We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)

song by the English singer-songwriter and rock musician Peter Gabriel (1986)
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q98083169
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We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)

Summary

We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) is a musical work/composition[1]. We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s composer is recorded as Peter Gabriel[4].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s genre is art rock[5].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s genre is progressive rock[6].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s genre is pop music[7].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) was produced by Peter Gabriel[8].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) was produced by Daniel Lanois[9].
  • Among the performers on We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) was Peter Gabriel[10].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s record label is recorded as Charisma[11].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s record label is recorded as Virgin Records[12].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s record label is recorded as Geffen Records[13].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) is part of So[14].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) is part of Back to Front: Live in London[15].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) is part of Back to Front: Live in London[16].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[17].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) was published on May 19, 1986[18].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s lyricist is recorded as Peter Gabriel[19].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s main subject is The Milgram experiment[20].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s main subject is social psychology[21].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s main subject is obedience[22].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s main subject is conformity[23].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s main subject is morality[24].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s main subject is value[25].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s title is recorded as We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)[26].
  • We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s first line is recorded as We do what we're told / We do what we're told[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b1831272-95f5-49f4-ab1d-a37bd9d902fc[29]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) was Peter Gabriel[10]. Producers include Peter Gabriel[8] and Daniel Lanois[9].

Publication

We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) was released on May 19, 1986[18]. We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37)'s language of work or name is recorded as English[17]. Genres include art rock[5], progressive rock[6], and pop music[7]. Part of include So[14], an album[30] and Back to Front: Live in London[15], an album[31].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include The Milgram experiment[20], social psychology[21], obedience[22], conformity[23], morality[24], and value[25].

Why It Matters

We Do What We’re Told (Milgram’s 37) ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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