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Have a Ball

1997 debut studio album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
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Have a Ball

Summary

Have a Ball is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Have a Ball's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Have a Ball's genre is punk rock[4].
  • Have a Ball was performed by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes[5].
  • Have a Ball's record label is recorded as Fat Wreck Chords[6].
  • Have a Ball's place of publication is recorded as United States[7].
  • Have a Ball is part of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' albums in chronological order[8].
  • Have a Ball's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • Have a Ball was distributed by vinyl record[10].
  • Have a Ball was distributed by compact disc[11].
  • Have a Ball was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Have a Ball's review score is recorded as 4[13].
  • Have a Ball was published on January 1, 1997[14].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Danny's Song[15].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Leaving on a Jet Plane[16].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard[17].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as One Tin Soldier[18].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Uptown Girl[19].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as I Am a Rock[20].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Sweet Caroline[21].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Seasons in the Sun[22].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Fire and Rain[23].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Nobody Does It Better[24].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Mandy[25].
  • Have a Ball's tracklist is recorded as Rocket Man[26].
  • Have a Ball's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Have a Ball'}[27].

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.

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  • Release type: Album[28]

  • First release date: 1997-07-29[29]

  • Genre(s): indie rock, pop punk, punk, punk rock, rock, surf[30]

  • Community tags: covers, indie rock, pop punk, punk, punk covers, punk revival, punk rock, punk-pop, rock, surf[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3cd68b32-0d81-3cf4-a2a4-f76b5452480c[32]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Have a Ball was Me First and the Gimme Gimmes[5].

Publication

Have a Ball was released on January 1, 1997[14]. Its place of publication is recorded as United States[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its genre is punk rock[4]. It is part of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' albums in chronological order[8]. Recorded distribution format include vinyl record[10], compact disc[11], and music streaming[12].

Reception

Have a Ball's review score is recorded as 4[13].

Why It Matters

Have a Ball ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (152 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

Related Entities

compact disc Fat Wreck Chords United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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