Purple Toupee

1989 single by They Might Be Giants
VisualArtwork single Q7261466
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Purple Toupee

Summary

Purple Toupee is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Purple Toupee's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Purple Toupee's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Purple Toupee followed Ana Ng[5].
  • Purple Toupee followed They'll Need a Crane[6].
  • Purple Toupee was followed by Birdhouse in Your Soul[7].
  • Purple Toupee was performed by They Might Be Giants[8].
  • Purple Toupee's record label is recorded as Bar/None Records[9].
  • Purple Toupee's record label is recorded as Restless Records[10].
  • Purple Toupee was distributed by music streaming[11].
  • Purple Toupee's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Purple Toupee was published on 1989[13].
  • Purple Toupee's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Lincoln[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: Song[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f7d52240-eb3d-4948-9918-d7f1a421c2b9[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Purple Toupee was They Might Be Giants[8].

Publication

Purple Toupee was published on 1989[13]. Its genre is alternative rock[4]. It was distributed by music streaming[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Ana Ng[5] and They'll Need a Crane[6]. Purple Toupee was followed by Birdhouse in Your Soul[7].

Why It Matters

Purple Toupee ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

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] . 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.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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