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The Boys Are Back in Town

1976 single by Thin Lizzy
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The Boys Are Back in Town

Summary

The Boys Are Back in Town is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,789 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Boys Are Back in Town's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town's composer is recorded as Phil Lynott[4].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town's genre is hard rock[5].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town was followed by Jailbreak[6].
  • Among the performers on The Boys Are Back in Town was Thin Lizzy[7].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[8].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town is part of Jailbreak[9].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town was published on 1976[11].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town's lyricist is recorded as Phil Lynott[12].
  • The Boys Are Back in Town's tonality is recorded as A-flat major[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fcf37a68-312d-3a1e-b9da-95afbcd23384[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Boys Are Back in Town was Thin Lizzy[7].

Publication

The Boys Are Back in Town was published on 1976[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is hard rock[5]. It is part of Jailbreak[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Boys Are Back in Town was followed by Jailbreak[6].

Why It Matters

The Boys Are Back in Town ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,789 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Phil Lynott Thin Lizzy Vertigo Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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