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Stairway to Paradise

original song composed by George Gershwin, words by Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSylva
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Stairway to Paradise

Summary

Stairway to Paradise is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stairway to Paradise's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Stairway to Paradise's composer is recorded as George Gershwin[4].
  • Stairway to Paradise's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Stairway to Paradise's lyricist is recorded as Ira Gershwin[6].
  • Stairway to Paradise's lyricist is recorded as Buddy DeSylva[7].
  • Stairway to Paradise's described at URL is recorded as http://greatamericansongbook.net/pages/songs/s/stairway_to_paradise.html[8].
  • Stairway to Paradise's title is recorded as I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise[9].
  • Stairway to Paradise's first line is recorded as All you preachers[10].
  • Stairway to Paradise's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fb04c83d-d4fe-3935-bbf7-f9becba6614c[13]

Body

Publication

Stairway to Paradise's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].

Why It Matters

Stairway to Paradise ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

George Gershwin Ira Gershwin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lyricist → Ira Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva
    Wikidata description → original song composed by George Gershwin, words by Ira Gershwin and Buddy DeSyl
    Carnegie hall work id → 26306
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9000102556, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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