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Thieves Like Us

original song written and composed by Arthur Baker and New Order; first recorded by New Order
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q3049598

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
musical work/composition
Performer
New Order, New Order[8]
Genre
synth-pop[7]
Language of work or name
English[9]
Publication date
1983[10]
Composer
Arthur Baker, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner[2][3][4][5][6]
Different from
Thieves Like Us[17]
Form of creative work
song[18]
Lyricist
Arthur Baker, Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Bernard Sumner[11][12][13][14][15]
Title
Thieves Like Us[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Thieves Like Us ja シーヴス・ライク・アス
🔖 Identifiers · 5
ACE Repertory work ID
500379095
BMI work ID
1495183
Freebase ID
/m/02vpk83
ISWC
T9000258877
MusicBrainz work ID
db3a9789-1e29-34d2-ba04-2c9a5118531e

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🔗 Connections
← Mb:writer 10
Peter Hook, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Stephen Morris +2 more
Composer 5
Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Arthur Baker
Lyricist 5
Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner, Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Arthur Baker
Performer 2
New Order, New Order
Form of creative work 1
song
Genre 1
synth-pop
Language of work or name 1
English
Preceded by (successor) 1
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Summary

Thieves Like Us is a musical work/composition[1].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: db3a9789-1e29-34d2-ba04-2c9a5118531e[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → New Order, New Order
    Form of creative work → song
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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