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Virus

1996 single by Iron Maiden
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Virus

Summary

Virus is a single[1]. Virus ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Virus's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Virus's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Virus followed Lord of the Flies[5].
  • Virus was followed by The Angel and the Gambler[6].
  • Virus was performed by Iron Maiden[7].
  • Virus's record label is recorded as EMI[8].
  • Virus was released on September 2, 1996[9].
  • Virus's different from is recorded as Virus[10].
  • Virus's different from is recorded as Virus[11].

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[12]

  • First release date: 1996-09-09[13]

  • Genre(s): heavy metal, rock[14]

  • Community tags: heavy metal, rock[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2238bdd7-f46f-3668-a992-3a6e269a4ed8[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Virus was Iron Maiden[7].

Publication

Virus was published on September 2, 1996[9]. Virus's genre is heavy metal music[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Virus followed Lord of the Flies[5]. Virus was followed by The Angel and the Gambler[6].

Why It Matters

Virus ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (268 views/month).[2] Virus has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Related Entities

EMI Iron Maiden

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_virus-q2464496_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Virus}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/virus-q2464496}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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