Letter from America

E867019

"Letter from America" is a folk-rock song by Scottish duo The Proclaimers that reflects on Scottish emigration and social change.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Letter from America canonical 9
“Letter from America” 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album This Is the Story ⓘ
artist The Proclaimers ⓘ
composer Charlie Reid ⓘ
Craig Reid ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
describes economic decline in Scotland ⓘ
impact of deindustrialisation in Scotland ⓘ
genre folk ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasCulturalContext British politics of the 1980s ⓘ
Scottish history ⓘ
hasType folk-rock ballad ⓘ
political song ⓘ
protest song ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Charlie Reid ⓘ
Craig Reid ⓘ
linked to: Keith Reid
lyricTheme Scottish emigration ⓘ
social change ⓘ
mentions Scottish towns ⓘ
notableWorkOf The Proclaimers ⓘ
partOf This Is the Story ⓘ
performer The Proclaimers ⓘ
recordingArtist The Proclaimers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

The Proclaimers → notableWork → Letter from America ⓘ
The Proclaimers → notableSong → Letter from America ⓘ
Sunshine on Leith (stage musical) → featuresSong → Letter from America ⓘ
Sunshine on Leith (2013 film) → featuresSong → Letter from America ⓘ
Craig Reid → notableWork → Letter from America ⓘ
Craig Reid → performerOf → Letter from America ⓘ
Thomas Leer → notableWork → “Letter from America” ⓘ
linked to: Letter from America
This Is the Story → hasNotableTrack → Letter from America ⓘ
Davy → associatedWithSongCatalog → Letter from America ⓘ
Yvonne → hasMusicalNumber → Letter from America ⓘ