A Sort of Homecoming
E131216
A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Sort of Homecoming canonical | 2 |
| A Sort of Homecoming (live) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1131018 — 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: A Sort of Homecoming Context triple: [With or Without You, precededBySingle, A Sort of Homecoming]
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A.
A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences.
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B.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
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C.
Bring Him Home
"Bring Him Home" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Jean Valjean as a prayer for the safety of the young revolutionary Marius.
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D.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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E.
After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
- 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: A Sort of Homecoming Target entity description: A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.
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A.
A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences.
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B.
The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
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C.
Bring Him Home
"Bring Him Home" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Jean Valjean as a prayer for the safety of the young revolutionary Marius.
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D.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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E.
After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| composer |
Adam Clayton
ⓘ
Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion |
A Sort of Homecoming
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
A Sort of Homecoming (live)
|
| hasMusicStyle | atmospheric ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
ambient guitar textures
ⓘ
echo-laden production ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
homecoming
ⓘ
spiritual journey ⓘ |
| includedIn | U2 concert setlists ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveVersionAppearsOn | Wide Awake in America ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bono ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ |
| partOf | U2 discography ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| performerNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| producer |
Brian Eno
ⓘ
Daniel Lanois ⓘ |
| recordedFor | The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Island Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Sort of Homecoming Description of subject: A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Sort of Homecoming (live)