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Switch

1975 album by Golden Earring
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Switch

Summary

Switch is an album[1]. Switch ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Switch's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Switch's genre is hard rock[4].
  • Switch's genre is progressive rock[5].
  • Switch was produced by Golden Earring[6].
  • Switch was performed by Golden Earring[7].
  • Switch's record label is recorded as Polydor[8].
  • Switch is part of Golden Earring's albums in chronological order[9].
  • Switch's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Switch was published on March 1975[11].
  • Switch's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Switch'}[12].
  • Switch's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2131'}[13].
  • Switch's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[14].

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: Album[15]

  • First release date: 1975-03[16]

  • Genre(s): rock[17]

  • Community tags: rock, should be public domain[18]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8fbd6370-2cdb-3952-84b5-595ce7afa5a4[19]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Switch was performed by Golden Earring[7]. Switch was produced by Golden Earring[6].

Publication

Switch was published on March 1975[11]. Switch's language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include hard rock[4] and progressive rock[5]. Switch is part of Golden Earring's albums in chronological order[9].

Why It Matters

Switch ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (240 views/month).[2] Switch has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

Related Entities

Polydor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Switch. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/switch-q2481084
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_switch-q2481084_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Switch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/switch-q2481084}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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