Behind the Mask (song)

Behind the Mask - song by Yellow Magic Orchestra. Article “Behind the Mask (song)” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 3 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Behind the Mask (song)”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 234 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 71 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1274 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #464 in November 2013
• Global: #28199 in February 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #23357 in June 2025
• Global: #50390 in December 2010

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Behind the Mask (song)		61.9454
2	Greek (el) Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)		49.5769
3	Vietnamese (vi) Behind the Mask (bài hát)		30.9405
4	German (de) Behind the Mask (Lied)		28.248
5	Simple English (simple) Behind the Mask (song)		21.4972
6	Korean (ko) Behind the Mask (노래)		18.5577
7	Japanese (ja) ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)		13.1232
8	Italian (it) Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)		12.4047
9	French (fr) Behind the Mask (chanson)		7.4164

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Behind the Mask (song)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Behind the Mask (song)		660 456
2	Japanese (ja) ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)		397 989
3	French (fr) Behind the Mask (chanson)		17 831
4	German (de) Behind the Mask (Lied)		6 548
5	Simple English (simple) Behind the Mask (song)		3 222
6	Vietnamese (vi) Behind the Mask (bài hát)		2 586
7	Greek (el) Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)		2 304
8	Italian (it) Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)		609
9	Korean (ko) Behind the Mask (노래)		212

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Behind the Mask (song)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Behind the Mask (song)		2 452
2	Japanese (ja) ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)		1 334
3	Simple English (simple) Behind the Mask (song)		390
4	French (fr) Behind the Mask (chanson)		99
5	Greek (el) Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)		43
6	German (de) Behind the Mask (Lied)		36
7	Korean (ko) Behind the Mask (노래)		13
8	Vietnamese (vi) Behind the Mask (bài hát)		9
9	Italian (it) Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Behind the Mask (song)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Behind the Mask (song)		135
2	Japanese (ja) ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)		35
3	French (fr) Behind the Mask (chanson)		21
4	Vietnamese (vi) Behind the Mask (bài hát)		14
5	German (de) Behind the Mask (Lied)		12
6	Greek (el) Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)		6
7	Simple English (simple) Behind the Mask (song)		6
8	Italian (it) Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)		4
9	Korean (ko) Behind the Mask (노래)		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Behind the Mask (song)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Behind the Mask (Lied)		0
2	Greek (el) Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)		0
3	English (en) Behind the Mask (song)		0
4	French (fr) Behind the Mask (chanson)		0
5	Italian (it) Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)		0
6	Japanese (ja) ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)		0
7	Korean (ko) Behind the Mask (노래)		0
8	Simple English (simple) Behind the Mask (song)		0
9	Vietnamese (vi) Behind the Mask (bài hát)		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Behind the Mask (song)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Behind the Mask (song)		359
2	German (de) Behind the Mask (Lied)		289
3	Japanese (ja) ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)		201
4	French (fr) Behind the Mask (chanson)		157
5	Vietnamese (vi) Behind the Mask (bài hát)		112
6	Greek (el) Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)		73
7	Simple English (simple) Behind the Mask (song)		71
8	Italian (it) Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)		8
9	Korean (ko) Behind the Mask (노래)		4

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#	Language	Value
de	German Behind the Mask (Lied)
el	Greek Behind the Mask (τραγούδι, Yellow Magic Orchestra)
en	English Behind the Mask (song)
fr	French Behind the Mask (chanson)
it	Italian Behind the Mask (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
ja	Japanese ビハインド・ザ・マスク (曲)
ko	Korean Behind the Mask (노래)
simple	Simple English Behind the Mask (song)
vi	Vietnamese Behind the Mask (bài hát)

Best Rank

Simple English: #23357 06.2025

Global: #50390 12.2010

Best Rank

Simple English: #464 11.2013

Global: #28199 02.2011

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