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The Killing Moon

original song by Echo & the Bunnymen
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The Killing Moon

Summary

The Killing Moon is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (785 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Killing Moon's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Killing Moon's composer is recorded as Pete de Freitas[4].
  • The Killing Moon's composer is recorded as Ian McCulloch[5].
  • The Killing Moon's composer is recorded as Les Pattinson[6].
  • The Killing Moon's composer is recorded as Will Sergeant[7].
  • The Killing Moon was performed by Echo & the Bunnymen[8].
  • Among the performers on The Killing Moon was Nouvelle Vague[9].
  • The Killing Moon's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Killing Moon was released on 1984[11].
  • The Killing Moon's lyricist is recorded as Pete de Freitas[12].
  • The Killing Moon's lyricist is recorded as Ian McCulloch[13].
  • The Killing Moon's lyricist is recorded as Les Pattinson[14].
  • The Killing Moon's lyricist is recorded as Will Sergeant[15].
  • The Killing Moon's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Killing Moon'}[16].
  • The Killing Moon's different from is recorded as Killing Moon[17].
  • The Killing Moon's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

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[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b0125849-dcaf-3b66-b201-994a88871f27[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Echo & the Bunnymen[8] and Nouvelle Vague[9].

Publication

The Killing Moon was published on 1984[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10].

Why It Matters

The Killing Moon ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (785 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Killing Moon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-killing-moon
MLA “The Killing Moon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-killing-moon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-killing-moon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Killing Moon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-killing-moon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 25d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Echo & the Bunnymen, Nouvelle Vague
    Form of creative work → song
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0103046792, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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