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You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone

original song written and composed by Brian Wilson and Jack Rieley
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q8057437
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You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone

Summary

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's composer is recorded as Brian Wilson[4].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's composer is recorded as Jack Rieley[5].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's genre is country rock[6].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone was produced by Carl Wilson[7].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone was performed by The Beach Boys[8].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone is part of Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"[9].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone was released on 1972[11].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's lyricist is recorded as Jack Rieley[12].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's lyricist is recorded as Brian Wilson[13].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's title is recorded as You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone[14].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's different from is recorded as You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone[15].
  • You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: ca36c786-5bd6-3d03-9506-f392f3776981[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone was performed by The Beach Boys[8]. It was produced by Carl Wilson[7].

Publication

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone was published on 1972[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is country rock[6]. It is part of Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"[9].

Why It Matters

You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Brian Wilson

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . 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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  1. 9w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Carl and the Passions – "So Tough"
    Freebase id → /m/0cpkyy
    Instance of → musical work/composition
    Genre → country rock
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T7000834062, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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