Walk On By
E120443
"Walk On By" is a classic 1964 soul-pop song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, most famously recorded by Dionne Warwick and widely covered and sampled across genres.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Walk On By canonical | 18 |
| Walk On By (Isaac Hayes version sampled by hip hop artists) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1041571 — 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: Walk On By Context triple: [Warning, sampledWork, Walk On By]
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A.
So Gone
"So Gone" is an R&B song best known as a 2003 hit single by Monica, produced by Missy Elliott and Kanye West.
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B.
Keep My Spirit Alive
"Keep My Spirit Alive" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track from Kanye West’s album *Donda*, featuring introspective lyrics and guest verses from collaborators.
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C.
Hold On
"Hold On" is a song featured on the album "Warning" by the American punk rock band Green Day.
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D.
Let Yourself Go
"Let Yourself Go" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Uno!.
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E.
I Walk Alone
"I Walk Alone" is a punk rock song by the American band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic style and association with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
- 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: Walk On By Target entity description: "Walk On By" is a classic 1964 soul-pop song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, most famously recorded by Dionne Warwick and widely covered and sampled across genres.
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A.
So Gone
"So Gone" is an R&B song best known as a 2003 hit single by Monica, produced by Missy Elliott and Kanye West.
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B.
Keep My Spirit Alive
"Keep My Spirit Alive" is a gospel-influenced hip-hop track from Kanye West’s album *Donda*, featuring introspective lyrics and guest verses from collaborators.
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C.
Hold On
"Hold On" is a song featured on the album "Warning" by the American punk rock band Green Day.
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D.
Let Yourself Go
"Let Yourself Go" is a punk rock song by Green Day from their 2012 album ¡Uno!.
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E.
I Walk Alone
"I Walk Alone" is a punk rock song by the American band Pinhead Gunpowder, known for its raw, melodic style and association with Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Burt Bacharach ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1960s popular music ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasBeenSampledIn |
Walk On By
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Walk On By (Isaac Hayes version sampled by hip hop artists)
|
| hasBeenWidelyCovered | true ⓘ |
| hasBeenWidelySampled | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Hal David ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | orchestral pop arrangement ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionArtist |
Average White Band
ⓘ
Cyndi Lauper ⓘ Gloria Gaynor ⓘ Isaac Hayes ⓘ Melissa Manchester ⓘ Michael McDonald ⓘ Seal ⓘ Sybil ⓘ The Stranglers ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between Burt Bacharach and Hal David
ⓘ
signature song for Dionne Warwick ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Dionne Warwick ⓘ |
| performer | Dionne Warwick ⓘ |
| producer |
Burt Bacharach
ⓘ
Hal David ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Dionne Warwick ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Scepter Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| theme |
heartbreak
ⓘ
unrequited love ⓘ |
| writer |
Burt Bacharach
ⓘ
Hal David ⓘ |
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: Walk On By Description of subject: "Walk On By" is a classic 1964 soul-pop song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, most famously recorded by Dionne Warwick and widely covered and sampled across genres.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Walk On By (Isaac Hayes version sampled by hip hop artists)
subject surface form:
Burt Bacharach
subject surface form:
Dionne Warwick