The KKK Took My Baby Away

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"The KKK Took My Baby Away" is a punk rock song by the Ramones, known for its catchy melody and darkly humorous lyrics about a lover being taken away.

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The KKK Took My Baby Away canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Pleasant Dreams ⓘ
artist Ramones ⓘ
chronology Ramones songs ⓘ
composer Joey Ramone ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
genre punk rock ⓘ
hasChorus repeated title line ⓘ
hasCulturalContext American punk rock of the early 1980s ⓘ
hasInstrumentation bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
hasLength approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme abduction of a lover ⓘ
hasLyricsTone dark humor ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasMood energetic ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first person ⓘ
hasRhythm straight 4/4 beat ⓘ
hasRiff distorted power chords ⓘ
hasStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
hasSubgenre pop punk ⓘ
hasSubject loss of a girlfriend ⓘ
isInGenre rock ⓘ
isPerformedBy American punk rock band Ramones ⓘ
linked to: Ramones
language English ⓘ
lyricist Joey Ramone ⓘ
musicalKey A major ⓘ
notableFor catchy melody ⓘ
controversial title ⓘ
darkly humorous lyrics ⓘ
partOf Pleasant Dreams ⓘ
performer Dee Dee Ramone ⓘ
Joey Ramone ⓘ
Johnny Ramone ⓘ
Marky Ramone ⓘ
Ramones ⓘ
producer Graham Gouldman ⓘ
Ramones ⓘ
recordLabel Sire ⓘ
Sire Records ⓘ
releaseType album track ⓘ
tempo fast ⓘ
usesMotif kidnapping ⓘ
racist organization as metaphor ⓘ
vocalStyle lead vocals ⓘ

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

Pleasant Dreams → hasPart → The KKK Took My Baby Away ⓘ
Weird Tales of the Ramones → hasPart → The KKK Took My Baby Away ⓘ
Loco Live → includesSong → The KKK Took My Baby Away ⓘ
Hey! Ho! Let's Go: The Anthology → includesWork → The KKK Took My Baby Away ⓘ