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The Day Before You Came

song written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus; originally recorded by ABBA and released in 1982
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The Day Before You Came

Summary

The Day Before You Came is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (540 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Day Before You Came's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Day Before You Came's composer is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus[4].
  • The Day Before You Came's composer is recorded as Benny Andersson[5].
  • The Day Before You Came's genre is synth-pop[6].
  • The Day Before You Came's based on is recorded as Den lidande fågeln[7].
  • The Day Before You Came's based on is recorded as Wind[8].
  • The Day Before You Came was performed by ABBA[9].
  • Among the performers on The Day Before You Came was ABBA[10].
  • The Day Before You Came was performed by Blancmange[11].
  • The Day Before You Came was performed by Meryl Streep[12].
  • The Day Before You Came is part of The Singles – The First Ten Years[13].
  • The Day Before You Came's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • The Day Before You Came was released on 1982[15].
  • The Day Before You Came's lyricist is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus[16].
  • The Day Before You Came's lyricist is recorded as Benny Andersson[17].
  • The Day Before You Came's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Day Before You Came'}[18].
  • The Day Before You Came's has melody is recorded as Den lidande fågeln[19].
  • The Day Before You Came's has melody is recorded as Wind[20].
  • The Day Before You Came's working title is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Den lidande fågeln'}[21].
  • The Day Before You Came's working title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Wind'}[22].
  • The Day Before You Came's modified version of is recorded as Den lidande fågeln[23].
  • The Day Before You Came's modified version of is recorded as Wind[24].
  • The Day Before You Came's form of creative work is recorded as song[25].
  • The Day Before You Came's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as The Singles – The First Ten Years[26].

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[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 13518867-2ff7-3beb-8657-e08a697a1995[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include ABBA[9], Blancmange[11], and Meryl Streep[12].

Publication

The Day Before You Came was released on 1982[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is synth-pop[6]. It is part of The Singles – The First Ten Years[13].

Why It Matters

The Day Before You Came ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (540 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus Meryl Streep

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → ABBA, ABBA, Blancmange +1
    Form of creative work → song
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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