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Cutie Pie

single by One Way

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ16953344
Source-derived summary

"Cutie Pie" is a song performed by One Way, issued as the second single from their album Who's Foolin' Who. The song was the band's only appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #61 in 1982.

It was used on the 2013 game Grand Theft Auto 5 for the radio station called Space 103.2.

The song was also featured prominently on the series premiere of Snowfall, and its spinoff, The Drop: A Snowfall Saga.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Cutie Pie” as single by One Way. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cutie and single.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cutie and single providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Cutie Pie”, the useful work is to connect “single by One Way” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16953344. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982 and 2013.

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This entry incorporates text from Cutie Pie” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.