Home › Entities › single › Spirits in the Material World

Spirits in the Material World

1981 single by The Police
VisualArtwork single Q2282696
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Spirits in the Material World

Summary

Spirits in the Material World is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (342 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Spirits in the Material World's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Spirits in the Material World's genre is ska[4].
  • Spirits in the Material World was followed by Secret Journey[5].
  • Spirits in the Material World was produced by Stewart Copeland[6].
  • Spirits in the Material World was performed by The Police[7].
  • Spirits in the Material World's record label is recorded as A&M Records[8].
  • Spirits in the Material World is part of Ghost in the Machine[9].
  • Spirits in the Material World was published on 1981[10].
  • Spirits in the Material World's lyricist is recorded as Sting[11].

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[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 201c75ad-079e-37a2-8229-4e202900906c[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Spirits in the Material World was performed by The Police[7]. It was produced by Stewart Copeland[6].

Publication

Spirits in the Material World was published on 1981[10]. Its genre is ska[4]. It is part of Ghost in the Machine[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Spirits in the Material World was followed by Secret Journey[5].

Why It Matters

Spirits in the Material World ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (342 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls A&M Records Stewart Copeland Sting

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Spirits in the Material World. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/spirits-in-the-material-world
MLA “Spirits in the Material World.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/spirits-in-the-material-world.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_spirits-in-the-material-world_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Spirits in the Material World}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/spirits-in-the-material-world}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Spirits in the Material World — https://4ort.xyz/entity/spirits-in-the-material-world (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/spirits-in-the-material-world · Last refreshed: