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You're the Inspiration

song written and composed by Peter Cetera and David Foster, originally recorded by Chicago and released in 1984
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You're the Inspiration

Summary

You're the Inspiration is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • You're the Inspiration's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • You're the Inspiration's genre is soft rock[4].
  • You're the Inspiration followed Hard Habit to Break[5].
  • You're the Inspiration was followed by Along Comes a Woman[6].
  • You're the Inspiration was produced by David Foster[7].
  • Among the performers on You're the Inspiration was Chicago[8].
  • You're the Inspiration was performed by CC & Lee[9].
  • You're the Inspiration's record label is recorded as Full Moon Records[10].
  • You're the Inspiration's record label is recorded as Warner Bros. Records[11].
  • You're the Inspiration's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • You're the Inspiration's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • You're the Inspiration was released on October 29, 1984[14].
  • You're the Inspiration's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "You're the Inspiration"}[15].
  • You're the Inspiration's form of creative work is recorded as song[16].

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[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 239ac051-740b-3e53-bf83-d8acbabc6320[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Chicago[8] and CC & Lee[9]. You're the Inspiration was produced by David Foster[7].

Publication

You're the Inspiration was published on October 29, 1984[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is soft rock[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

You're the Inspiration followed Hard Habit to Break[5]. It was followed by Along Comes a Woman[6].

Why It Matters

You're the Inspiration ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Chicago David Foster Peter Cetera 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.
  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.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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