It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
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"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel that critiques changing musical and fashion trends while affirming the enduring appeal of rock and roll.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me | 3 |
| It's Still Rock and Roll to Me canonical | 2 |
| It's Still Rock and Roll to Me single cover | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2885067 — 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)
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Target entity: It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Context triple: [Billy Joel, notableWork, It's Still Rock and Roll to Me]
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A.
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is a 1974 rock song by the Rolling Stones that became one of the band's signature anthems, celebrated for its swaggering riff and defiant lyrics about the nature of rock music.
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B.
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
"Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" is a high-energy rock song by Elton John, known for its aggressive guitar-driven sound and rebellious lyrics about youthful nightlife and brawling.
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C.
What'd I Say
"What'd I Say" is a 1959 rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles that became one of his signature hits and a pioneering record in the development of soul music.
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D.
Rockin' in the Free World
"Rockin' in the Free World" is a politically charged rock anthem by Neil Young, known for its driving guitar riff and critique of social and governmental issues.
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E.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Target entity description: "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel that critiques changing musical and fashion trends while affirming the enduring appeal of rock and roll.
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A.
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is a 1974 rock song by the Rolling Stones that became one of the band's signature anthems, celebrated for its swaggering riff and defiant lyrics about the nature of rock music.
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B.
Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting
"Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting" is a high-energy rock song by Elton John, known for its aggressive guitar-driven sound and rebellious lyrics about youthful nightlife and brawling.
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C.
What'd I Say
"What'd I Say" is a 1959 rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles that became one of his signature hits and a pioneering record in the development of soul music.
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D.
Rockin' in the Free World
"Rockin' in the Free World" is a politically charged rock anthem by Neil Young, known for its driving guitar riff and critique of social and governmental issues.
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E.
Let’s Roll
"Let’s Roll" is a blues and soul album by legendary American singer Etta James, showcasing her powerful vocals in a contemporary, guitar-driven setting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Glass Houses ⓘ |
| artist | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Billy Joel and his band
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surface form:
Billy Joel touring band
|
| chartPosition | US Billboard Hot 100 number 1 ⓘ |
| chronology | Billy Joel singles ⓘ |
| composer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| format | vinyl record ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
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rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasBSide | Through the Long Night ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt |
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me single cover
|
| hasMusicVideo | It's Still Rock and Roll to Me music video ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
consumerism in music
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image versus authenticity in pop music ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| includedIn | Billy Joel greatest hits compilations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:56 ⓘ |
| livePerformance | performed on Billy Joel concert tours ⓘ |
| medium | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| nextSingle |
Don’t Ask Me Why
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surface form:
Don't Ask Me Why
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| notableFor |
commentary on music industry marketing
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commercial success in 1980 ⓘ |
| partOf | Glass Houses ⓘ |
| peakChartPosition |
1 on RPM Canada Top Singles
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1 on US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ 14 on UK Singles Chart ⓘ |
| performer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| previousSingle | All for Leyna ⓘ |
| producer | Phil Ramone ⓘ |
| publisher | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| recorded | 1979 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-03 ⓘ |
| style | up-tempo rock ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of changing fashion trends
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critique of changing musical trends ⓘ enduring appeal of rock and roll ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 2 on some editions of Glass Houses ⓘ |
| writer | Billy Joel ⓘ |
| yearOfRelease | 1980 ⓘ |
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: It's Still Rock and Roll to Me Description of subject: "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel that critiques changing musical and fashion trends while affirming the enduring appeal of rock and roll.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
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hasCoverArt
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It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me single cover
this entity surface form:
It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me
this entity surface form:
It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me