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Shock to the System

single by Billy Idol
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Shock to the System

Summary

Shock to the System is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shock to the System's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Shock to the System's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Shock to the System was followed by Adam in Chains[5].
  • Shock to the System was performed by Billy Idol[6].
  • Shock to the System's record label is recorded as Chrysalis Records[7].
  • Shock to the System was published on January 1, 1993[8].
  • Shock to the System's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Cyberpunk[9].

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[10]

  • First release date: 1993-06-08[11]

  • Genre(s): electronic, hard rock, pop rock, rock[12]

  • Community tags: electronic, hard rock, pop rock, rock[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2ec7642f-0318-3492-b8d5-a49ace90a679[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Shock to the System was Billy Idol[6].

Publication

Shock to the System was released on January 1, 1993[8]. Its genre is hard rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shock to the System was followed by Adam in Chains[5].

Why It Matters

Shock to the System ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (54 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Billy Idol

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.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [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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