The Barry Williams Show

song by the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (2002)
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The Barry Williams Show

Summary

The Barry Williams Show is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Barry Williams Show's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Barry Williams Show's composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • The Barry Williams Show's genre is art rock[5].
  • The Barry Williams Show's genre is progressive rock[6].
  • The Barry Williams Show's genre is pop music[7].
  • The Barry Williams Show was performed by Peter Gabriel[8].
  • The Barry Williams Show is part of Up[9].
  • The Barry Williams Show is part of Growing Up Live[10].
  • The Barry Williams Show is part of Growing Up Live[11].
  • The Barry Williams Show is part of Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait[12].
  • The Barry Williams Show is part of Play: The Videos[13].
  • The Barry Williams Show's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • The Barry Williams Show was released on September 16, 2002[15].
  • The Barry Williams Show's lyricist is recorded as Peter Gabriel[16].
  • The Barry Williams Show's main subject is talk show[17].
  • The Barry Williams Show's main subject is reality television[18].
  • The Barry Williams Show's main subject is social exploitation[19].
  • The Barry Williams Show's main subject is entertainment industry[20].
  • The Barry Williams Show's main subject is manipulation[21].
  • The Barry Williams Show's title is recorded as The Barry Williams Show[22].
  • The Barry Williams Show's first line is recorded as One man at the window / One girl at the bar[23].
  • The Barry Williams Show's last line is recorded as On the way out, on the way out, on the way out, on the way[24].
  • The Barry Williams Show's last line is recorded as Come on down / Come on down[25].
  • The Barry Williams Show's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[26].
  • The Barry Williams Show's form of creative work is recorded as song[27].

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[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f8161226-53bb-4c7a-87f0-080e1cac0a68[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Barry Williams Show was Peter Gabriel[8].

Publication

The Barry Williams Show was released on September 16, 2002[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Genres include art rock[5], progressive rock[6], and pop music[7]. Part of include Up[9], an album[30]; Growing Up Live[10], an album[31]; Growing Up on Tour: A Family Portrait[12], a video album[32]; and Play: The Videos[13], a video album[33].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include talk show[17], reality television[18], social exploitation[19], entertainment industry[20], and manipulation[21].

Why It Matters

The Barry Williams Show ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

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.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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