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Switchfoot

American alternative rock band
MusicGroup rock_band Q722232

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
rock band
Inception
1996[15]
Country
United States[3]
Genre
alternative rock, progressive rock[4][5]
Official website
www.switchfoot.com[17]
Country of origin
United States[9]
Discography
Switchfoot discography[8]
Has part(s)
Jon Foreman, Jerome Fontamillas, Tim Foreman, Chad Butler, Drew Shirley[10][11][12][13][14]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
San Diego[2]
Location of formation
San Diego[16]
Official name
Switchfoot[18]
Record label
Columbia Records, Sony BMG[6][7]
Social media followers
501k (340k–501k, n=8)[20][21][22][23][24][25]
Start of work period
1996[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Switchfoot fa سوئیچ فوت hi स्विचफुट ja スウィッチフット ko 스위치풋 pt Tim Foreman th สวิตช์ฟุต zh 浪行者 zh 浪行者乐队 zh-hant 浪行者樂隊
🔖 Identifiers · 52
ISNI
0000000109421811
VIAF cluster ID
135132194
Library of Congress authority ID
no00036318
GND ID
10336365-8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
SwitchfootConcert1.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID
s/switchfoot
Acharts.co artist ID
switchfoot
Album of the Year artist ID
961
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000049026
Amazon Music artist ID
B000TDW5F6
Apple Music artist ID
655658
BabelNet ID
00131914n
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Bandcamp profile ID
switchfoot
Bandsintown artist ID
200
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14444375x
Billboard artist ID
switchfoot
Deezer artist ID
1186
Discogs artist ID
257407
Facebook username
switchfoot
Freebase ID
/m/0pr13
Genius artist ID
Switchfoot
Giphy username
switchfoot
IHeart artist ID
28813
IMDb ID
nm1475521
IMVDb artist ID
switchfoot
Instagram username
switchfoot
Jaxsta profile ID
5a26c9f4-e816-4594-bec2-668b6e9f5d46
Juno Download artist ID
Switchfoot
Kinobox person ID
565659
Last.fm ID
Switchfoot
LyricsTranslate ID
switchfoot-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID
ff865aa0-4603-4f79-ae8b-8735332e2cfa
Musixmatch artist ID
Switchfoot
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000041048
Myspace ID
switchfoot
NME artist ID
switchfoot
Napster artist ID
switchfoot
Quora topic ID
Switchfoot
Rate Your Music artist ID
switchfoot
SecondHandSongs artist ID
53535
Shazam artist ID
10035094
Snapchat username
switch.foot
Songkick artist ID
442995
SoundCloud ID
switchfoot-4
SoundHound artist ID
200628505649976432
Spotify artist ID
6S58b0fr8TkWrEHOH4tRVu
Tidal artist ID
2871
TikTok username
switchfootofficial
Topic's main category
Category:Switchfoot
WhoSampled artist ID
Switchfoot
X (Twitter) username
switchfoot
YouTube channel ID
UCi9lvMuNrySHqoFfiOLcudQ

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 20
The Legend of Chin, Learning to Breathe, New Way to Be Human, The Beautiful Letdown, Nothing Is Sound, Oh! Gravity., Vice Verses, Hello Hurricane +12 more
← Performer 8
The Legend of Chin, Learning to Breathe, New Way to Be Human, The Beautiful Letdown, Nothing Is Sound, Oh! Gravity., Vice Verses, Hello Hurricane
← Mb:member of band 4
Jon Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas, Tim Foreman
Has part(s) 3
Jon Foreman, Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas
Genre 2
alternative rock, progressive rock
Has these parts 2
Jon Foreman, Jerome Fontamillas
← Member of 2
Chad Butler, Jerome Fontamillas
Country 1
United States
Country of origin 1
United States
Influenced 1
Jonas Brothers
Instance of 1
rock band
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
San Diego
Location of formation 1
San Diego
Record label 1
Columbia Records
Topic's main category 1
Category:Switchfoot
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Switchfoot
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Summary

Switchfoot is a rock band[1].

Why It Matters

Switchfoot has been cited as an influence by Jonas Brothers[26], a musical group[27], founded in 2005[28].

FAQs

Who did Switchfoot influence?

Switchfoot has been cited as an influence by Jonas Brothers[26].

Related Entities

Columbia Records Jonas Brothers United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Songkick. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  24. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1996-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Country → —
    Instance of → rock band
    NME artist ID → switchfoot
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ NME artist ID: switchfoot, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214797224|switchfoot (#214797224)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7190|NME artist]] #mix"
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