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The Piper

song written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, originally recorded by ABBA and released in 1980
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The Piper

Summary

The Piper 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 Piper's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Piper's composer is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus[4].
  • The Piper's composer is recorded as Benny Andersson[5].
  • The Piper's based on is recorded as Äntligen krig[6].
  • The Piper's based on is recorded as Ten Tin Soldiers[7].
  • The Piper's based on is recorded as Sherwood[8].
  • The Piper was performed by ABBA[9].
  • The Piper's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Piper's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[11].
  • The Piper's lyricist is recorded as Björn Ulvaeus[12].
  • The Piper's lyricist is recorded as Benny Andersson[13].
  • Dealing with the Pied Piper of Hameln inspired The Piper[14].
  • The Piper's title is recorded as The Piper[15].
  • The Piper's has melody is recorded as Äntligen krig[16].
  • The Piper's has melody is recorded as Ten Tin Soldiers[17].
  • The Piper's has melody is recorded as Sherwood[18].
  • The Piper's working title is recorded as Ten Tin Soldiers[19].
  • The Piper's working title is recorded as Sherwood[20].
  • The Piper's working title is recorded as Äntligen krig[21].
  • The Piper's modified version of is recorded as Äntligen krig[22].
  • The Piper's modified version of is recorded as Ten Tin Soldiers[23].
  • The Piper's modified version of is recorded as Sherwood[24].
  • The Piper's form of creative work is recorded as song[25].

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[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ecacc5d7-881d-45bc-bec7-b9190e41b6cf[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Piper was ABBA[9].

Publication

Languages include English[10] and Latin[11].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Dealing with the Pied Piper of Hameln inspired The Piper[14].

Why It Matters

The Piper ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (75 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Benny Andersson Björn Ulvaeus

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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