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The Downtown Lights

original song written and composed by Paul Buchanan; first recorded by The Blue Nile
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q59470806
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The Downtown Lights

Summary

The Downtown Lights is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • The Downtown Lights's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • The Downtown Lights's composer is recorded as Paul Buchanan[3].
  • Among the performers on The Downtown Lights was The Blue Nile[4].
  • Among the performers on The Downtown Lights was Annie Lennox[5].
  • The Downtown Lights's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Downtown Lights's lyricist is recorded as Paul Buchanan[7].
  • The Downtown Lights's title is recorded as The Downtown Lights[8].
  • The Downtown Lights's form of creative work is recorded as song[9].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 40cf3bdf-b0c3-3a0a-bdf8-fc81c7da3dee[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Blue Nile[4] and Annie Lennox[5].

Publication

The Downtown Lights's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → song
    Lyricist → Paul Buchanan
    Imported from → —
    Language of work or name → English
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0103316911, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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