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An Entity of Type : wsb:Song, within Data Space : wasabi.inria.fr associated with source document(s)

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title
  • Rivers Of Babylon
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  • 12-inch single
  • CD single
  • Gramophone record
has language
  • eng
subject
  • Number-one singles in New Zealand
  • 1978 singles
  • Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
  • 1970 songs
  • Number-one singles in Australia
  • Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in Norway
  • Number-one singles in Sweden
  • Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in Austria
  • Number-one singles in Germany
  • Number-one singles in Switzerland
  • Reggae songs
  • European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles
  • UK Singles Chart number-one singles
  • Number-one singles in South Africa
  • Song recordings produced by Frank Farian
  • Number-one singles in France
  • Schytts songs
  • Boney M. songs
  • Hansa Records singles
  • Music based on the Bible
  • Psalm settings
abstract
  • %22Rivers of Babylon%22 is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Bible. The Melodians' original version of the song appeared in the soundtrack album of the 1972 movie The Harder They Come, making it internationally known.The song was popularized in Europe by the 1978 Boney M. cover version, which was awarded a platinum disc and is one of the top ten all-time best-selling singles in the UK. The B-side of the single, %22Brown Girl in the Ring%22, also became a hit.
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  • Frank Farian
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  • 5714dee525ac0d8aee523632
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  • USWB19600767
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  • Frank Farian
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  • Gold
  • Platinum
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wsb:deezer_artist_id
  • 3091
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  • 6636523
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wsb:gain
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wsb:language_detected
  • english
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wsb:record_label
  • Hansa Records
  • Atlantic Records
  • Sire Records
wsb:recording_description
  • 1978
wsb:title_without_accent
  • Rivers Of Babylon
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