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Wishing on a Star

1978 single by Rose Royce
MusicComposition song Q8027629
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Wishing on a Star

Summary

Wishing on a Star is a song[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of song entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wishing on a Star's instance of is recorded as song[3].
  • Wishing on a Star's instance of is recorded as single[4].
  • Wishing on a Star's genre is soul[5].
  • Wishing on a Star followed Ooh Boy[6].
  • Wishing on a Star was followed by Money Ain't a Thang[7].
  • Wishing on a Star was produced by Norman Whitfield[8].
  • Among the performers on Wishing on a Star was Rose Royce[9].
  • Wishing on a Star's record label is recorded as Whitfield Records[10].
  • Wishing on a Star is part of Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom[11].
  • Wishing on a Star was published on 1978[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8f6f34ec-5fc8-335e-bf9c-e7f9d4d7d093[14]

Why It Matters

Wishing on a Star ranks in the top 8% of song entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Wishing on a Star. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/wishing-on-a-star
MLA “Wishing on a Star.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/wishing-on-a-star.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_wishing-on-a-star_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Wishing on a Star}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/wishing-on-a-star}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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