Ride a White Swan
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"Ride a White Swan" is a 1970 glam rock single by T. Rex that became the band's breakthrough hit and a key influence on the early glam rock movement.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ride a White Swan canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| breakthroughWorkFor | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPeakCountry | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| composer | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creditedTo | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Hot Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
glam rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Is It Love? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Ride a White Swan single sleeve ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
electric guitar
ⓘ
handclaps ⓘ string arrangement ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | boogie-based rock ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
Ride it on out like a bird in the sky
ⓘ
Wear a tall hat like a druid in the old days ⓘ |
| influenced | glam rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 2:13 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being T. Rex breakthrough hit
ⓘ
influencing early glam rock aesthetics ⓘ |
| partOf | T. Rex discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousArtistNameContext | Tyrannosaurus Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Tony Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1970 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Fly Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1970-10-23 ⓘ |
| significantIn | early glam rock movement ⓘ |
| tempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| writer | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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