page_title: Wikipedia in culture
section_title: In music
hierarchical_section_title: Wikipedia in culture / References to Wikipedia / Other instances / In music
caption_attribution_description: First Wikimedia-Related Postal Items
context_page_description: References to Wikipedia in western culture have increased as more people learn about and use the online encyclopedia project. Many parody Wikipedia's openness, with individuals vandalizing or modifying articles in nonconstructive ways. Still, others feature individuals using Wikipedia as a reference work, or positively comparing their intelligence to Wikipedia. In some cases, Wikipedia is not used as an encyclopedia at all, but instead serves more as a character trait or even as a game. Wikipedia has also become culturally significant with many individuals seeing the presence of their own Wikipedia entry as a status symbol.
context_section_description: Ukrainian composer Andriy Bondarenko wrote a musical piece, "Anthem of Wikipedia", which was performed in a concert devoted to the 15th anniversary of Wikipedia in Kiev.
  Israeli singer-songwriter Hanan Ben-Ari released a 2017 single named "Wikipedia".
  Play media
  On their 2017 album Goths, The Mountain Goats reference Wikipedia within one of the final stanzas of the song "Abandoned Flesh"
  To be fair to Gene Loves Jezebel
  Billy Corgan brought them on stage
  It was in 2011
  It's on their Wikipedia page
  In PewDiePie’s 2019 song ‘Congratulations’, he references T-Series’ Wikipedia page.
  Now you’re at number one, hope you did nothing wrong
  Like starting your business by selling pirated songs
  Oops! Didn’t think we’d see? It’s right there on Wikipedia
  Get used to your past being held against you by the media
caption: The presentation of the first Wikimedia-related postal items at Wikimania 2011
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