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The Ship Song

1990 single by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
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The Ship Song

Summary

The Ship Song is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Ship Song's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Ship Song's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • The Ship Song's genre is alternative rock[5].
  • The Ship Song followed Deanna[6].
  • The Ship Song was followed by The Weeping Song[7].
  • The Ship Song was performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds[8].
  • The Ship Song's record label is recorded as Mute Records[9].
  • The Ship Song was released on March 12, 1990[10].
  • The Ship Song's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as The Good Son[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: 1990-03-12[13]

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

  • Community tags: alternative, alternative rock, alternative/indie rock, indie rock, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ce059dfb-bc29-37b5-a847-00d9a0f7ea1a[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Ship Song was performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds[8].

Publication

The Ship Song was released on March 12, 1990[10]. Its genre is alternative rock[5].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Ship Song followed Deanna[6]. It was followed by The Weeping Song[7].

Why It Matters

The Ship Song ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (97 views/month).[2]

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.

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