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The Width of a Circle

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The Width of a Circle

Summary

The Width of a Circle is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Width of a Circle's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • The Width of a Circle's genre is hard rock[4].
  • The Width of a Circle was followed by All the Madmen[5].
  • The Width of a Circle was produced by Tony Visconti[6].
  • Among the performers on The Width of a Circle was David Bowie[7].
  • The Width of a Circle's record label is recorded as Mercury Records[8].
  • The Width of a Circle is part of The Man Who Sold the World[9].
  • The Width of a Circle's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Width of a Circle was released on November 4, 1970[11].
  • The Width of a Circle's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Width of a Circle'}[12].
  • The Width of a Circle's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: a9f1113a-a952-3abc-8b3e-1fe0282ba6e3[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Width of a Circle was performed by David Bowie[7]. It was produced by Tony Visconti[6].

Publication

The Width of a Circle was released on November 4, 1970[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is hard rock[4]. It is part of The Man Who Sold the World[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Width of a Circle was followed by All the Madmen[5].

Why It Matters

The Width of a Circle ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (84 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

David Bowie Mercury Records

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.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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