Beautiful World (song)

E705559
single song

"Beautiful World" is a song best known as a reflective, melodic track by Devo that contrasts upbeat music with lyrics about the darker aspects of modern life.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Beautiful World 2

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album New Traditionalists NERFINISHED ⓘ
artist Devo NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre new wave ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasMusicVideo true ⓘ
hasNotableFeature contrasts optimistic title with pessimistic imagery ⓘ
use of television and news imagery in music video ⓘ
isPopularSongOf Devo NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Gerald Casale NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicalStyle melodic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Gerald Casale NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeTheme darker aspects of modern life ⓘ
irony ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
partOf New Traditionalists NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Alan Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Casale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bob Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Devo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gerald Casale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mark Mothersbaugh NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
tonalContrast upbeat music with dark lyrics ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beautiful World → hasPart → Beautiful World (song) ⓘ
What About Now → hasPart → Beautiful World (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beautiful World
What About Now → hasSingle → Beautiful World (song) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beautiful World