Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
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"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a 1970 funk song by James Brown, renowned for its driving groove, call-and-response vocals, and foundational influence on the development of funk music.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1952179 — 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: Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Context triple: [James Brown, notableWork, Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine]
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A.
Funky Man
"Funky Man" is a hip-hop track by Dee Dee King, the rap alter ego of Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone, showcasing his experimental foray into rap music in the late 1980s.
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B.
Just Can't Get Enough
"Just Can't Get Enough" is a pop song performed by Fergie, best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas, featuring her distinctive vocals over an electro-influenced production.
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C.
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a 1965 Motown hit single by Stevie Wonder that became one of his breakthrough songs, showcasing his energetic vocal style and helping establish him as a major soul and R&B artist.
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D.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
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E.
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)" is a lighthearted, upbeat 1966 folk-pop song by Simon & Garfunkel that celebrates carefree urban joy and a relaxed pace of life.
- 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: Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Target entity description: "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a 1970 funk song by James Brown, renowned for its driving groove, call-and-response vocals, and foundational influence on the development of funk music.
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A.
Funky Man
"Funky Man" is a hip-hop track by Dee Dee King, the rap alter ego of Ramones bassist Dee Dee Ramone, showcasing his experimental foray into rap music in the late 1980s.
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B.
Just Can't Get Enough
"Just Can't Get Enough" is a pop song performed by Fergie, best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas, featuring her distinctive vocals over an electro-influenced production.
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C.
Uptight (Everything's Alright)
"Uptight (Everything's Alright)" is a 1965 Motown hit single by Stevie Wonder that became one of his breakthrough songs, showcasing his energetic vocal style and helping establish him as a major soul and R&B artist.
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D.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
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E.
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)" is a lighthearted, upbeat 1966 folk-pop song by Simon & Garfunkel that celebrates carefree urban joy and a relaxed pace of life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedPerformerRole | bandleader James Brown ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtistNickname | Godfather of Soul ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1970s funk ⓘ |
| genre | funk ⓘ |
| hasChant |
Get up, get on up
ⓘ
Stay on the scene, like a sex machine ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
iconic funk anthem
ⓘ
staple of James Brown’s live performances ⓘ widely sampled in later music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
driving groove ⓘ prominent rhythm section ⓘ repetitive vamp ⓘ syncopated guitar ⓘ |
| influenced | development of funk music ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | funk ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadCallAndResponsePartner | Bobby Byrd ⓘ |
| notableFor |
James Brown’s vocal performance
ⓘ
foundational influence on funk ⓘ groove-oriented arrangement ⓘ |
| performedByBackingBand | The J.B.'s ⓘ |
| performer | James Brown ⓘ |
| producer | James Brown ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| rhythmicFocus |
interlocking drum and bass patterns
ⓘ
on-the-one rhythmic emphasis ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
emphasis on rhythm over harmony
ⓘ
minimal chord changes ⓘ percussive horn stabs ⓘ tight ensemble playing ⓘ |
| theme |
dance
ⓘ
party atmosphere ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| vocalist | James Brown ⓘ |
| writer |
Bobby Byrd
ⓘ
James Brown ⓘ Ronald Lenhoff ⓘ |
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: Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine Description of subject: "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" is a 1970 funk song by James Brown, renowned for its driving groove, call-and-response vocals, and foundational influence on the development of funk music.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.