Grim Grinning Ghosts

E185288

Disney song song theme song

"Grim Grinning Ghosts" is the iconic, playful theme song of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, known for its spooky yet humorous tone and memorable chorus.

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Label	Occurrences
Grim Grinning Ghosts canonical	6
Grim Grinning Ghosts (The Screaming Song)	1
“Grim Grinning Ghosts” (song)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1629858 — 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: Grim Grinning Ghosts
Context triple: [Haunted Mansion, themeSong, Grim Grinning Ghosts]

A. Ghosts
"Ghosts" is a song featured on the album "Carry On," known for its evocative themes and atmospheric sound.
B. The Ghoul Man
The Ghoul Man is a reanimated corpse character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
C. The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 science-fiction movie serial featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who unleashes deadly inventions in a bid for world domination.
D. Haunted Happenings
Haunted Happenings is an annual Halloween-themed festival in Salem, Massachusetts, featuring parades, haunted attractions, historical tours, and other seasonal events.
E. The Comedy of Terrors
The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 horror-comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur, featuring Basil Rathbone alongside Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a macabre farce about an unscrupulous undertaker.
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: Grim Grinning Ghosts
Target entity description: "Grim Grinning Ghosts" is the iconic, playful theme song of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, known for its spooky yet humorous tone and memorable chorus.

A. Ghosts
"Ghosts" is a song featured on the album "Carry On," known for its evocative themes and atmospheric sound.
B. The Ghoul Man
The Ghoul Man is a reanimated corpse character from the cult 1959 science fiction horror film "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
C. The Phantom Creeps
The Phantom Creeps is a 1939 science-fiction movie serial featuring Bela Lugosi as a mad scientist who unleashes deadly inventions in a bid for world domination.
D. Haunted Happenings
Haunted Happenings is an annual Halloween-themed festival in Salem, Massachusetts, featuring parades, haunted attractions, historical tours, and other seasonal events.
E. The Comedy of Terrors
The Comedy of Terrors is a 1963 horror-comedy film directed by Jacques Tourneur, featuring Basil Rathbone alongside Vincent Price and Peter Lorre in a macabre farce about an unscrupulous undertaker.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Disney song ⓘ song ⓘ theme song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ surface form: Grim Grinning Ghosts (The Screaming Song)
appearsIn	Haunted Mansion-related albums and compilations ⓘ
associatedAttraction	Haunted Mansion ⓘ
associatedWith	Disney theme parks ⓘ surface form: Disney Parks Walt Disney Imagineering ⓘ
composer	Buddy Baker ⓘ
copyrightHolder	The Walt Disney Company ⓘ
culturalStatus	iconic Disney Parks song ⓘ
feature	character voices ⓘ sound effects ⓘ
firstAppearance	The Haunted Mansion (Disneyland attraction) ⓘ surface form: The Haunted Mansion (Disneyland)
firstReleaseDate	1969 ⓘ
genre	novelty song ⓘ show tune ⓘ soundtrack ⓘ
hasChorus	“Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize” ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	chorus ⓘ orchestra ⓘ organ ⓘ
hasSection	graveyard jamboree sequence ⓘ
inspired	remixes and arrangements in Disney media ⓘ various cover versions ⓘ
inUniverseFunction	music sung by the ghosts in the graveyard scene ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	X. Atencio ⓘ surface form: X Atencio
musicalStyle	choral ⓘ orchestral ⓘ
notableFor	memorable chorus ⓘ
partOf	Haunted Mansion ⓘ surface form: Haunted Mansion soundtrack
publisher	Disney Music Group ⓘ surface form: Walt Disney Music Company
recordLabel	Disneyland Records ⓘ surface form: Walt Disney Records
theme	ghosts ⓘ haunted house ⓘ
title	Grim Grinning Ghosts self-link ⓘ
tone	humorous ⓘ playful ⓘ spooky ⓘ
usedFor	atmosphere in Haunted Mansion queue and ride scenes ⓘ
usedIn	Haunted Mansion ⓘ Haunted Mansion (Tokyo Disneyland) ⓘ surface form: Haunted Mansion (Tokyo Disneyland attraction) Haunted Mansion ⓘ surface form: Haunted Mansion Holiday Haunted Mansion ⓘ surface form: Phantom Manor The Haunted Mansion (Disneyland attraction) ⓘ Haunted Mansion (Magic Kingdom) ⓘ surface form: The Haunted Mansion (Magic Kingdom attraction)

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Referenced by (8)

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

Haunted Mansion → themeSong → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

X. Atencio → notableWork → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

X. Atencio → wroteLyricsFor → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

Hitchhiking Ghosts → associatedWith → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

this entity surface form: “Grim Grinning Ghosts” (song)

Grim Grinning Ghosts → title → Grim Grinning Ghosts self-link ⓘ

Grim Grinning Ghosts → alsoKnownAs → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Grim Grinning Ghosts (The Screaming Song)

Xavier Atencio → notableWork → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

Xavier Atencio → wroteLyricsFor → Grim Grinning Ghosts ⓘ

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