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Telegraph Road

Dire Straits song
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Telegraph Road

Summary

Telegraph Road is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Telegraph Road's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Telegraph Road's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • Telegraph Road's composer is recorded as Mark Knopfler[5].
  • Telegraph Road's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • Telegraph Road was produced by Mark Knopfler[7].
  • Telegraph Road was performed by Dire Straits[8].
  • Telegraph Road's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[9].
  • Telegraph Road is part of Love over Gold[10].
  • Telegraph Road's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Telegraph Road was published on 1982[12].
  • Telegraph Road's lyricist is recorded as Mark Knopfler[13].
  • Telegraph Road's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Telegraph Road'}[14].
  • Telegraph Road's different from is recorded as Telegraph Road[15].
  • Telegraph Road'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: f51277c6-1da7-3813-bfe5-c3390c7bec5b[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Telegraph Road was performed by Dire Straits[8]. It was produced by Mark Knopfler[7].

Publication

Telegraph Road was released on 1982[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is progressive rock[6]. It is part of Love over Gold[10].

Why It Matters

Telegraph Road ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (741 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Dire Straits Mark Knopfler Vertigo Records

References

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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.
  12. [14] ↑ . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Telegraph Road. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/telegraph-road
MLA “Telegraph Road.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/telegraph-road.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_telegraph-road_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Telegraph Road}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/telegraph-road}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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