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Moonlight Shadow

1983 song by Mike Oldfield
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Moonlight Shadow

Summary

Moonlight Shadow is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,501 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Moonlight Shadow's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Moonlight Shadow's composer is recorded as Mike Oldfield[4].
  • Moonlight Shadow's genre is pop rock[5].
  • Among the performers on Moonlight Shadow was Mike Oldfield[6].
  • Moonlight Shadow is part of Crises[7].
  • Moonlight Shadow's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Moonlight Shadow was published on 1983[9].
  • Moonlight Shadow's lyricist is recorded as Mike Oldfield[10].
  • Moonlight Shadow's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Moonlight Shadow'}[11].
  • Moonlight Shadow's form of creative work is recorded as song[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: cbd0989d-3036-3bf7-8492-4fea4b2f43b7[14]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Moonlight Shadow was Mike Oldfield[6].

Publication

Moonlight Shadow was published on 1983[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is pop rock[5]. It is part of Crises[7].

Why It Matters

Moonlight Shadow ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,501 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

Related Entities

Mike Oldfield

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . 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.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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