White Light/White Heat

single by The Velvet Underground
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White Light/White Heat

Summary

White Light/White Heat is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • White Light/White Heat's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • White Light/White Heat's composer is recorded as Lou Reed[4].
  • White Light/White Heat's genre is proto-punk[5].
  • White Light/White Heat was followed by What Goes On[6].
  • White Light/White Heat was produced by Tom Wilson[7].
  • White Light/White Heat was performed by The Velvet Underground[8].
  • White Light/White Heat's record label is recorded as Verve Records[9].
  • White Light/White Heat is part of White Light/White Heat[10].
  • White Light/White Heat's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • White Light/White Heat's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • White Light/White Heat was published on January 30, 1968[13].
  • White Light/White Heat's lyricist is recorded as Lou Reed[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: f1a3782b-f388-3ee4-9808-665312928f84[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

White Light/White Heat was performed by The Velvet Underground[8]. It was produced by Tom Wilson[7].

Publication

White Light/White Heat was published on January 30, 1968[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is proto-punk[5]. It is part of it[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

White Light/White Heat was followed by What Goes On[6].

Why It Matters

White Light/White Heat ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

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] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . 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.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_white-light-white-heat-q2679326_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{White Light/White Heat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/white-light-white-heat-q2679326}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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