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Soul Man

original song written and composed by David Porter and Isaac Hayes; recorded and released by Sam & Dave
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Soul Man

Summary

Soul Man is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Soul Man's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Soul Man's composer is recorded as Isaac Hayes[4].
  • Soul Man's composer is recorded as David Porter[5].
  • Soul Man's genre is popular music[6].
  • Soul Man was performed by Sam & Dave[7].
  • Soul Man was performed by The Blues Brothers[8].
  • Soul Man's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Soul Man was published on September 1967[10].
  • Soul Man's lyricist is recorded as Isaac Hayes[11].
  • Soul Man's lyricist is recorded as David Porter[12].
  • Soul Man's described at URL is recorded as https://songbpm.com/@sam-dave/soul-man-197bc901-d511-4087-b096-6f4d0ef56b89[13].
  • Soul Man's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Soul Man'}[14].
  • Soul Man's beats per minute is recorded as {'amount': '+112'}[15].
  • Soul Man's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 69a1d8eb-395a-37b4-b018-aca653055ec0[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Sam & Dave[7] and The Blues Brothers[8].

Publication

Soul Man was published on September 1967[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Why It Matters

Soul Man ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (462 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Isaac Hayes

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . open.spotify.com. Retrieved . open.spotify.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . open.spotify.com. Retrieved . open.spotify.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Sam & Dave, The Blues Brothers
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0702438478, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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