Solsbury Hill

song by the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1977)
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Solsbury Hill

Summary

Solsbury Hill is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Solsbury Hill's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Solsbury Hill's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • Solsbury Hill's genre is art rock[5].
  • Solsbury Hill's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Solsbury Hill's genre is pop music[7].
  • Solsbury Hill was produced by Bob Ezrin[8].
  • Solsbury Hill was performed by Peter Gabriel[9].
  • Solsbury Hill's record label is recorded as Atco Records[10].
  • Solsbury Hill's record label is recorded as Charisma[11].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Peter Gabriel[12].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Hit[13].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Peter Gabriel Revisited[14].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Growing Up Live[15].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Growing Up Live[16].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats[17].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Secret World Live[18].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Secret World Live[19].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Plays Live[20].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of New Blood[21].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Live Blood[22].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of New Blood: Live In London[23].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of And I’ll Scratch Yours[24].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Play: The Videos[25].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of Still Growing Up: Live & Unwrapped[26].
  • Solsbury Hill is part of All About Us[27].

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[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 17921999-272a-389b-a2f3-0e9f98924767[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Solsbury Hill was Peter Gabriel[9]. It was produced by Bob Ezrin[8].

Publication

Solsbury Hill was released on March 21, 1977[30]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[31]. Genres include art rock[5], progressive rock[6], and pop music[7]. Part of include Peter Gabriel[12], an album[32]; Hit[13], an album[33]; Peter Gabriel Revisited[14], an album[34]; Growing Up Live[15], an album[35]; Shaking the Tree: Sixteen Golden Greats[17], an album[36]; and Secret World Live[18], an album[37]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[38] and single[39].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include Little Solsbury Hill[40] and spirituality[41].

Why It Matters

Solsbury Hill ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,849 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  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.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [38] . wikidata.org.
  28. [39] . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] . wikidata.org.
  30. [40] . wikidata.org.
  31. [41] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [42] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [43] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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