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Shine On You Crazy Diamond

1975 song by Pink Floyd
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Shine On You Crazy Diamond has the genre progressive rock.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

Summary

Shine On You Crazy Diamond is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,822 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's composer is recorded as Richard Wright[4].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's composer is recorded as Roger Waters[5].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's composer is recorded as David Gilmour[6].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's genre is progressive rock[7].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond was produced by Pink Floyd[8].
  • Among the performers on Shine On You Crazy Diamond was Pink Floyd[9].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's record label is recorded as Harvest[10].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's record label is recorded as EMI Records[11].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond is part of Wish You Were Here[12].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Abbey Road Studios[14].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[15].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond was released on 1975[16].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's lyricist is recorded as Roger Waters[17].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's lyricist is recorded as Richard Wright[18].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's lyricist is recorded as David Gilmour[19].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's tonality is recorded as G minor[20].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond'}[21].
  • Shine On You Crazy Diamond'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: Song[23]

  • Genre(s): progressive rock, rock[24]

  • Community tags: progressive rock, rock, wrong guess case[25]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c8f8379b-e755-3446-9fac-44c11b8c520f[26]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shine On You Crazy Diamond was performed by Pink Floyd[9]. It was produced by Pink Floyd[8].

Publication

Shine On You Crazy Diamond was released on 1975[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Its genre is progressive rock[7]. It is part of Wish You Were Here[12].

Why It Matters

Shine On You Crazy Diamond ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,822 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

David Gilmour Harvest Richard Wright Roger Waters Syd Barrett United Kingdom Wish You Were Here

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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