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What's Going On

song by Cyndi Lauper
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What's Going On

Summary

What's Going On is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • What's Going On's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • Among the performers on What's Going On was Cyndi Lauper[3].
  • What's Going On is part of True Colors[4].
  • What's Going On's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • What's Going On was released on 1987[6].
  • What's Going On's form of creative work is recorded as song[7].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Single[8]

  • First release date: 1986[9]

  • Genre(s): electronic, synth-pop[10]

  • Community tags: electronic, synth-pop[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 31ff4a6f-44dc-41dc-8ca4-b2926048ce36[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

What's Going On was performed by Cyndi Lauper[3].

Publication

What's Going On was published on 1987[6]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[5]. It is part of True Colors[4].

Related Entities

Cyndi Lauper

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [8] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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