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Wait for the Blackout

1982 single by The Damned
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Wait for the Blackout

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • Wait for the Blackout's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Wait for the Blackout's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Wait for the Blackout followed Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde[5].
  • Wait for the Blackout was followed by Lovely Money[6].
  • Among the performers on Wait for the Blackout was The Damned[7].
  • Wait for the Blackout was released on May 6, 1982[8].
  • Wait for the Blackout's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as The Black Album[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]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, pop rock, rock[11]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, pop rock, rock[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 90626f07-09d0-3373-a47e-2410b377a004[13]

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Authorship and Creation

Wait for the Blackout was performed by The Damned[7].

Publication

Wait for the Blackout was released on May 6, 1982[8]. Its genre is punk rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Wait for the Blackout followed Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde[5]. It was followed by Lovely Money[6].

Why It Matters

Wait for the Blackout ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

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.
  3. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wait-for-the-blackout_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wait for the Blackout}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wait-for-the-blackout}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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