We Are Young

2011 single by fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
VisualArtwork single Q119452
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We Are Young

Summary

We Are Young is a single[1]. It ranks in the top 0.24% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,358 views/month, #56 of 23,006).[2]

Key Facts

  • We Are Young's instance of is recorded as single[3].
  • We Are Young's genre is indie pop[4].
  • We Are Young followed Cold War[5].
  • We Are Young was followed by Some Nights[6].
  • We Are Young was produced by Jeff Bhasker[7].
  • Among the performers on We Are Young was Fun[8].
  • Among the performers on We Are Young was Janelle Monáe[9].
  • We Are Young's record label is recorded as Fueled by Ramen[10].
  • We Are Young's record label is recorded as Nettwerk[11].
  • We Are Young's record label is recorded as Atlantic Records[12].
  • We Are Young is part of Some Nights[13].
  • We Are Young's language of work or name is recorded as English[14].
  • We Are Young was distributed by music download[15].
  • We Are Young's country of origin is recorded as United States[16].
  • We Are Young was released on September 20, 2011[17].
  • We Are Young's lyricist is recorded as Nate Ruess[18].
  • We Are Young's tonality is recorded as F major[19].
  • We Are Young's beats per minute is recorded as {'amount': '+116'}[20].
  • We Are Young's beats per minute is recorded as {'amount': '+92'}[21].

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: Song[22]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, hard rock, pop rock, rock[23]

  • Community tags: alternative rock, covered by glee, hard rock, pop rock, rock[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: df0d446c-8a30-4f23-ab08-65df320c7cfe[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Fun[8] and Janelle Monáe[9]. We Are Young was produced by Jeff Bhasker[7].

Publication

We Are Young was released on September 20, 2011[17]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[14]. Its genre is indie pop[4]. It is part of Some Nights[13]. It was distributed by music download[15].

Adaptations and Inspiration

We Are Young followed Cold War[5]. It was followed by Some Nights[6].

Why It Matters

We Are Young ranks in the top 0.24% of single entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,358 views/month, #56 of 23,006).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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