The Whole of the Moon

song by British band The Waterboys (1985)
VisualArtwork single Q7774708
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The Whole of the Moon

Summary

The Whole of the Moon is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Whole of the Moon's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The Whole of the Moon's genre is rock music[4].
  • The Whole of the Moon was performed by The Waterboys[5].
  • The Whole of the Moon's record label is recorded as list of navy flags in the world[6].
  • The Whole of the Moon is part of This Is the Sea[7].
  • The Whole of the Moon's country of origin is recorded as United States[8].
  • The Whole of the Moon was published on November 21, 1985[9].

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[10]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1aea678b-40c9-41fa-8686-a9b444191b4f[11]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Whole of the Moon was The Waterboys[5].

Publication

The Whole of the Moon was published on November 21, 1985[9]. Its genre is rock music[4]. It is part of This Is the Sea[7].

Why It Matters

The Whole of the Moon ranks in the top 1% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,638 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

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

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.

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

  1. [10] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [11] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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MLA “The Whole of the Moon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-whole-of-the-moon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-whole-of-the-moon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Whole of the Moon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-whole-of-the-moon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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