Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison

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single song

"Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison is a 1964 rock and roll classic known for its iconic guitar riff, Orbison's powerful vocals, and enduring popularity in pop culture.

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Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison canonical 1
“Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
artist Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
bSide Yo Te Amo Maria ⓘ
chartedInCountry Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
composer Bill Dees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalImpact enduring popularity in pop culture ⓘ
era 1960s rock and roll ⓘ
featuredInFilm Pretty Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuredInMedium advertising ⓘ
film ⓘ
television ⓘ
genre pop rock ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle Pretty Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCertification gold record ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Al Green NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Mellencamp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Van Halen NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasIconicFeature guitar riff ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature distinctive opening guitar riff ⓘ
driving rhythm ⓘ
hasNotableUse theme of the 1990 film Pretty Woman ⓘ
includedInAlbum Orbisongs NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedGenre pop ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
label Monument Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:59 ⓘ
originalMedium 7-inch single ⓘ
performer Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Fred Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankedOnList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordingDate 1964 ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-08-15 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
subjectMatter admiration of an attractive woman ⓘ
vocalStyle powerful vocals ⓘ
writer Bill Dees NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roy Orbison NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Pretty Woman → soundtrackIncludes → Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison ⓘ
Monument Records → catalogIncludes → Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Oh, Pretty Woman” by Roy Orbison