Locomotion (OMD)

Locomotion - original song written and composed by Gordian Troeller, Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey; first recorded by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Article “Locomotion (OMD)” in Swedish Wikipedia has 16.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 2 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Locomotion (OMD)”, its content was written by 1 registered users of Swedish Wikipedia and edited by 60 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 8 times in Swedish Wikipedia and cited 122 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Swedish): #80510 in February 2016
• Global: #200559 in November 2011

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Swedish): #204030 in December 2016
• Global: #903814 in May 2008

There are 6 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) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)		53.9271
2	French (fr) Locomotion (chanson)		21.8897
3	Swedish (sv) Locomotion (OMD)		16.2866
4	Polish (pl) Locomotion (singel OMD)		9.4053
5	Italian (it) Locomotion (singolo)		1.9361
6	Dutch (nl) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)		0.7786

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Locomotion (OMD)" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)		118 332
2	French (fr) Locomotion (chanson)		12 750
3	Polish (pl) Locomotion (singel OMD)		5 659
4	Dutch (nl) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)		1 309
5	Swedish (sv) Locomotion (OMD)		870
6	Italian (it) Locomotion (singolo)		659

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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 "Locomotion (OMD)" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)		533
2	French (fr) Locomotion (chanson)		26
3	Italian (it) Locomotion (singolo)		11
4	Dutch (nl) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)		11
5	Polish (pl) Locomotion (singel OMD)		11
6	Swedish (sv) Locomotion (OMD)		4

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)		33
2	French (fr) Locomotion (chanson)		13
3	Polish (pl) Locomotion (singel OMD)		5
4	Italian (it) Locomotion (singolo)		4
5	Dutch (nl) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)		4
6	Swedish (sv) Locomotion (OMD)		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 "Locomotion (OMD)" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)		0
2	French (fr) Locomotion (chanson)		0
3	Italian (it) Locomotion (singolo)		0
4	Dutch (nl) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)		0
5	Polish (pl) Locomotion (singel OMD)		0
6	Swedish (sv) Locomotion (OMD)		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 "Locomotion (OMD)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)		73
2	French (fr) Locomotion (chanson)		27
3	Swedish (sv) Locomotion (OMD)		8
4	Dutch (nl) Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)		5
5	Polish (pl) Locomotion (singel OMD)		5
6	Italian (it) Locomotion (singolo)		4

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#	Language	Value
en	English Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)
fr	French Locomotion (chanson)
it	Italian Locomotion (singolo)
nl	Dutch Locomotion (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark)
pl	Polish Locomotion (singel OMD)
sv	Swedish Locomotion (OMD)

Best Rank

Swedish: #204030 12.2016

Global: #903814 05.2008

Best Rank

Swedish: #80510 02.2016

Global: #200559 11.2011

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