Home › Entities › musical_work_composition › The Tide Is High

The Tide Is High

original song written and composed by The Paragons, originally recorded by The Paragons and released in 1967
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q129711
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

The Tide Is High

Summary

The Tide Is High is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,480 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Tide Is High's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Tide Is High's composer is recorded as Howard Barrett[4].
  • The Tide Is High's composer is recorded as John Holt[5].
  • The Tide Is High's composer is recorded as Tyrone Evans[6].
  • The Tide Is High's genre is rocksteady[7].
  • The Tide Is High was performed by The Paragons[8].
  • Among the performers on The Tide Is High was Blondie[9].
  • The Tide Is High is part of On the Beach[10].
  • The Tide Is High's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Tide Is High was released on 1967[12].
  • The Tide Is High's lyricist is recorded as Howard Barrett[13].
  • The Tide Is High's lyricist is recorded as John Holt[14].
  • The Tide Is High's lyricist is recorded as Tyrone Evans[15].
  • The Tide Is High's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Tide Is High'}[16].
  • The Tide Is High's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

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[18]

  • Genre(s): reggae, rocksteady[19]

  • Community tags: reggae, rocksteady[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b0b3187d-8671-3c10-ad99-b45ccbd5f86a[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Paragons[8] and Blondie[9].

Publication

The Tide Is High was released on 1967[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is rocksteady[7]. It is part of On the Beach[10].

Why It Matters

The Tide Is High ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,480 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Blondie Retschwiller

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. 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 Tide Is High. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-tide-is-high
MLA “The Tide Is High.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-tide-is-high.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-tide-is-high_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Tide Is High}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-tide-is-high}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Tide Is High — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-tide-is-high (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-tide-is-high · 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. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Paragons, Blondie
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0115253127, 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.