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Yé ké yé ké

1987 single by Mory Kanté
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Yé ké yé ké

Summary

Yé ké yé ké is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Yé ké yé ké's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Yé ké yé ké's genre is world music[4].
  • Yé ké yé ké was performed by Mory Kanté[5].
  • Yé ké yé ké's record label is recorded as Barclay[6].
  • Yé ké yé ké's language of work or name is recorded as Mandinka[7].
  • Yé ké yé ké was released on 1987[8].

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[9]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ccbef597-4765-4e1c-b9ad-12b3f06e6044[10]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Yé ké yé ké was performed by Mory Kanté[5].

Publication

Yé ké yé ké was published on 1987[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Mandinka[7]. Its genre is world music[4].

Why It Matters

Yé ké yé ké ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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.

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

  1. [9] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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