Songs & Compositions Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 22 entries checked · 14 flagged · 31 issues confirmed · 14 corrected · 17 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

...Baby One More Time — The claim that the song was originally written for the Backstreet Boys and TLC is partially inaccurate; it was written for TLC, but the Backstreet Boys were not offered the song—Max Martin wrote it with TLC in mind, and it was also considered for the Backstree

...Baby One More Time — The music video was voted the third most influential video in pop music history by Jam! in 2010 is unverifiable and likely incorrect; Jam! did not publish such a list in 2010, and no reliable source confirms this ranking.

1812 Overture — The claim that 'five cannon shots represent the Battle of Borodino' is not established in standard program notes or Tchaikovsky's descriptions; the number of cannon shots is not fixed to five in the score, and the battle represented is the overall 1812 campaig

1812 Overture — The lore section's claim that the imperial anthem was replaced with the chorus 'Glory, Glory to you, holy Rus!' from Mikhail Glinka's opera Iva is incomplete; the opera title should be 'Ivan Susanin' or 'A Life for the Tsar'.

A Change Is Gonna Come — The claim that Cooke first performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on February 7, 1964, is incorrect; he had performed it earlier on television.

A Change Is Gonna Come — The statement that Cooke did not perform it again in his lifetime due to the complexity of the arrangement and the song's ominous nature is speculative and not established canon.

A Day in the Life — The claim that the song 'inspired the creation of the Deep Note' is not supported by established canon.

A Love Supreme — The album was nominated for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group at the 1966 Grammy Awards, not 'Best Jazz Instrumental Album'.

A Love Supreme — The four-note motif is repeated 36 times by the bass, not by Coltrane.

All Along the Watchtower — The claim that the final version was spliced from the third and fifth takes is not universally confirmed; the exact take numbers are disputed.

Arirang — The first known recording of Arirang was made in 1896 by Alice C. Fletcher in Washington, D.C., featuring three Korean students or workers singing 'Love Song: Ar-ra-rang' — This is incorrect. The actual title on the recording was 'Arirang' or 'Ar-ra-rang', not

Arirang — The U.S. Army's 7th Infantry Division adopted Arirang as its official march song in 1956 — This is inaccurate. The correct year is 1957, not 1956.

Astral Weeks — The entry states that strings and horns were added later against Morrison's wishes, but this is an oversimplification; Morrison was initially reluctant but later approved, and some accounts say he was involved in the decision.

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