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Whammy!

1983 album by The B-52's
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Whammy!

Summary

Whammy! is an album[1]. Whammy! ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whammy!'s instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Whammy!'s genre is new wave[4].
  • Whammy! was performed by The B-52's[5].
  • Whammy!'s record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[6].
  • Whammy!'s place of publication is recorded as United States[7].
  • Whammy! is part of The B-52's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Whammy!'s recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Compass Point Studios[9].
  • Whammy! was published on April 27, 1983[10].

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: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1983-04[12]

  • Genre(s): electronic, new wave, pop rock, rock[13]

  • Community tags: electronic, new wave, pop rock, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: dd870496-4a3b-3c0c-9345-1b1fc49e70cf[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Whammy! was performed by The B-52's[5].

Publication

Whammy! was published on April 27, 1983[10]. Whammy!'s place of publication is recorded as United States[7]. Whammy!'s genre is new wave[4]. Whammy! is part of The B-52's albums in chronological order[8].

Why It Matters

Whammy! ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (668 views/month).[2] Whammy! has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

United States

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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Whammy!. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/whammy
MLA “Whammy!.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/whammy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_whammy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Whammy!}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/whammy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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