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Particle Man

1990 song performed by They Might Be Giants
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q7140486

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
musical work/composition, music track with vocals[2]
Performer
They Might Be Giants[4]
Genre
alternative rock[3]
Publication date
1990[8]
Part of
Flood[6]
Duration
+119[12]
Country of origin
United States[7]
Form of creative work
song[13]
Has characteristic
studio recording[11]
Inspired by
Spider-Man[9]
Record label
Elektra[5]
Title
Particle Man[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Particle Man
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/04jy64
ISRC ID
USEE10181582
MetroLyrics ID
particle-man-lyrics-they-might-be-giants
MusicBrainz work ID
169252c2-5300-3a07-85e7-f64e8e4862e6

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Summary

Particle Man is a musical work/composition[1].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 169252c2-5300-3a07-85e7-f64e8e4862e6[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record label → Elektra
    Publication date → +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Freebase ID → /m/04jy64
    Form of creative work → song
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inspired by: Spider-Man"
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