Money (That's What I Want)

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single song

"Money (That's What I Want)" is a 1959 rhythm and blues song, first recorded by Barrett Strong for Motown, that became a foundational hit and has been widely covered by major rock and pop artists.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
composer Berry Gordy ⓘ
Janie Bradford ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs widely covered by major rock and pop artists ⓘ
firstRecordedBy Barrett Strong ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
hasChartSuccessIn United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCoverVersion Buddy Guy ⓘ
Jerry Lee Lewis ⓘ
John Lee Hooker ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
The Doors ⓘ
The Flying Lizards ⓘ
The Flying Lizards version ⓘ
The Kingsmen ⓘ
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ
surface form: The Miracles

The Rolling Stones ⓘ
The Searchers ⓘ
The Sonics ⓘ
The Supremes ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn pop music ⓘ
rock music ⓘ
isConsidered R&B standard ⓘ
foundational Motown hit ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Berry Gordy ⓘ
Janie Bradford ⓘ
notableLyric Money, that's what I want ⓘ
The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees ⓘ
originalFormat 7-inch single ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl record ⓘ
partOf Motown catalog ⓘ
performer Barrett Strong ⓘ
producer Berry Gordy ⓘ
Janie Bradford ⓘ
publicationDate 1959 ⓘ
recordedFor Motown ⓘ
recordLabel Motown ⓘ
Tamla ⓘ
theme desire for money ⓘ
vocalist Barrett Strong ⓘ

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Berry Gordy → wroteSong → Money (That's What I Want) ⓘ
With The Beatles → containsTrack → Money (That's What I Want) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Money (That’s What I Want)
The Supremes A’ Go-Go → includesTrack → Money (That's What I Want) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Money (That’s What I Want)