When the Levee Breaks

song by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie (1929), later covered by Led Zeppelin
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2030118
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When the Levee Breaks

Summary

When the Levee Breaks is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,393 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When the Levee Breaks was influenced by The Grapes of Wrath[3].
  • When the Levee Breaks's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[4].
  • When the Levee Breaks's composer is recorded as John Bonham[5].
  • When the Levee Breaks's genre is blues rock[6].
  • When the Levee Breaks's genre is country blues[7].
  • Among the performers on When the Levee Breaks was The Beatles[8].
  • When the Levee Breaks was performed by Led Zeppelin[9].
  • When the Levee Breaks is part of Led Zeppelin IV[10].
  • When the Levee Breaks's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • When the Levee Breaks was released on 1929[12].
  • When the Levee Breaks's different from is recorded as When the Levees Broke[13].
  • When the Levee Breaks's different from is recorded as Supernatural, season 4[14].
  • When the Levee Breaks's form of creative work is recorded as song[15].

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[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1269b977-73c5-3f6f-a223-7d0e8d56bf8a[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Beatles[8] and Led Zeppelin[9].

Publication

When the Levee Breaks was published on 1929[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include blues rock[6] and country blues[7]. It is part of Led Zeppelin IV[10].

Why It Matters

When the Levee Breaks ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,393 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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