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Pinball Wizard

original song written and composed by Pete Townshend; first recorded by The Who
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Pinball Wizard

Summary

Pinball Wizard is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,257 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pinball Wizard's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Pinball Wizard's composer is recorded as Pete Townshend[4].
  • Among the performers on Pinball Wizard was The Who[5].
  • Pinball Wizard was performed by Elton John[6].
  • Pinball Wizard is part of Tommy[7].
  • Pinball Wizard's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Pinball Wizard was published on 1969[9].
  • Pinball Wizard's lyricist is recorded as Pete Townshend[10].
  • Pinball Wizard's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Pinball Wizard'}[11].
  • Pinball Wizard's different from is recorded as Pinball Wizard[12].
  • Pinball Wizard's form of creative work is recorded as song[13].

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[14]

  • Genre(s): rock[15]

  • Community tags: rock[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 6ef8cd26-d0a7-36a1-84f5-5d872364d7c6[17]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Who[5] and Elton John[6].

Publication

Pinball Wizard was released on 1969[9]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. It is part of Tommy[7].

Why It Matters

Pinball Wizard ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,257 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Elton John Pete Townshend The Who

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [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.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pinball-wizard_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Pinball Wizard}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pinball-wizard}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 26d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Who, Elton John
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0701188433, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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