Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)
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"Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" is a dystopian-themed rock song by Billy Joel that imagines the destruction of New York City and appears on his 1976 album Turnstiles.
All labels observed (1)
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| Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12905940 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) Context triple: [Turnstiles, hasPart, Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)]
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A.
Broadway at the Beach
Broadway at the Beach is a large entertainment, shopping, and dining complex and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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B.
New York Musical Theatre Festival
The New York Musical Theatre Festival was an annual New York City event dedicated to developing, showcasing, and promoting new and innovative musical theatre works.
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C.
Nights on Broadway
"Nights on Broadway" is a 1975 pop/disco song by the Bee Gees, known for showcasing Barry Gibb's emerging falsetto and helping define the group's mid-1970s sound.
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D.
Miami Music Week
Miami Music Week is an annual week-long electronic dance music celebration in Miami featuring numerous parties, club events, and performances by top DJs from around the world.
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E.
Broadway In Chicago
Broadway In Chicago is a theatrical production company and presenter that brings major Broadway tours and pre-Broadway premieres to multiple historic theaters in Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) Target entity description: "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" is a dystopian-themed rock song by Billy Joel that imagines the destruction of New York City and appears on his 1976 album Turnstiles.
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A.
Broadway at the Beach
Broadway at the Beach is a large entertainment, shopping, and dining complex and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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B.
New York Musical Theatre Festival
The New York Musical Theatre Festival was an annual New York City event dedicated to developing, showcasing, and promoting new and innovative musical theatre works.
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C.
Nights on Broadway
"Nights on Broadway" is a 1975 pop/disco song by the Bee Gees, known for showcasing Barry Gibb's emerging falsetto and helping define the group's mid-1970s sound.
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D.
Miami Music Week
Miami Music Week is an annual week-long electronic dance music celebration in Miami featuring numerous parties, club events, and performances by top DJs from around the world.
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E.
Broadway In Chicago
Broadway In Chicago is a theatrical production company and presenter that brings major Broadway tours and pre-Broadway premieres to multiple historic theaters in Chicago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rock song
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single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Turnstiles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalSetting | the year 2017 ⓘ |
| composer | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| describesEvent |
closing of the Empire State Building
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destruction of the Brooklyn Bridge ⓘ evacuation of New York City ⓘ lights going out on Broadway ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian music
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion |
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) – Songs in the Attic version
NERFINISHED
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Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) – live at Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTone |
apocalyptic
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bittersweet ⓘ nostalgic ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyleElement |
anthemic chorus
ⓘ
piano rock ⓘ progressive rock influences ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeLocation |
Miami
NERFINISHED
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New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformanceLocation |
Madison Square Garden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yankee Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedOn | Songs in the Attic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | 1970s New York City fiscal crisis ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveStapleForArtist | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person retrospective ⓘ |
| partOf | Turnstiles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedBy | Billy Joel and his touring band NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1975–1976 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| theme |
destruction of New York City
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future dystopia ⓘ urban apocalypse ⓘ |
| trackPositionOnAlbum | final track on Turnstiles ⓘ |
| writer | Billy Joel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) Description of subject: "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" is a dystopian-themed rock song by Billy Joel that imagines the destruction of New York City and appears on his 1976 album Turnstiles.
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