Who Can It Be Now?

1981 single by Men at Work
VisualArtwork single Q7997168
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Who Can It Be Now?

Summary

Who Can It Be Now? is a single[1]. Who Can It Be Now? ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Who Can It Be Now?'s instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s genre is pop rock[4].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s genre is new wave[5].
  • Who Can It Be Now? was followed by Down Under[6].
  • Among the performers on Who Can It Be Now? was Men at Work[7].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s record label is recorded as Epic Records[8].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s record label is recorded as Columbia Records[9].
  • Who Can It Be Now? is part of Business as Usual[10].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Who Can It Be Now? was released on August 13, 1982[12].
  • Who Can It Be Now? was published on June 6, 1981[13].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s lyricist is recorded as Colin Hay[14].
  • Who Can It Be Now?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Who Can It Be Now?'}[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: e0aa29c8-f77c-4701-82b4-22da1310f0ae[17]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Who Can It Be Now? was Men at Work[7].

Publication

Publication dates include August 13, 1982[12] and June 6, 1981[13]. Who Can It Be Now?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include pop rock[4] and new wave[5]. Who Can It Be Now? is part of Business as Usual[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Who Can It Be Now? was followed by Down Under[6].

Why It Matters

Who Can It Be Now? ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (697 views/month).[2] Who Can It Be Now? has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

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.
  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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