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Why Did It Have to Be Me?

song written and composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, originally recorded by ABBA and released in 1976
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q9920355
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Why Did It Have to Be Me?

Summary

Why Did It Have to Be Me? is a musical work/composition[1]. Why Did It Have to Be Me? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s composer is recorded as Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus[4].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s genre is recorded as rock and roll[5].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s based on is recorded as Memory Lane[6].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s performer is recorded as ABBA[7].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s performer is recorded as ABBA[8].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s performer is recorded as Simons[9].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s performer is recorded as Hugh Skinner[10].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s record label is recorded as Polar[11].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s title is recorded as Why Did It Have to Be Me?[12].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s has melody is recorded as Memory Lane[13].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s working title is recorded as Memory Lane[14].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11f793x4xr[15].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s derivative work is recorded as Det var det ingenting på[16].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s modified version of is recorded as Memory Lane[17].
  • Why Did It Have to Be Me?'s form of creative work is recorded as song[18].

Why It Matters

Why Did It Have to Be Me? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]

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] ↑ . ABBA Omnibus. Retrieved . abbaomnibus.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_why-did-it-have-to-be-me-_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Why Did It Have to Be Me?}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/why-did-it-have-to-be-me-}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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