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Ship of Fools

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Ship of Fools

Summary

Ship of Fools is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ship of Fools's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Ship of Fools's genre is synth-pop[4].
  • Ship of Fools followed The Circus[5].
  • Ship of Fools was followed by Chains of Love[6].
  • Among the performers on Ship of Fools was Erasure[7].
  • Ship of Fools's record label is recorded as Mute Records[8].
  • Ship of Fools was distributed by CD single[9].
  • Ship of Fools was published on February 22, 1988[10].
  • Ship of Fools's lyricist is recorded as Vince Clarke[11].
  • Ship of Fools's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as The Innocents[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: cc5721c1-8b95-4d5b-ae84-638024f1f46a[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Ship of Fools was performed by Erasure[7].

Publication

Ship of Fools was published on February 22, 1988[10]. Its genre is synth-pop[4]. It was distributed by CD single[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Ship of Fools followed The Circus[5]. It was followed by Chains of Love[6].

Why It Matters

Ship of Fools ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Vince Clarke

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.

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.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ship-of-fools-q7497961_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Ship of Fools}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ship-of-fools-q7497961}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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