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The Show Must Go On

1991 song by Queen
MusicComposition song Q517591
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The Show Must Go On

Summary

The Show Must Go On is a song[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of song entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,889 views/month, #16 of 2,171).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Show Must Go On's instance of is recorded as song[3].
  • The Show Must Go On's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • The Show Must Go On's composer is recorded as John Deacon[5].
  • The Show Must Go On's composer is recorded as Brian May[6].
  • The Show Must Go On's composer is recorded as Freddie Mercury[7].
  • The Show Must Go On's composer is recorded as Roger Taylor[8].
  • The Show Must Go On's composer is recorded as Queen[9].
  • The Show Must Go On's genre is rock music[10].
  • The Show Must Go On's genre is hard rock[11].
  • The Show Must Go On's genre is art rock[12].
  • The Show Must Go On's genre is symphonic rock[13].
  • The Show Must Go On followed These Are the Days of Our Lives[14].
  • The Show Must Go On was followed by Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives[15].
  • The Show Must Go On was produced by Queen[16].
  • The Show Must Go On was produced by David Richards[17].
  • Among the performers on The Show Must Go On was Queen[18].
  • The Show Must Go On's record label is recorded as Parlophone[19].
  • The Show Must Go On's record label is recorded as Hollywood Records[20].
  • The Show Must Go On is part of Innuendo[21].
  • The Show Must Go On's language of work or name is recorded as English[22].
  • The Show Must Go On was distributed by vinyl record[23].
  • The Show Must Go On was released on October 14, 1991[24].
  • The Show Must Go On's lyricist is recorded as John Deacon[25].
  • The Show Must Go On's lyricist is recorded as Brian May[26].
  • The Show Must Go On's lyricist is recorded as Freddie Mercury[27].

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[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 413a5804-e94e-35ed-af73-fb267479bc24[29]

Why It Matters

The Show Must Go On ranks in the top 0.74% of song entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,889 views/month, #16 of 2,171).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

Related Entities

Brian May Freddie Mercury Hollywood Records Innuendo John Deacon Parlophone Queen Roger Taylor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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