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Shot Down in the Night

1980 song performed by Hawkwind
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Shot Down in the Night

Summary

Shot Down in the Night is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shot Down in the Night's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Shot Down in the Night's genre is space rock[4].
  • Shot Down in the Night followed 25 Years[5].
  • Shot Down in the Night was followed by Who's Gonna Win The War?[6].
  • Among the performers on Shot Down in the Night was Hawkwind[7].
  • Shot Down in the Night's record label is recorded as Bronze[8].
  • Shot Down in the Night is part of Live Seventy Nine[9].
  • Shot Down in the Night was published on June 27, 1980[10].
  • Shot Down in the Night's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d7f1c32a-ab23-4442-afc0-f9a0a1bee199[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Shot Down in the Night was performed by Hawkwind[7].

Publication

Shot Down in the Night was released on June 27, 1980[10]. Its genre is space rock[4]. It is part of Live Seventy Nine[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Shot Down in the Night followed 25 Years[5]. It was followed by Who's Gonna Win The War?[6].

Why It Matters

Shot Down in the Night ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . 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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