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Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

vocal track by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole; 1988 studio recording; cover version; medley
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World

Summary

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World is a music track with vocals[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's instance of is recorded as music track with vocals[3].
  • Among the performers on Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World was Israel Kamakawiwoʻole[4].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World was distributed by music streaming[5].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's published in is recorded as Facing Future[6].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World'}[7].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's has characteristic is recorded as studio recording[8].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's has characteristic is recorded as cover version[9].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's has characteristic is recorded as medley[10].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's recording or performance of is recorded as Over the Rainbow[11].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's recording or performance of is recorded as What a Wonderful World[12].
  • Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World's production date is recorded as 1988[13].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World was performed by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole[4].

Publication

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World was distributed by music streaming[5].

Why It Matters

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Moebeus · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Recording or performance of → Over the Rainbow, What a Wonderful World
    Aliases → —
    Performer → Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
    Published in → Facing Future
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P437]]: [[Q15982450]]"
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