song "MacArthur Park"

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single song song recording

"MacArthur Park" is a 1968 pop song written by Jimmy Webb, best known for its elaborate orchestration, surreal lyrics, and hit recordings by Richard Harris and later Donna Summer.

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Label Occurrences
MacArthur Park (Donna Summer recording) 1
MacArthur Park (Richard Harris recording) 1
song "MacArthur Park" canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
song recording ⓘ
song recording ⓘ
associatedAct Donna Summer ⓘ
Jimmy Webb ⓘ
Richard Harris ⓘ
award Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance nomination
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 4 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
2 ⓘ
chartSuccess hit single in the United Kingdom ⓘ
hit single in the United States ⓘ
composer Jimmy Webb ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception noted for ambitious, unconventional pop songwriting ⓘ
feature elaborate orchestration ⓘ
surreal lyrics ⓘ
firstPerformer Richard Harris ⓘ
genre disco ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ
pop ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later pop and rock ballads with extended structure ⓘ
hasNotableRecording song "MacArthur Park" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MacArthur Park (Donna Summer recording)

song "MacArthur Park" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MacArthur Park (Richard Harris recording)
hasPart MacArthur Park suite ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length over 7 minutes ⓘ
lyricalMotif melting cake in the rain ⓘ
lyricalTheme lost love ⓘ
lyricist Jimmy Webb ⓘ
namedAfter MacArthur Park (Los Angeles) ⓘ
notableCoverArtist Donna Summer ⓘ
orchestration full orchestral arrangement ⓘ
performer Donna Summer ⓘ
Richard Harris ⓘ
producer Giorgio Moroder ⓘ
Jimmy Webb ⓘ
Pete Bellotte ⓘ
recordedBy Donna Summer ⓘ
Richard Harris ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
1978 ⓘ
structure multi-part suite ⓘ
tempoChange features multiple tempo changes ⓘ

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MacArthur Park → hasRepresentationInMusic → song "MacArthur Park" ⓘ
song "MacArthur Park" → hasNotableRecording → song "MacArthur Park" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: MacArthur Park
this entity surface form: MacArthur Park (Richard Harris recording)
song "MacArthur Park" → hasNotableRecording → song "MacArthur Park" self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: MacArthur Park
this entity surface form: MacArthur Park (Donna Summer recording)