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Pledge Pin

1982 song performed by Robert Plant

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ7204429 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Pledge Pin" is a song by Robert Plant from his album Pictures at Eleven. It was a popular track on album-oriented rock radio in the United States, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in 1982. Later released as the second single from the album, it reached number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 15 on Billboard Top Tracks.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pledge Pin” as 1982 song performed by Robert Plant. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-11. The account is most persuasive where Pledge, song and performed can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 1982 song performed by Robert Plant. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 15, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7204429. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Pledge Pin”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Pledge Pin primary sources, Pledge Pin archive and Pledge research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Pledge Pin”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Pledge Pin” 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.