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Closest Thing to Heaven

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Closest Thing to Heaven

Summary

Closest Thing to Heaven is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Closest Thing to Heaven's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven's genre is new wave[4].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven followed Everybody Loves a Happy Ending/Call Me Mellow[5].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven was followed by Everybody Loves a Happy Ending/Call Me Mellow[6].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven was performed by Tears for Fears[7].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven's record label is recorded as Universal Music Group[8].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven's record label is recorded as Gut Records[9].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven was released on February 21, 2005[11].
  • Closest Thing to Heaven's single taken from the album or EP is recorded as Everybody Loves a Happy Ending[12].

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[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 08a624cf-1ecb-4cb2-8cc7-ac4bf3735b60[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Closest Thing to Heaven was performed by Tears for Fears[7].

Publication

Closest Thing to Heaven was published on February 21, 2005[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is new wave[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Closest Thing to Heaven followed Everybody Loves a Happy Ending/Call Me Mellow[5]. It was followed by Everybody Loves a Happy Ending/Call Me Mellow[6].

Why It Matters

Closest Thing to Heaven ranks in the top 3% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40 views/month).[2]

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.

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

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . 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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