Little Boxes
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"Little Boxes" is a 1962 satirical folk song by Malvina Reynolds that criticizes suburban conformity and middle-class consumer culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Little Boxes canonical | 3 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
satirical song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Malvina Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Malvina Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
conformity in education and professions
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materialism ⓘ middle-class lifestyle ⓘ standardized suburban housing ⓘ |
| describes | American suburbia ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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protest song ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpactOn | discourse about suburban sprawl ⓘ |
| hasLyricsLine |
And they all look just the same
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Little boxes on the hillside ⓘ |
| hasNotableLocationInspiration | Daly City, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
education system
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housing developments ⓘ middle class ⓘ professional careers ⓘ |
| inception | 1962 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Malvina Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
middle-class consumer culture
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social criticism ⓘ suburban conformity ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy |
Pete Seeger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Womenfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American protest music tradition ⓘ |
| periodDepicted | post–World War II American suburbs ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Malvina Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAsThemeSongIn | Weeds (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.