A Winter's Tale

original song written and composed by Queen
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q463227
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A Winter's Tale

Summary

A Winter's Tale is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Winter's Tale's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • A Winter's Tale's composer is recorded as John Deacon[4].
  • A Winter's Tale's composer is recorded as Brian May[5].
  • A Winter's Tale's composer is recorded as Freddie Mercury[6].
  • A Winter's Tale's composer is recorded as Roger Taylor[7].
  • A Winter's Tale's genre is psychedelic rock[8].
  • A Winter's Tale followed Heaven for Everyone[9].
  • A Winter's Tale was followed by Too Much Love Will Kill You[10].
  • A Winter's Tale was followed by I Was Born to Love You[11].
  • A Winter's Tale was produced by Queen[12].
  • A Winter's Tale was performed by Queen[13].
  • A Winter's Tale's record label is recorded as Parlophone[14].
  • A Winter's Tale is part of Made in Heaven[15].
  • A Winter's Tale's language of work or name is recorded as English[16].
  • A Winter's Tale was published on 1995[17].
  • A Winter's Tale's lyricist is recorded as Freddie Mercury[18].
  • A Winter's Tale's lyricist is recorded as John Deacon[19].
  • A Winter's Tale's lyricist is recorded as Brian May[20].
  • A Winter's Tale's lyricist is recorded as Roger Taylor[21].
  • A Winter's Tale's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "A Winter's Tale"}[22].
  • A Winter's Tale's different from is recorded as Winter's Tale[23].
  • A Winter's Tale's different from is recorded as A Winter's Tale[24].
  • A Winter's Tale's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+229'}[25].
  • A Winter's Tale's form of creative work is recorded as song[26].

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[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 26ce8ae7-1a27-47d6-a0fb-56daeece5b37[28]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on A Winter's Tale was Queen[13]. It was produced by Queen[12].

Publication

A Winter's Tale was published on 1995[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[16]. Its genre is psychedelic rock[8]. It is part of Made in Heaven[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

A Winter's Tale followed Heaven for Everyone[9]. Successors include Too Much Love Will Kill You[10] and I Was Born to Love You[11].

Why It Matters

A Winter's Tale ranks in the top 5% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (136 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . 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] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer Queen
    Part of Made in Heaven
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