Walking on the Milky Way

song written and composed by Andy McCluskey, Nigel Ipinson and Keith Small, originally recorded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and released in 1996
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q3565425
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Walking on the Milky Way

Summary

Walking on the Milky Way is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Walking on the Milky Way's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Walking on the Milky Way's genre is synth-pop[4].
  • walking is named after Walking on the Milky Way[5].
  • Milky Way is named after Walking on the Milky Way[6].
  • Walking on the Milky Way was performed by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark[7].
  • Walking on the Milky Way's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[8].
  • Walking on the Milky Way's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Walking on the Milky Way was released on August 5, 1996[10].
  • Walking on the Milky Way's title is recorded as Walking on the Milky Way[11].
  • Walking on the Milky Way's form of creative work is recorded as song[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c96f3678-c1cd-4334-a420-e953ab0e144e[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Walking on the Milky Way was Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark[7].

Publication

Walking on the Milky Way was published on August 5, 1996[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is synth-pop[4].

Why It Matters

Walking on the Milky Way ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (73 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.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] . 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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Walking on the Milky Way. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/walking-on-the-milky-way
MLA “Walking on the Milky Way.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/walking-on-the-milky-way.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_walking-on-the-milky-way_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Walking on the Milky Way}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/walking-on-the-milky-way}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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