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Radio Free Europe

1981 single by R.E.M.
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Radio Free Europe

Summary

Radio Free Europe is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (487 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Radio Free Europe's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Radio Free Europe's composer is recorded as Bill Berry[4].
  • Radio Free Europe's composer is recorded as Peter Buck[5].
  • Radio Free Europe's composer is recorded as Mike Mills[6].
  • Radio Free Europe's composer is recorded as Michael Stipe[7].
  • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is named after Radio Free Europe[8].
  • Among the performers on Radio Free Europe was R.E.M.[9].
  • Radio Free Europe was performed by R.E.M.[10].
  • Radio Free Europe's language of work or name is recorded as American English[11].
  • Radio Free Europe was released on July 1981[12].
  • Radio Free Europe's lyricist is recorded as Michael Stipe[13].
  • Radio Free Europe's lyricist is recorded as Bill Berry[14].
  • Radio Free Europe's lyricist is recorded as Mike Mills[15].
  • Radio Free Europe's lyricist is recorded as Peter Buck[16].
  • Radio Free Europe's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Radio Free Europe'}[17].
  • Radio Free Europe's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

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[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2032057b-8653-3df7-9649-3d35aa2e93d4[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include R.E.M.[9].

Publication

Radio Free Europe was released on July 1981[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as American English[11].

Why It Matters

Radio Free Europe ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (487 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Michael Stipe Mike Mills Peter Buck

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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → American English
    Performer → R.E.M., R.E.M.
    Form of creative work → song
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