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Shine a Light

1972 Rolling Stones song
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Shine a Light

Summary

Shine a Light is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shine a Light's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Shine a Light's genre is rock music[4].
  • Shine a Light was produced by Jimmy Miller[5].
  • Among the performers on Shine a Light was The Rolling Stones[6].
  • Shine a Light's record label is recorded as Rolling Stones Records[7].
  • Shine a Light's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[8].
  • Shine a Light is part of Exile on Main St.[9].
  • Shine a Light's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Shine a Light was released on 1972[11].
  • Shine a Light's lyricist is recorded as Mick Jagger[12].
  • Shine a Light's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 38e65c0e-f2d6-3fe8-a530-e0274e86789b[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Shine a Light was The Rolling Stones[6]. It was produced by Jimmy Miller[5].

Publication

Shine a Light was released on 1972[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of Exile on Main St.[9].

Why It Matters

Shine a Light ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Keith Richards Mick Jagger Virgin Records

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.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shine a Light. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shine-a-light
MLA “Shine a Light.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shine-a-light.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shine-a-light_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shine a Light}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shine-a-light}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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