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Drift Away

1973 single by Dobie Gray
VisualArtwork single Q5307437
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Drift Away

Summary

Drift Away is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,770 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Drift Away's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • Drift Away's genre is soul[4].
  • Drift Away followed Rose Garden[5].
  • Drift Away followed In a Little While[6].
  • Drift Away was performed by Dobie Gray[7].
  • Drift Away's record label is recorded as Decca[8].
  • Drift Away's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Drift Away was released on February 1973[10].

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[11]

  • Genre(s): rock[12]

  • Community tags: rock[13]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 75c60a42-b49a-4837-8325-71237117ae5f[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Drift Away was performed by Dobie Gray[7].

Publication

Drift Away was published on February 1973[10]. Its genre is soul[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Predecessors include Rose Garden[5] and In a Little While[6].

Why It Matters

Drift Away ranks in the top 2% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,770 views/month).[2]

References

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

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.

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

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [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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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_drift-away_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Drift Away}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/drift-away}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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