Subterranean Homesick Blues
E20591
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song famed for its rapid-fire, surreal lyrics and its influential cue-card style promotional film often cited as a precursor to the modern music video.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Subterranean Homesick Blues canonical | 7 |
| Subterranean Homesick Blues cue-card sequence | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150394 — 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: Subterranean Homesick Blues Context triple: [Bob Dylan, notableSong, Subterranean Homesick Blues]
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A.
Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is a landmark 1965 rock album by Bob Dylan, renowned for its electric sound and the iconic track "Like a Rolling Stone."
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B.
Mr. Tambourine Man
"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a landmark 1960s folk-rock song, written and first recorded by Bob Dylan and later popularized by The Byrds, known for its poetic, surreal lyrics and influential sound.
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C.
Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home is a landmark 1965 album by Bob Dylan that marked his pivotal shift from acoustic folk to electric rock music.
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D.
Kentucky Route 61
Kentucky Route 61 is a state highway in Kentucky that runs generally north–south, connecting communities such as Hodgenville with other parts of the state.
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E.
Oldtown Folks
Oldtown Folks is a 19th-century novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays life, religion, and community in a small New England village.
- 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: Subterranean Homesick Blues Target entity description: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song famed for its rapid-fire, surreal lyrics and its influential cue-card style promotional film often cited as a precursor to the modern music video.
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A.
Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is a landmark 1965 rock album by Bob Dylan, renowned for its electric sound and the iconic track "Like a Rolling Stone."
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B.
Mr. Tambourine Man
"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a landmark 1960s folk-rock song, written and first recorded by Bob Dylan and later popularized by The Byrds, known for its poetic, surreal lyrics and influential sound.
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C.
Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home is a landmark 1965 album by Bob Dylan that marked his pivotal shift from acoustic folk to electric rock music.
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D.
Kentucky Route 61
Kentucky Route 61 is a state highway in Kentucky that runs generally north–south, connecting communities such as Hodgenville with other parts of the state.
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E.
Oldtown Folks
Oldtown Folks is a 19th-century novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that portrays life, religion, and community in a small New England village.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| bSide | She Belongs to Me ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
UK Singles Chart number 9
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US Billboard Hot 100 number 39 ⓘ |
| composer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
rapid-fire
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surreal ⓘ |
| era | 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
folk rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Radiohead
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surface form:
Radiohead (live performances)
Red Hot Chili Peppers ⓘ The Walkabouts ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | frequently cited in histories of the music video form ⓘ |
| hasFamousLine | You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
political protest
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social unrest ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Bringing It All Back Home ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | music video ⓘ |
| inspired | name of the Weather Underground ⓘ |
| isTitleAlludingTo | subterranean homesickness ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalStyle |
stream-of-consciousness
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talking blues-influenced ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | D. A. Pennebaker ⓘ |
| musicVideoFeature |
Allen Ginsberg appearing in the background
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Bob Dylan holding and dropping cue cards with lyrics ⓘ Bob Neuwirth appearing in the background ⓘ |
| musicVideoLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
behind the Savoy Hotel, London ⓘ |
| musicVideoStyle | cue-card film ⓘ |
| notableFor | being an early precursor of the modern music video ⓘ |
| partOf | Bob Dylan discography ⓘ |
| performer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| producer | Tom Wilson ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Columbia Studio A, New York City
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surface form:
Columbia Recording Studios, New York City
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| recordingDate | 1965-01-14 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1965-03-08 ⓘ |
| side | Side A ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 1 ⓘ |
| writer | Bob Dylan ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1965 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Subterranean Homesick Blues Description of subject: "Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song famed for its rapid-fire, surreal lyrics and its influential cue-card style promotional film often cited as a precursor to the modern music video.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dont Look Back
this entity surface form:
Subterranean Homesick Blues cue-card sequence
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
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partOf
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
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You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
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firstReleasedOn
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Subterranean Homesick Blues
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