Relay

original song written and composed by Pete Townshend
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7310890
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Relay

Summary

Relay is a musical work/composition[1]. Relay ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Relay's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Relay's composer is recorded as Pete Townshend[4].
  • Relay's genre is rock music[5].
  • Relay was performed by The Who[6].
  • Relay's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Relay was published on January 1, 1972[8].
  • Relay's lyricist is recorded as Pete Townshend[9].
  • Relay's title is recorded as Relay[10].
  • Relay's different from is recorded as Relay[11].
  • Relay's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 88f1a6b1-d71e-4e22-911c-99c8cdb264a6[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Relay was performed by The Who[6].

Publication

Relay was released on January 1, 1972[8]. Relay's language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Relay's genre is rock music[5].

Why It Matters

Relay ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . 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.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . 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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_relay-q7310890_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Relay}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/relay-q7310890}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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