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You Got Me

1999 single by Erykah Badu and The Roots
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You Got Me

Summary

You Got Me is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You Got Me's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • You Got Me's genre is hip-hop[4].
  • You Got Me followed Appletree[5].
  • You Got Me was followed by Southern Gul[6].
  • You Got Me was performed by The Roots[7].
  • You Got Me was performed by Erykah Badu[8].
  • You Got Me's record label is recorded as MCA Records[9].
  • You Got Me is part of Things Fall Apart[10].
  • You Got Me's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • You Got Me's country of origin is recorded as United States[12].
  • You Got Me was released on January 22, 1999[13].
  • You Got Me's lyricist is recorded as Black Thought[14].

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[15]

  • Genre(s): hip hop[16]

  • Community tags: hip hop[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9858d217-502c-4e26-8dad-78df8567e435[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Roots[7] and Erykah Badu[8].

Publication

You Got Me was released on January 22, 1999[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is hip-hop[4]. It is part of Things Fall Apart[10].

Adaptations and Inspiration

You Got Me followed Appletree[5]. It was followed by Southern Gul[6].

Why It Matters

You Got Me ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Erykah Badu Jill Scott United States

References

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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.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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