Movin' On Up

E161497

single song television theme song

"Movin' On Up" is the upbeat, gospel-influenced theme song best known for introducing the American sitcom *The Jeffersons* and celebrating its characters’ rise to a better life.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Movin' On Up canonical	7
co-writing and singing the theme song Movin' On Up for The Jeffersons	2
Movin' On Up – The Jeffersons	1
Movin’ On Up	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1408711 — 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: Movin' On Up
Context triple: [The Jeffersons, openingTheme, Movin' On Up]

A. Get on Up
Get on Up is a 2014 biographical drama film about the life and career of soul music legend James Brown.
B. Get Out of Your Own Way
"Get Out of Your Own Way" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2017 album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its anthemic sound and politically charged lyrics.
C. Uptown
Uptown refers to the northbound direction of travel on New York City’s numbered subway lines, including the 6 train, generally heading toward the northern parts of Manhattan and the Bronx.
D. Just Wright
Just Wright is a 2010 romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who falls for a professional basketball player she is helping to recover from injury.
E. Gotta Have It
"Gotta Have It" is a high-energy hip hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dense sampling and rapid-fire back-and-forth verses.
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: Movin' On Up
Target entity description: "Movin' On Up" is the upbeat, gospel-influenced theme song best known for introducing the American sitcom *The Jeffersons* and celebrating its characters’ rise to a better life.

A. Get on Up
Get on Up is a 2014 biographical drama film about the life and career of soul music legend James Brown.
B. Get Out of Your Own Way
"Get Out of Your Own Way" is a song by the Irish rock band U2 from their 2017 album *Songs of Experience*, noted for its anthemic sound and politically charged lyrics.
C. Uptown
Uptown refers to the northbound direction of travel on New York City’s numbered subway lines, including the 6 train, generally heading toward the northern parts of Manhattan and the Bronx.
D. Just Wright
Just Wright is a 2010 romantic comedy film starring Queen Latifah as a physical therapist who falls for a professional basketball player she is helping to recover from injury.
E. Gotta Have It
"Gotta Have It" is a high-energy hip hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dense sampling and rapid-fire back-and-forth verses.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ television theme song ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	George Jefferson ⓘ Louise Jefferson ⓘ
associatedWithSeriesCreator	Norman Lear ⓘ
composer	Jeff Barry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describesTheme	African American upward mobility ⓘ aspiration for a better life ⓘ economic success ⓘ social mobility ⓘ
features	call-and-response vocals ⓘ gospel-style backing vocals ⓘ handclaps ⓘ prominent piano accompaniment ⓘ
firstBroadcastIn	1975 ⓘ
firstUsedInSeries	The Jeffersons ⓘ surface form: The Jeffersons season 1
genre	R&B ⓘ gospel ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	iconic 1970s TV theme ⓘ widely recognized in American popular culture ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	upbeat ⓘ
hasNotableLyric	Fish don't fry in the kitchen, beans don't burn on the grill ⓘ To a deluxe apartment in the sky ⓘ Well we're movin' on up, to the East Side ⓘ
hasTempo	medium-fast ⓘ
inUniverseAssociation	Jefferson family moving to Manhattan's East Side ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Ja'net DuBois ⓘ surface form: Ja'net Dubois
mainThemeOf	The Jeffersons ⓘ
oftenUsedToSymbolize	achieving the American Dream ⓘ moving to a better neighborhood ⓘ
originalNetworkContext	CBS ⓘ
partOf	The Jeffersons ⓘ surface form: The Jeffersons soundtrack
performer	Ja'net DuBois ⓘ surface form: Ja'net Dubois
subjectMatter	celebration of newfound prosperity ⓘ gratitude for success ⓘ
usedAs	opening theme of The Jeffersons ⓘ
usedInMedium	television ⓘ
vocalist	Ja'net DuBois ⓘ surface form: Ja'net Dubois
writer	Ja'net DuBois ⓘ surface form: Ja'net Dubois Jeff Barry ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Jeffersons → openingTheme → Movin' On Up ⓘ

704 Hauser → openingTheme → Movin' On Up ⓘ

George Jefferson → themeSongAssociated → Movin' On Up ⓘ

this entity surface form: Movin’ On Up

Ja'Net DuBois → coWrote → Movin' On Up ⓘ

Ja'Net DuBois → performed → Movin' On Up ⓘ

Ja'Net DuBois → notableFor → Movin' On Up ⓘ

this entity surface form: co-writing and singing the theme song Movin' On Up for The Jeffersons

Ja'net DuBois → notableWork → Movin' On Up ⓘ

Ja'net DuBois → coWriterOf → Movin' On Up ⓘ

Ja'net DuBois → singerOf → Movin' On Up ⓘ

Ja'net DuBois → themeSongFor → Movin' On Up ⓘ

this entity surface form: Movin' On Up – The Jeffersons

Ja'net DuBois → notableFor → Movin' On Up ⓘ