song
musical composition for voice(s)
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Summary
song is a type of musical work/composition[1]. song ranks in the top 1% of type of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,332 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: literary form[3], genre[4]
- Subclass of: lyrico-musical work[5], song, audio track, or release group[6]
- Part of: literary genre[7], vocal music[8], poetry[9]
- Commons category: Songs[10]
- Said to be the same as: song[11], 唄[12], audio track[13]
- Has part(s): music[14], lyrics[15]
- Instrumentation: voice[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Songs[17]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Song[18]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[19], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[21], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[22]
- Partially coincident with: Pieśń (gatunek literacki)[23], lyrico-musical work[24]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox song[25], Template:Infobox song 2[26]
- Equivalent class: https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/work/Song[27]
- Different from: Lied[28], Song[29], Canción[30]
- Properties for this type: P435[31], P175[32], P407[33], P577[34], P86[35], P676[36], P826[37], P3440[38], P1725[39], P361[40], P136[41], P1994[42], P2624[43], P2047[44]
- Has list: list of lists of songs[45]
- Wikidata usage instructions: Use audio track (Q7302866) instead for track on a music album, EP or single.[46]
- Hashtag: song[47]
- Exact match: https://citationstyles.org/ontology/type/song[48]
Why It Matters
song has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] song is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]