primary

Summary

Primary is a single[1]. Primary ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Primary's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Primary's composer is recorded as Simon Gallup[4].
  • Primary's genre is post-punk[5].
  • Primary was produced by Robert Smith[6].
  • Primary was produced by Mike Hedges[7].
  • Primary was performed by The Cure[8].
  • Primary's record label is recorded as Fiction Records[9].
  • Primary is part of The Cure singles discography[10].
  • Primary was released on March 20, 1981[11].
  • Primary's tracklist is recorded as Primary[12].
  • Primary's lyricist is recorded as Robert Smith[13].
  • Primary's official website is recorded as https://www.thecure.com/release/primary/[14].

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: Single[15]

  • First release date: 1981-03[16]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, new wave, post-punk, rock[17]

  • Community tags: alternative, alternative rock, new wave, post-punk, rock[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 29229710-40ba-355f-abde-a4007a917b4e[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Primary was The Cure[8]. Producers include Robert Smith[6] and Mike Hedges[7].

Publication

Primary was published on March 20, 1981[11]. Primary's genre is post-punk[5]. Primary is part of The Cure singles discography[10].

Why It Matters

Primary ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (199 views/month).[2] Primary has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

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] . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . thecure.com. Retrieved . thecure.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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