The World Tonight

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The World Tonight

Summary

The World Tonight is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The World Tonight's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • The World Tonight's instance of is recorded as song[4].
  • The World Tonight's genre is rock music[5].
  • The World Tonight followed Young Boy[6].
  • The World Tonight was followed by Beautiful Night[7].
  • The World Tonight was produced by Jeff Lynne[8].
  • The World Tonight was performed by Paul McCartney[9].
  • The World Tonight's record label is recorded as EMI[10].
  • The World Tonight's record label is recorded as Parlophone[11].
  • The World Tonight's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[12].
  • The World Tonight is part of Flaming Pie[13].
  • The World Tonight was released on July 7, 1997[14].
  • The World Tonight's lyricist is recorded as Paul McCartney[15].

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[16]

  • First release date: 1997-07-07[17]

  • Genre(s): pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter[18]

  • Community tags: pop male singer-songwriter, pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: bac5c91f-e9cf-4fdf-a0ee-236d0e8052c0[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The World Tonight was performed by Paul McCartney[9]. It was produced by Jeff Lynne[8].

Publication

The World Tonight was released on July 7, 1997[14]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of Flaming Pie[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The World Tonight followed Young Boy[6]. It was followed by Beautiful Night[7].

Why It Matters

The World Tonight ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (94 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

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.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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