Y.M.C.A.

song written and composed by Jacques Morali, Victor Willis and Henri Belolo, originally recorded by Village People and released in 1978
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q592696
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Y.M.C.A.

Summary

Y.M.C.A. is a musical work/composition[1]. Y.M.C.A. ranks in the top 0.088% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,420 views/month, #17 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Y.M.C.A.'s instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s genre is disco[4].
  • World Alliance of YMCAs is named after Y.M.C.A.[5].
  • Y.M.C.A. followed Macho Man[6].
  • Y.M.C.A. was produced by Jacques Morali[7].
  • Among the performers on Y.M.C.A. was Village People[8].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s record label is recorded as Casablanca Records[9].
  • Y.M.C.A. is part of Cruisin'[10].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s Commons category is recorded as YMCA dance[11].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s recorded at studio or venue is recorded as Sigma Sound Studios[13].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Y.M.C.A. was released on December 5, 1978[15].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s lyricist is recorded as Victor Willis[16].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s lyricist is recorded as Henri Belolo[17].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s lyricist is recorded as Jacques Morali[18].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s work available at URL is recorded as http://lyrics.wikia.com/wiki/Village_People:Y.M.C.A.[19].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Y.M.C.A.'}[20].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+287'}[21].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s derivative work is recorded as RFSU[22].
  • Y.M.C.A.'s form of creative work is recorded as song[23].

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[24]

  • Genre(s): dance, disco, funk, pop, soul[25]

  • Community tags: dance, disco, funk, pop, soul[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 0ecc4b21-cbf2-3d02-84f2-800020e0f973[27]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Y.M.C.A. was Village People[8]. Y.M.C.A. was produced by Jacques Morali[7].

Publication

Y.M.C.A. was released on December 5, 1978[15]. Y.M.C.A.'s language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Y.M.C.A.'s genre is disco[4]. Y.M.C.A. is part of Cruisin'[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Y.M.C.A. followed Macho Man[6].

Why It Matters

Y.M.C.A. ranks in the top 0.088% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,420 views/month, #17 of 19,375).[2] Y.M.C.A. has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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