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Sign of the Times

original song written and composed by Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q48790182
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Sign of the Times

Summary

Sign of the Times is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • Sign of the Times's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • Sign of the Times's composer is recorded as Noddy Holder[3].
  • Sign of the Times's composer is recorded as Jim Lea[4].
  • Sign of the Times's genre is rock music[5].
  • Sign of the Times was performed by Slade[6].
  • Sign of the Times is part of Return to Base[7].
  • Sign of the Times's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Sign of the Times was published on 1979[9].
  • Sign of the Times's lyricist is recorded as Noddy Holder[10].
  • Sign of the Times's lyricist is recorded as Jim Lea[11].
  • Sign of the Times's title is recorded as Sign of the Times[12].
  • Sign of the Times's different from is recorded as Sign of the times[13].
  • Sign of the Times's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9f0d0dda-4cdc-4eb7-9d41-5a2a8c62cebe[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Sign of the Times was performed by Slade[6].

Publication

Sign of the Times was released on 1979[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of Return to Base[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Return to Base
    Iswc → T-010.496.274-4
    Different from → Sign of the times
    Wikidata description → original song written and composed by Noddy Holder, Jim Lea
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0104962744, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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