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Was There Anything I Could Do?

original song written and composed by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan; first recorded and released by The Go-Betweens
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Was There Anything I Could Do?

Summary

Was There Anything I Could Do? is a musical work/composition[1]. Was There Anything I Could Do? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s composer is recorded as Robert Forster[4].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s composer is recorded as Grant McLennan[5].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do? was performed by The Go-Betweens[6].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do? was performed by Missy Higgins[7].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do? was released on 1988[9].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s lyricist is recorded as Robert Forster[10].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s lyricist is recorded as Grant McLennan[11].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s title is recorded as Was There Anything I Could Do?[12].
  • Was There Anything I Could Do?'s form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 153121a0-c09c-4357-97fa-da830b9d3a5c[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Go-Betweens[6] and Missy Higgins[7].

Publication

Was There Anything I Could Do? was released on 1988[9]. Was There Anything I Could Do?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[8].

Why It Matters

Was There Anything I Could Do? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19 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] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . 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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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Secondhandsongs work id → 58048
    Iswc → T-060.092.296-0
    Wikidata description → original song written and composed by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan; first r
    Freebase id → /m/0_k567j
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0600922960, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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