The Riddle

original song written, composed, and performed by Nik Kershaw

Music Composition Musical Work Composition Q1483257

Facts

10 properties

Instance of: musical work/composition
Performer: Nik Kershaw, Gigi D'Agostino, Prezioso & Marvin, Jack Holiday^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Genre: popular music^[3]
Language of work or name: English^[9]
Publication date: 1984^[10]
Composer: Nik Kershaw^[2]
Form of creative work: song^[13]
Lyricist: Nik Kershaw^[11]
Named after: Riddler^[4]
Title: The Riddle^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en The Riddle ja ザ・リドル nl The Riddle (lied) zh 謎語

🔖 Identifiers · 5

BabelNet ID: 00609843n
Freebase ID: /m/03crpkj
ISWC: T0113028811
MusicBrainz work ID: b5c6086c-6e9c-3557-9c3e-f7e98ed828f1
SecondHandSongs work ID: 27073

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🔗 Connections

Performer 4

Gigi D'Agostino, Nik Kershaw, Jack Holiday, Prezioso & Marvin

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Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw

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Nik Kershaw, Nik Kershaw

Composer 1

Nik Kershaw

Form of creative work 1

song

Genre 1

popular music

Language of work or name 1

English

Lyricist 1

Nik Kershaw

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Summary

The Riddle is a musical work/composition^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ The Riddle — composer (P86): Nik Kershaw. ISWC Network. Retrieved 2022-09-15. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Riddle — genre (P136): popular music. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Riddle — named after (P138): Riddler. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Riddle — performer (P175): Nik Kershaw. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Riddle — performer (P175): Gigi D'Agostino. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Riddle — performer (P175): Prezioso & Marvin. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Riddle — performer (P175): Jack Holiday. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Riddle — language of work or name (P407): English. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Riddle — publication date (P577): 1984. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Riddle — lyricist (P676): Nik Kershaw. ISWC Network. Retrieved 2022-09-15. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Riddle — title (P1476): The Riddle. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Riddle — form of creative work (P7937): song. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ The Riddle is an instance of musical work/composition (Q105543609) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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27w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Language of work or name → English

Performer → Nik Kershaw, Gigi D'Agostino, Prezioso & Marvin +1

Form of creative work → song

Publication date → 1984

+ 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"Changed claim: ISWC: T0113028811, см. / see autofix на / on P1827"

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