What Have They Done to the Rain

original song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds; first recorded by Joan Baez
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2008847
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What Have They Done to the Rain

Summary

What Have They Done to the Rain is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What Have They Done to the Rain's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain's composer is recorded as Malvina Reynolds[4].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain's genre is pop music[5].
  • Among the performers on What Have They Done to the Rain was Joan Baez[6].
  • Among the performers on What Have They Done to the Rain was The Searchers[7].
  • Among the performers on What Have They Done to the Rain was Marianne Faithfull[8].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain was performed by Melanie[9].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain was performed by Malvina Reynolds[10].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain was published on 1962[12].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain's lyricist is recorded as Malvina Reynolds[13].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain's main subject is nuclear fallout[14].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain's title is recorded as What Have They Done to the Rain[15].
  • What Have They Done to the Rain'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]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d199f788-26c8-4924-971a-cffc9b4ba077[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Joan Baez[6], The Searchers[7], Marianne Faithfull[8], Melanie[9], and Malvina Reynolds[10].

Publication

What Have They Done to the Rain was released on 1962[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is pop music[5].

Subject and Themes

What Have They Done to the Rain's main subject is nuclear fallout[14].

Why It Matters

What Have They Done to the Rain ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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