# Wreckless Eric

> Eric Goulden, known as Wreckless Eric, is an English rock and new wave singer-songwriter, best known for his 1977 single "Whole Wide World" on Stiff Records. More than two decades after its release, the song was included in Mojo magazine's list of the best punk rock singles of all time. It was also acclaimed as one of the "top 40 singles of the alternative era 1975–2000".

*English rock and roll and new wave singer-songwriter (born 1954)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/wreckless-eric

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1954-05-18
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 50.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.4 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 8.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/thewreckeric (@thewreckeric)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2086196/ (@nm2086196)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.wrecklesseric.com

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/266437)
- [وريكليس اريك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83)
- [Wreckless Eric](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreckless_Eric)
- [Wreckless Eric](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreckless_Eric)
- [Wreckless Eric](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreckless_Eric)
- [Wreckless Eric](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreckless_Eric)
- [Несокрушимый Эрик](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA)
- [Wreckless Eric](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreckless_Eric)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b80f2162-c04e-400d-bc5f-124eacbd9fd2)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325135)
- [Wreckless Eric](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2368185)

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