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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

original song written and composed by George Harrison
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q548046
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Summary

While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,894 views/month, #135 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's composer is recorded as George Harrison[4].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's genre is rock music[5].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps was produced by George Martin[6].
  • Among the performers on While My Guitar Gently Weeps was The Beatles[7].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps is part of The Beatles[8].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps was released on 1968[10].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's lyricist is recorded as George Harrison[11].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'}[12].
  • While My Guitar Gently Weeps's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[15]

  • Community tags: beat, blues rock, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 7ddade9b-fd70-35d1-9452-c37f54fdb51b[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

While My Guitar Gently Weeps was performed by The Beatles[7]. It was produced by George Martin[6].

Publication

While My Guitar Gently Weeps was released on 1968[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is rock music[5]. It is part of The Beatles[8].

Why It Matters

While My Guitar Gently Weeps ranks in the top 0.7% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,894 views/month, #135 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

George Harrison George Martin The Beatles The Beatles

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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [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.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Beatles
    Part of → The Beatles
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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