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San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

song written and composed by John Phillips, originally recorded by Scott McKenzie and released in 1967
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q648157
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San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)

Summary

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) is a musical work/composition[1]. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,087 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s genre is pop music[4].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was followed by Like an Old Time Movie/What's the Difference[5].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was produced by Lou Adler[6].
  • Among the performers on San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was Scott McKenzie[7].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s depicts is recorded as hippie[8].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s depicts is recorded as flower power[9].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s record label is recorded as Columbia Records[10].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) is part of The Voice of Scott McKenzie[11].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was released on May 13, 1967[14].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s tracklist is recorded as San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)[15].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s lyricist is recorded as John Phillips[16].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s main subject is San Francisco[17].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'}[18].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s different from is recorded as The Rain, The Park & Other Things[19].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s different from is recorded as San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)[20].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s form of creative work is recorded as song[22].

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: Single[23]

  • First release date: 1967-05-04[24]

  • Genre(s): folk pop, folk rock, pop, pop rock, psychedelic pop, rock, sunshine pop[25]

  • Community tags: folk pop, folk rock, pop, pop rock, psychedelic pop, rock, sunshine pop[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6db673ae-efb9-3fc3-a8ba-33e93e2839f4[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was Scott McKenzie[7]. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was produced by Lou Adler[6].

Publication

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was published on May 13, 1967[14]. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is pop music[4]. San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) is part of The Voice of Scott McKenzie[11].

Subject and Themes

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)'s main subject is San Francisco[17].

Adaptations and Inspiration

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) was followed by Like an Old Time Movie/What's the Difference[5].

Why It Matters

San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,087 views/month).[2] San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair) is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Columbia Records John Phillips Scott McKenzie United States

References

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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.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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