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Welcome to the Machine

song by Pink Floyd
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Welcome to the Machine

Summary

Welcome to the Machine is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Welcome to the Machine's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Welcome to the Machine's composer is recorded as Roger Waters[4].
  • Welcome to the Machine's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • Welcome to the Machine was produced by Pink Floyd[6].
  • Welcome to the Machine was performed by Pink Floyd[7].
  • Welcome to the Machine's record label is recorded as New Hampshire[8].
  • Welcome to the Machine's record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Welcome to the Machine is part of Wish You Were Here[10].
  • Welcome to the Machine's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Welcome to the Machine's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • Welcome to the Machine was published on 1975[13].
  • Welcome to the Machine's lyricist is recorded as Roger Waters[14].
  • Welcome to the Machine's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Welcome to the Machine'}[15].
  • Welcome to the Machine's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • Genre(s): progressive rock, rock[18]

  • Community tags: progressive rock, rock[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0af0552f-cbe2-306b-a8cf-4f939df6eb67[20]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Welcome to the Machine was performed by Pink Floyd[7]. It was produced by Pink Floyd[6].

Publication

Welcome to the Machine was released on 1975[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is progressive rock[5]. It is part of Wish You Were Here[10].

Why It Matters

Welcome to the Machine ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (486 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

Related Entities

Columbia Records New Hampshire Roger Waters United States Wish You Were Here

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Welcome to the Machine. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-to-the-machine
MLA “Welcome to the Machine.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-to-the-machine.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_welcome-to-the-machine_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Welcome to the Machine}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-to-the-machine}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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