Somewhere Near Japan

1990 song performed by The Beach Boys
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7560355
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Somewhere Near Japan

Summary

Somewhere Near Japan is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Somewhere Near Japan's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Somewhere Near Japan's genre is pop rock[4].
  • Somewhere Near Japan followed Still Cruisin'[5].
  • Somewhere Near Japan was followed by Problem Child[6].
  • Somewhere Near Japan was produced by Terry Melcher[7].
  • Among the performers on Somewhere Near Japan was The Beach Boys[8].
  • Somewhere Near Japan's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[9].
  • Somewhere Near Japan is part of Still Cruisin'[10].
  • Somewhere Near Japan's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • Somewhere Near Japan was published on January 11, 1990[12].
  • Somewhere Near Japan's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ff9bc733-6215-4ce3-9cb4-fc187aa3da6c[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Somewhere Near Japan was The Beach Boys[8]. It was produced by Terry Melcher[7].

Publication

Somewhere Near Japan was released on January 11, 1990[12]. Its genre is pop rock[4]. It is part of Still Cruisin'[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Somewhere Near Japan followed Still Cruisin'[5]. It was followed by Problem Child[6].

Why It Matters

Somewhere Near Japan ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 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.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . 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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