Workin' Man Blues

original song written, composed, and performed by Merle Haggard
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q8034877
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Workin' Man Blues

Summary

Workin' Man Blues is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Workin' Man Blues's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Workin' Man Blues's composer is recorded as Merle Haggard[4].
  • Workin' Man Blues's genre is country music[5].
  • Workin' Man Blues was performed by Merle Haggard and The Strangers[6].
  • Workin' Man Blues's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Workin' Man Blues was released on June 30, 1969[8].
  • Workin' Man Blues's lyricist is recorded as Merle Haggard[9].
  • Workin' Man Blues's title is recorded as Workin' Man Blues[10].
  • Workin' Man Blues's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

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[12]

  • Genre(s): country[13]

  • Community tags: country[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0e835dd5-08ef-46e3-b375-f27d172a346f[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Workin' Man Blues was Merle Haggard and The Strangers[6].

Publication

Workin' Man Blues was released on June 30, 1969[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is country music[5].

Why It Matters

Workin' Man Blues ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109 views/month).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.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_workin-man-blues_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Workin' Man Blues}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/workin-man-blues}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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