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The Day the World Went Away

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The Day the World Went Away

Summary

The Day the World Went Away is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Day the World Went Away's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Day the World Went Away's genre is ambient music[4].
  • The Day the World Went Away followed The Perfect Drug[5].
  • The Day the World Went Away was followed by We're in This Together[6].
  • The Day the World Went Away was produced by Trent Reznor[7].
  • The Day the World Went Away was performed by Nine Inch Nails[8].
  • The Day the World Went Away's record label is recorded as Nothing Records[9].
  • The Day the World Went Away is part of The Fragile[10].
  • The Day the World Went Away's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Day the World Went Away was released on July 20, 1999[12].
  • The Day the World Went Away's lyricist is recorded as Trent Reznor[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: 86c302c5-22cf-3fef-9d68-0000032167d0[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Day the World Went Away was performed by Nine Inch Nails[8]. It was produced by Trent Reznor[7].

Publication

The Day the World Went Away was published on July 20, 1999[12]. Its genre is ambient music[4]. It is part of The Fragile[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Day the World Went Away followed The Perfect Drug[5]. It was followed by We're in This Together[6].

Why It Matters

The Day the World Went Away ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (341 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor United States

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.

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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