Rock and a Hard Place

1989 song performed by The Rolling Stones
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q4994841
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Rock and a Hard Place

Summary

Rock and a Hard Place is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rock and a Hard Place's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Rock and a Hard Place's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Rock and a Hard Place followed Mixed Emotions[5].
  • Rock and a Hard Place was followed by Almost Hear You Sigh[6].
  • Rock and a Hard Place was produced by Chris Kimsey[7].
  • Rock and a Hard Place was performed by The Rolling Stones[8].
  • Rock and a Hard Place's record label is recorded as Rolling Stones Records[9].
  • Rock and a Hard Place is part of Steel Wheels[10].
  • Rock and a Hard Place was published on November 4, 1989[11].
  • Rock and a Hard Place'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: 449dde67-af46-45c8-9ed9-5b1193721391[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Rock and a Hard Place was The Rolling Stones[8]. It was produced by Chris Kimsey[7].

Publication

Rock and a Hard Place was published on November 4, 1989[11]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of Steel Wheels[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Rock and a Hard Place followed Mixed Emotions[5]. It was followed by Almost Hear You Sigh[6].

Why It Matters

Rock and a Hard Place ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (113 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

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.

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.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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