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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

original song co-written and performed by Billy Ocean; from the 1985 film "The Jewel of the Nile"
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2687802
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When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going

Summary

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's composer is recorded as Wayne Brathwaite[4].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's composer is recorded as Mutt Lange[5].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's composer is recorded as Barry Eastmond[6].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's composer is recorded as Billy Ocean[7].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's genre is popular music[8].
  • Among the performers on When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was Billy Ocean[9].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was released on 1985[11].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's lyricist is recorded as Wayne Brathwaite[12].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's lyricist is recorded as Mutt Lange[13].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's lyricist is recorded as Barry Eastmond[14].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's lyricist is recorded as Billy Ocean[15].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going'}[16].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's has characteristic is recorded as film song[17].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's form of creative work is recorded as song[18].
  • When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going's music created for is recorded as The Jewel of the Nile[19].

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[20]

  • Genre(s): contemporary r&b, soul[21]

  • Community tags: contemporary r&b, soul[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 2f28d963-9645-37fd-9845-a4dc5b7a983f[23]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was Billy Ocean[9].

Publication

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going was published on 1985[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is popular music[8].

Why It Matters

When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (529 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24]

Related Entities

The Jewel of the Nile

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Billy Ocean
    Form of creative work → song
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