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Swinging on a Star

original song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, lyrics by Johnny Burke; from the 1944 film "Going My Way"
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Swinging on a Star

Summary

Swinging on a Star is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swinging on a Star's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Swinging on a Star's composer is recorded as Jimmy Van Heusen[4].
  • Swinging on a Star's genre is traditional pop[5].
  • Swinging on a Star was performed by Bing Crosby[6].
  • Among the performers on Swinging on a Star was Frank Sinatra[7].
  • Swinging on a Star's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Swinging on a Star was released on 1944[9].
  • Swinging on a Star's lyricist is recorded as Johnny Burke[10].
  • Swinging on a Star's significant event is recorded as 17th Academy Awards[11].
  • Swinging on a Star's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Swinging on a Star'}[12].
  • Swinging on a Star's has characteristic is recorded as film song[13].
  • Swinging on a Star's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • Genre(s): pop[16]

  • Community tags: pop, pop standard[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d8fd59b9-2180-4d10-a059-53dce02fe8ab[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Bing Crosby[6] and Frank Sinatra[7].

Publication

Swinging on a Star was released on 1944[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is traditional pop[5].

Why It Matters

Swinging on a Star ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [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. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701389878, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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