Puppet on a String

song written and composed by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, originally performed by Sandie Shaw at the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q924657
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Puppet on a String

Summary

Puppet on a String is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,745 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Puppet on a String's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Puppet on a String's composer is recorded as Bill Martin[4].
  • Puppet on a String's composer is recorded as Phil Coulter[5].
  • Puppet on a String's genre is pop music[6].
  • Puppet on a String was performed by Sandie Shaw[7].
  • Among the performers on Puppet on a String was Sandie Shaw[8].
  • Puppet on a String's Commons category is recorded as Puppet on a string[9].
  • Puppet on a String's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Puppet on a String was released on 1967[11].
  • Puppet on a String's lyricist is recorded as Bill Martin[12].
  • Puppet on a String's lyricist is recorded as Phil Coulter[13].
  • Puppet on a String's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Puppet on a String'}[14].
  • Puppet on a String's derivative work is recorded as Sprattelgumma[15].
  • Puppet on a String's form of creative work is recorded as song[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: e3288da5-75a7-34bf-bf22-e05d261d9f6d[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Sandie Shaw[7].

Publication

Puppet on a String was published on 1967[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is pop music[6].

Why It Matters

Puppet on a String ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,745 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 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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  1. 25d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Sandie Shaw, Sandie Shaw
    Form of creative work song
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