For What It’s Worth
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"For What It’s Worth" is a 1960s protest song by Buffalo Springfield that became an iconic anthem of the era’s social and political unrest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| For What It’s Worth canonical | 3 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Buffalo Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | 1960s social and political unrest ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
American counterculture
ⓘ
anti-war movement ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Stills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| describedAs |
anthem of the 1960s
ⓘ
iconic protest song ⓘ |
| firstReleasedAs | single by Buffalo Springfield ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
protest music ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLine | Stop, children, what’s that sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became an enduring symbol of 1960s protest culture
ⓘ
widely used in media to evoke the 1960s ⓘ |
| hasEra | Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong
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There’s something happening here ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
civil liberties
ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ street demonstrations ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
police–civilian confrontation
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political protest ⓘ social unrest ⓘ youth counterculture ⓘ |
| includedIn | Buffalo Springfield’s repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
reflecting tensions between youth and authority in the 1960s
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use in films and documentaries about the Vietnam era ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Buffalo Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Buffalo Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1966 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Atco Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| writer | Stephen Stills NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.