Rockin’ Robin
E1023699
Rockin’ Robin is a 1972 single by Michael Jackson, a cover of Bobby Day’s 1958 hit that became one of Jackson’s early solo successes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rockin’ Robin canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13166749 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rockin’ Robin Context triple: [Got to Be There, followedBy, Rockin’ Robin]
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A.
Rockin’ Chair
"Rockin’ Chair" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, known as the B-side to their 1995 single "Roll With It" and a fan-favorite deep cut from the Britpop era.
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B.
Rocking Time
"Rocking Time" is a classic roots reggae album by Jamaican artist Burning Spear, known for its spiritually charged lyrics and minimalist, hypnotic sound.
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C.
Rockabye
"Rockabye" is a 2016 dancehall-pop song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that became an international hit for its heartfelt portrayal of single motherhood.
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D.
Rock Around the Clock
Rock Around the Clock is a landmark 1954 rock and roll song by Bill Haley & His Comets that became one of the most influential and recognizable tracks in popular music history.
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E.
Rock the Cradle
Rock the Cradle is a reality television series in which the children of famous musicians compete in a singing competition.
- 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: Rockin’ Robin Target entity description: Rockin’ Robin is a 1972 single by Michael Jackson, a cover of Bobby Day’s 1958 hit that became one of Jackson’s early solo successes.
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A.
Rockin’ Chair
"Rockin’ Chair" is a song by the English rock band Oasis, known as the B-side to their 1995 single "Roll With It" and a fan-favorite deep cut from the Britpop era.
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B.
Rocking Time
"Rocking Time" is a classic roots reggae album by Jamaican artist Burning Spear, known for its spiritually charged lyrics and minimalist, hypnotic sound.
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C.
Rockabye
"Rockabye" is a 2016 dancehall-pop song by Clean Bandit featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie that became an international hit for its heartfelt portrayal of single motherhood.
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D.
Rock Around the Clock
Rock Around the Clock is a landmark 1954 rock and roll song by Bill Haley & His Comets that became one of the most influential and recognizable tracks in popular music history.
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E.
Rock the Cradle
Rock the Cradle is a reality television series in which the children of famous musicians compete in a singing competition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Got to Be There NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | The Jackson 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Rockin’ Robin (1958 single by Bobby Day) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Love Is Here and Now You’re Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardEasyListening | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSCashBoxTop100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | Jimmie Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfRelease |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | early 1970s pop ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | “Rockin’ robin, tweet, tweet, tweet” ⓘ |
| hasISRC | USMO17200015 ⓘ |
| hasTheme | birds and dancing ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_Robin_(song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Michael Jackson discography ⓘ |
| isCoverOf | Rockin’ Robin (Bobby Day song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| labelImprint | Motown Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2:30 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Jimmie Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of Michael Jackson’s early solo hits ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Bobby Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Got to Be There (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | The Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Motown ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalist | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalType | lead vocals by Michael Jackson ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rockin’ Robin Description of subject: Rockin’ Robin is a 1972 single by Michael Jackson, a cover of Bobby Day’s 1958 hit that became one of Jackson’s early solo successes.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.