Blackbird

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q880719
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Blackbird

Summary

Blackbird is a musical work/composition[1]. Blackbird ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,955 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blackbird's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Blackbird's composer is recorded as John Lennon[4].
  • Blackbird's composer is recorded as Paul McCartney[5].
  • Blackbird's genre is folk music[6].
  • Blackbird was produced by George Martin[7].
  • Among the performers on Blackbird was The Beatles[8].
  • Blackbird is part of The Beatles[9].
  • Blackbird's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Blackbird was released on 1968[11].
  • Blackbird's lyricist is recorded as Lennon–McCartney[12].
  • Blackbird's tonality is recorded as G major[13].
  • Bourrée in E minor inspired Blackbird[14].
  • Blackbird's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Blackbird'}[15].
  • Blackbird's different from is recorded as Blackbird[16].
  • Blackbird's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

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[18]

  • Genre(s): lovers rock, rock, rocksteady, roots reggae[19]

  • Community tags: lovers rock, multiple iswc, rock, rocksteady, roots reggae[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8a9cc43c-2958-36a1-b9e9-0afd8a346285[21]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Blackbird was performed by The Beatles[8]. Blackbird was produced by George Martin[7].

Publication

Blackbird was released on 1968[11]. Blackbird's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Blackbird's genre is folk music[6]. Blackbird is part of The Beatles[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Bourrée in E minor inspired Blackbird[14].

Why It Matters

Blackbird ranks in the top 1% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,955 views/month).[2] Blackbird has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] Blackbird is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [18] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [21] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Blackbird. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/blackbird
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  1. 25d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Inspired by Bourrée in E minor
    Language of work or name English
    Performer The Beatles
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