Suicide Is Painless
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"Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Suicide Is Painless canonical | 3 |
| Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2173070 — 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: Suicide Is Painless Context triple: [MASH, themeSong, Suicide Is Painless]
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A.
Rather Die Young
"Rather Die Young" is a soulful R&B ballad by Beyoncé from her 2011 album "4," expressing a passionate, all-or-nothing kind of love.
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B.
Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow
"Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow" is a contemplative, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell that explores themes of female autonomy, spirituality, and emotional resilience.
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C.
I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death is a 1990 dark comedy film about a philandering husband whose wife and her accomplices repeatedly, and comically, fail to kill him.
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D.
The Sunblind
"The Sunblind" is a Cubist painting by Spanish artist Juan Gris, exemplifying his distinctive use of geometric forms and luminous color.
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E.
Funeral
"Funeral" is a 2020 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that showcases his rapid-fire lyricism over a diverse range of modern trap and melodic production.
- 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: Suicide Is Painless Target entity description: "Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
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A.
Rather Die Young
"Rather Die Young" is a soulful R&B ballad by Beyoncé from her 2011 album "4," expressing a passionate, all-or-nothing kind of love.
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B.
Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow
"Don’t Interrupt the Sorrow" is a contemplative, jazz-inflected folk song by Joni Mitchell that explores themes of female autonomy, spirituality, and emotional resilience.
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C.
I Love You to Death
I Love You to Death is a 1990 dark comedy film about a philandering husband whose wife and her accomplices repeatedly, and comically, fail to kill him.
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D.
The Sunblind
"The Sunblind" is a Cubist painting by Spanish artist Juan Gris, exemplifying his distinctive use of geometric forms and luminous color.
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E.
Funeral
"Funeral" is a 2020 studio album by American rapper Lil Wayne that showcases his rapid-fire lyricism over a diverse range of modern trap and melodic production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film theme song
ⓘ
song ⓘ television theme song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Theme from M*A*S*H ⓘ |
| associatedWork | Korean War ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 1 ⓘ |
| chartSuccessIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| composer | Johnny Mandel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| firstReleaseYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| genre |
easy listening
ⓘ
film score ⓘ jazz ⓘ television music ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
iconic association with anti-war sentiment
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widely recognized television theme ⓘ |
| hasForm | vocal song ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
jazz-influenced arrangement
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orchestral arrangement ⓘ |
| hasKeySubject |
absurdity of war
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contemplation of death ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
death
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suicide ⓘ war ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTone | darkly ironic ⓘ |
| hasMood | melancholic ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | melancholic ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Bill Evans
ⓘ
Manic Street Preachers ⓘ Marilyn Manson ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature | lyrics written by a 14-year-old ⓘ |
| hasRefrain |
Suicide Is Painless
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes
|
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| includedIn | soundtrack album for M*A*S*H ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Mike Altman ⓘ |
| lyricistAgeAtWriting | 14 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the theme song of M*A*S*H ⓘ |
| partOf |
MASH
ⓘ
surface form:
M*A*S*H soundtrack
|
| performer | The Mash ⓘ |
| publisher |
20th Century Fox Records
ⓘ
surface form:
20th Century Fox Music
|
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseType | single ⓘ |
| title | Suicide Is Painless self-link ⓘ |
| usedAsThemeOf |
MASH
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surface form:
M*A*S*H (1970 film)
M*A*S*H (TV series) ⓘ |
| writtenFor |
MASH
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surface form:
M*A*S*H (1970 film)
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How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Suicide Is Painless Description of subject: "Suicide Is Painless" is the melancholic, jazz-influenced song best known as the theme for the film and television series M*A*S*H, noted for its darkly ironic lyrics about war and death.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes