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The Queen is Dead

1986 song by The Smiths
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The Queen is Dead

Summary

The Queen is Dead is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Queen is Dead's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Queen is Dead's genre is alternative rock[4].
  • Among the performers on The Queen is Dead was The Smiths[5].
  • The Queen is Dead's language of work or name is recorded as English[6].
  • The Queen is Dead was published on 1986[7].
  • The Queen is Dead's main subject is Elizabeth II[8].
  • The Queen is Dead's title is recorded as The Queen is Dead[9].
  • The Queen is Dead's form of creative work is recorded as song[10].

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[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ef49b05c-13b3-32e7-93e3-f0251847e5cc[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Queen is Dead was performed by The Smiths[5].

Publication

The Queen is Dead was released on 1986[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[6]. Its genre is alternative rock[4].

Subject and Themes

The Queen is Dead's main subject is Elizabeth II[8].

Why It Matters

The Queen is Dead ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (165 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Johnny Marr Morrissey

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . 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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