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They Can't Stop the Spring

song written and composed by John Waters and Tommy Moran, originally performed by Dervish at the 2007 Eurovision Song Congest
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q965401
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They Can't Stop the Spring

Summary

They Can't Stop the Spring is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • They Can't Stop the Spring's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's genre is recorded as music of Ireland[4].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's genre is recorded as spring song[5].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's performer is recorded as Dervish[6].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pkmdy[8].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's lyricist is recorded as John Waters[9].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "They Can't Stop the Spring"}[10].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's YouTube video ID is recorded as N40wpl5m0UM[11].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+3'}[12].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's Fandom article ID is recorded as eurosong-contest:They_Can't_Stop_the_Spring[13].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's Fandom article ID is recorded as eurovisionsongcontest:They_Can't_Stop_the_Spring[14].
  • They Can't Stop the Spring's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

Why It Matters

They Can't Stop the Spring ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

John Waters

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. 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.

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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). They Can't Stop the Spring. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/they-can-t-stop-the-spring
MLA “They Can't Stop the Spring.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/they-can-t-stop-the-spring.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_they-can-t-stop-the-spring_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{They Can't Stop the Spring}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/they-can-t-stop-the-spring}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): They Can't Stop the Spring — https://4ort.xyz/entity/they-can-t-stop-the-spring (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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