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What in the World

1977 song performed by David Bowie
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What in the World

Summary

What in the World is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • What in the World's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • What in the World's genre is art rock[4].
  • What in the World was produced by Tony Visconti[5].
  • What in the World was performed by David Bowie[6].
  • What in the World's record label is recorded as RCA Records[7].
  • What in the World is part of Low[8].
  • What in the World was released on January 14, 1977[9].
  • What in the World's form of creative work is recorded as song[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: Song[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: da0de11b-bbb1-3eab-9f7b-c94c9314ff3f[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on What in the World was David Bowie[6]. It was produced by Tony Visconti[5].

Publication

What in the World was published on January 14, 1977[9]. Its genre is art rock[4]. It is part of Low[8].

Why It Matters

What in the World ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

David Bowie RCA Records

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_what-in-the-world_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{What in the World}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/what-in-the-world}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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