The Hands That Built America

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The Hands That Built America

Summary

The Hands That Built America is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Hands That Built America's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Hands That Built America's genre is progressive rock[4].
  • The Hands That Built America followed Electrical Storm[5].
  • The Hands That Built America was followed by Vertigo[6].
  • The Hands That Built America was produced by The Edge[7].
  • Among the performers on The Hands That Built America was U2[8].
  • The Hands That Built America's record label is recorded as Interscope Records[9].
  • The Hands That Built America is part of Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture[10].
  • The Hands That Built America was released on December 17, 2002[11].
  • The Hands That Built America's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ea5279dd-a0fd-4c4b-af22-509aff944bde[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Hands That Built America was U2[8]. It was produced by The Edge[7].

Publication

The Hands That Built America was released on December 17, 2002[11]. Its genre is progressive rock[4]. It is part of Gangs of New York: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Hands That Built America followed Electrical Storm[5]. It was followed by Vertigo[6].

Why It Matters

The Hands That Built America ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

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.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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