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The Perfect Boy

2008 single by The Cure
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The Perfect Boy

Summary

The Perfect Boy is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Perfect Boy's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Perfect Boy's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Perfect Boy followed Sleep When I'm Dead[5].
  • The Perfect Boy was performed by The Cure[6].
  • The Perfect Boy's record label is recorded as Geffen Records[7].
  • The Perfect Boy is part of 4:13 Dream[8].
  • The Perfect Boy was distributed by compact disc[9].
  • The Perfect Boy was released on August 12, 2008[10].
  • The Perfect Boy's lyricist is recorded as Robert Smith[11].

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: Single[12]

  • First release date: 2008-08-11[13]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, rock[14]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7d51a2af-f509-3357-bc65-33a8ee4c976d[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Perfect Boy was The Cure[6].

Publication

The Perfect Boy was published on August 12, 2008[10]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of 4:13 Dream[8]. It was distributed by compact disc[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Perfect Boy followed Sleep When I'm Dead[5].

Why It Matters

The Perfect Boy ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

compact disc Geffen Records Robert Smith The Cure

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.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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