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Running Scared

original song co-written and performed by Roy Orbison
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7379987
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Running Scared

Summary

Running Scared is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Running Scared's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Running Scared's composer is recorded as Roy Orbison[4].
  • Running Scared's composer is recorded as Joe Melson[5].
  • Running Scared was published by Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.[6].
  • Running Scared's genre is popular music[7].
  • Running Scared was performed by Roy Orbison[8].
  • Running Scared was released on 1961[9].
  • Running Scared's title is recorded as Running Scared[10].
  • Running Scared's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 21017d9d-584a-30b6-9ba3-d94f9e662f4b[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Running Scared was published by Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc.[6]. Among the performers on it was Roy Orbison[8].

Publication

Running Scared was published on 1961[9]. Its genre is popular music[7].

Why It Matters

Running Scared ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (122 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Roy Orbison

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . 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_running-scared-q7379987_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Running Scared}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/running-scared-q7379987}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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