The Man That Got Away

song written by Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin, for the 1954 film A Star is Born
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7749892
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The Man That Got Away

Summary

The Man That Got Away is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Man That Got Away's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Man That Got Away's composer is recorded as Harold Arlen[4].
  • The Man That Got Away's genre is traditional pop[5].
  • The Man That Got Away was performed by Judy Garland[6].
  • The Man That Got Away was performed by Frank Sinatra[7].
  • The Man That Got Away's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • The Man That Got Away was released on 1954[9].
  • The Man That Got Away's lyricist is recorded as Ira Gershwin[10].
  • The Man That Got Away's nominated for is recorded as Academy Award for Best Original Song[11].
  • The Man That Got Away's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Man That Got Away'}[12].
  • The Man That Got Away's has characteristic is recorded as torch song[13].
  • The Man That Got Away's has characteristic is recorded as film song[14].
  • The Man That Got Away's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 143ad926-8c63-4592-bc5b-61586dfed7e1[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Judy Garland[6] and Frank Sinatra[7].

Publication

The Man That Got Away was released on 1954[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is traditional pop[5].

Why It Matters

The Man That Got Away ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra
    Form of creative work song
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