When You Were Mine

original song written and composed by Prince
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7992900
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When You Were Mine

Summary

When You Were Mine is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • When You Were Mine's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • When You Were Mine's composer is recorded as Prince[4].
  • When You Were Mine's genre is synth-pop[5].
  • When You Were Mine was performed by Prince[6].
  • Among the performers on When You Were Mine was Cyndi Lauper[7].
  • When You Were Mine is part of She's So Unusual[8].
  • When You Were Mine's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • When You Were Mine was released on 1980[10].
  • When You Were Mine's lyricist is recorded as Prince[11].
  • When You Were Mine's title is recorded as When You Were Mine[12].
  • When You Were Mine's different from is recorded as When You Were Mine[13].
  • When You Were Mine's form of creative work is recorded as song[14].

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[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9744c918-e954-3583-94da-b41886149ecd[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Prince[6] and Cyndi Lauper[7].

Publication

When You Were Mine was released on 1980[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is synth-pop[5]. It is part of She's So Unusual[8].

Why It Matters

When You Were Mine ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (299 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] . 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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