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Soldier of Fortune

Summary

Soldier of Fortune is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (319 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Soldier of Fortune's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Soldier of Fortune's composer is recorded as Ritchie Blackmore[4].
  • Soldier of Fortune's genre is sentimental ballad[5].
  • Soldier of Fortune's genre is blues rock[6].
  • Soldier of Fortune was performed by Deep Purple[7].
  • Soldier of Fortune's record label is recorded as EMI Records[8].
  • Soldier of Fortune's record label is recorded as Purple Records[9].
  • Soldier of Fortune is part of Stormbringer[10].
  • Soldier of Fortune was published on December 10, 1974[11].
  • Soldier of Fortune's lyricist is recorded as Ritchie Blackmore[12].
  • Soldier of Fortune's lyricist is recorded as David Coverdale[13].
  • Soldier of Fortune'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: 7148abe6-de59-3cf0-b4fb-716a16f5f0ba[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Soldier of Fortune was Deep Purple[7].

Publication

Soldier of Fortune was published on December 10, 1974[11]. Genres include sentimental ballad[5] and blues rock[6]. It is part of Stormbringer[10].

Why It Matters

Soldier of Fortune ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (319 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

David Coverdale Ritchie Blackmore

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.

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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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MLA “Soldier of Fortune.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/soldier-of-fortune-q4049710.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_soldier-of-fortune-q4049710_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Soldier of Fortune}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/soldier-of-fortune-q4049710}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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