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Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

original song written and composed by Prince
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Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

Summary

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? is a musical work/composition[1]. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s composer is recorded as Prince[4].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s genre is new wave[5].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? followed I Wanna Be Your Lover[6].
  • Among the performers on Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? was Prince[7].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? is part of Prince[8].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? was released on 1979[10].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s lyricist is recorded as Prince[11].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'}[12].
  • Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'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]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 82648545-7217-4ec9-9a85-11ea8e2fb278[15]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? was Prince[7].

Publication

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? was published on 1979[10]. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?'s language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is new wave[5]. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? is part of Prince[8].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? followed I Wanna Be Your Lover[6].

Why It Matters

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2] Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Karl Jaspers Prince

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Prince
    Part of → Prince
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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