Somebody to Love

1976 single by Queen
MusicComposition song Q744564
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Somebody to Love is a music composition of rock music. This classification indicates the style and sound of the composition.

The genre of Somebody to Love is rock music, which is a key aspect of its identity.

As a music composition, Somebody to Love belongs to the category of rock music.

Somebody to Love is characterized by its rock music genre.

Key Facts

  • Instance of: single[3]
  • Composer: Freddie Mercury[4]
  • Genre: rock music[5]
  • Follows: You're My Best Friend[6], Too Funky[7]
  • Followed by: Tie Your Mother Down[8]
  • Producer: Queen[9]
  • Performer: Queen[10]
  • Record label: EMI[11], Elektra[12]
  • Part of: A Day at the Races[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Distribution format: vinyl record[15]
  • Publication date: November 12, 1976[16]
  • Lyricist: Freddie Mercury[17]
  • Tonality: A-flat major[18]
  • Title: Somebody to Love[19]
  • Duration: 296 seconds[20]

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[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cd3796d9-146f-3489-874e-5a4e3c838dc8[22]

Why It Matters

Somebody to Love has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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