Home › Entities › musical_work_composition › The Seeker

The Seeker

original song written and composed by Pete Townshend; first recorded by The Who
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q427616
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

The Seeker

Summary

The Seeker is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Seeker's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Seeker's composer is recorded as Pete Townshend[4].
  • The Seeker was performed by The Who[5].
  • Among the performers on The Seeker was Rush[6].
  • Among the performers on The Seeker was Fish[7].
  • Among the performers on The Seeker was The Smithereens[8].
  • The Seeker was performed by Zen Guerrilla[9].
  • The Seeker's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Seeker was published on 1970[11].
  • The Seeker's lyricist is recorded as Pete Townshend[12].
  • The Seeker's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Seeker'}[13].
  • The Seeker's different from is recorded as The Seeker[14].
  • The Seeker'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: a9bdcde9-d072-4f05-98f4-419bd1425292[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Who[5], Rush[6], Fish[7], The Smithereens[8], and Zen Guerrilla[9].

Publication

The Seeker was published on 1970[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10].

Why It Matters

The Seeker ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (308 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Pete Townshend Rush The Who

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Seeker. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-seeker-q427616
MLA “The Seeker.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-seeker-q427616.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-seeker-q427616_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Seeker}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-seeker-q427616}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Seeker — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-seeker-q427616 (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-seeker-q427616 · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Who, Rush, Fish +2
    Form of creative work → song
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9002122705, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.