I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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"I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a classic pop standard and signature song of Tony Bennett, celebrated for its romantic portrayal of the city and enduring popularity since the early 1960s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Left My Heart in San Francisco canonical | 5 |
| I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2723715 — 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: I Left My Heart in San Francisco Context triple: [Tony Bennett, notableWork, I Left My Heart in San Francisco]
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A.
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s American police procedural television series set in San Francisco, best known for starring Karl Malden and launching Michael Douglas to fame.
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B.
My Heart
"My Heart" is a jazz composition associated with pianist, composer, and bandleader Lil Hardin Armstrong, reflecting her influential role in early jazz and her collaborations with Louis Armstrong.
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C.
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You is a 1996 musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, featuring an ensemble cast and set primarily in New York, Paris, and Venice.
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D.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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E.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
"Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 pop duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee that became a worldwide hit and one of Elton John's signature songs.
- 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: I Left My Heart in San Francisco Target entity description: "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a classic pop standard and signature song of Tony Bennett, celebrated for its romantic portrayal of the city and enduring popularity since the early 1960s.
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A.
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco is a 1970s American police procedural television series set in San Francisco, best known for starring Karl Malden and launching Michael Douglas to fame.
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B.
My Heart
"My Heart" is a jazz composition associated with pianist, composer, and bandleader Lil Hardin Armstrong, reflecting her influential role in early jazz and her collaborations with Louis Armstrong.
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C.
Everyone Says I Love You
Everyone Says I Love You is a 1996 musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, featuring an ensemble cast and set primarily in New York, Paris, and Venice.
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D.
Embraceable You
"Embraceable You" is a popular jazz and pop standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, widely recorded and performed since its debut in the 1930 musical Girl Crazy.
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E.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
"Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 pop duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee that became a worldwide hit and one of Elton John's signature songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pop standard
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song ⓘ traditional pop song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Ralph Sharon (pianist) ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | San Francisco ⓘ |
| associatedWith | San Francisco tourism and civic identity ⓘ |
| awarded |
Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance
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surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Male Solo Vocal Performance
Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ |
| composer | George Cory ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalStatus | iconic song about San Francisco ⓘ |
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstPopularRecordingBy | Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| format | single ⓘ |
| genre |
traditional pop
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vocal jazz ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | subsequent songs about San Francisco ⓘ |
| hasISRCStatus | commercially released recording ⓘ |
| hasKey | B-flat major ⓘ |
| hasLengthCategory | medium-length song ⓘ |
| hasReception |
critical acclaim
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long-term popularity on radio and in concerts ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| hasType | love song ⓘ |
| includedOn |
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Douglass Cross ⓘ |
| mainArtistNationality | American ⓘ |
| notableFor |
enduring popularity since the early 1960s
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romantic portrayal of San Francisco ⓘ |
| oftenPerformedBy |
jazz vocalists
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traditional pop singers ⓘ |
| performanceStyle | orchestral arrangement with vocal ⓘ |
| performer | Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | standard of the Great American Songbook ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Tony Bennett ⓘ |
| subject |
San Francisco
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surface form:
the city of San Francisco
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| tempo | ballad ⓘ |
| theme |
love of a city
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nostalgia ⓘ romantic longing ⓘ |
| title | I Left My Heart in San Francisco self-link ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: I Left My Heart in San Francisco Description of subject: "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" is a classic pop standard and signature song of Tony Bennett, celebrated for its romantic portrayal of the city and enduring popularity since the early 1960s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
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includedOn
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I Left My Heart in San Francisco
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album)