The Time (Dirty Bit)
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"The Time (Dirty Bit)" is a 2010 dance-pop and electro house single by the Black Eyed Peas that prominently samples the classic song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from the film Dirty Dancing.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Time (Dirty Bit) canonical | 4 |
| Black Eyed Peas – "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (interpolation) | 1 |
| The Time (Dirty Bit) (Steve Aoki Remix) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T306121 — 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: The Time (Dirty Bit) Context triple: [Black Eyed Peas, notableWork, The Time (Dirty Bit)]
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A.
This Time
"This Time" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the Christian rock band John Legend.
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B.
Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
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C.
Eno Division
Eno Division is one of the main management and research sections of Duke Forest in North Carolina, encompassing forested land along the Eno River used for education, conservation, and scientific study.
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D.
Cornershop
Cornershop is an on-demand grocery delivery service, originally founded in Latin America, that connects users with local supermarkets and retailers through a mobile app and web platform.
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E.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
- 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: The Time (Dirty Bit) Target entity description: "The Time (Dirty Bit)" is a 2010 dance-pop and electro house single by the Black Eyed Peas that prominently samples the classic song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from the film Dirty Dancing.
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A.
This Time
"This Time" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the Christian rock band John Legend.
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B.
Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
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C.
Eno Division
Eno Division is one of the main management and research sections of Duke Forest in North Carolina, encompassing forested land along the Eno River used for education, conservation, and scientific study.
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D.
Cornershop
Cornershop is an on-demand grocery delivery service, originally founded in Latin America, that connects users with local supermarkets and retailers through a mobile app and web platform.
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E.
Fell on Black Days
"Fell on Black Days" is a dark, introspective grunge song by Soundgarden, written and sung by Chris Cornell and released on their acclaimed 1994 album *Superunknown*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | The Beginning ⓘ |
| artist |
Black Eyed Peas
ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Eyed Peas
|
| basedOn | (I've Had) The Time of My Life chorus ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number one in Australia
ⓘ
number one in Canada ⓘ number one in the United Kingdom ⓘ top ten on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| chronology |
Black Eyed Peas
ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Eyed Peas singles chronology
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | Just Can't Get Enough ⓘ |
| format |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
electro house ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:08 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Rich Lee ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the film Dirty Dancing through its sample
ⓘ
prominent sampling of (I've Had) The Time of My Life ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beginning ⓘ |
| performer |
Black Eyed Peas
ⓘ
surface form:
The Black Eyed Peas
|
| precededBy | Rock That Body ⓘ |
| producer |
DJ Ammo
ⓘ
Rodney Jerkins ⓘ apl.de.ap ⓘ will.i.am ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Interscope Records
ⓘ
will.i.am Music Group ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2010-11-09 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| sampledWorkOrigin | Dirty Dancing ⓘ |
| sampledWorkType | film song ⓘ |
| samples | (I've Had) The Time of My Life ⓘ |
| theme |
having a good time
ⓘ
partying ⓘ |
| usesElement |
auto-tuned vocals
ⓘ
electronic dance breakdowns ⓘ |
| writer |
Donald Markowitz
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Fergie ⓘ Franke Previte ⓘ John DeNicola ⓘ Taboo ⓘ apl.de.ap ⓘ will.i.am ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: The Time (Dirty Bit) Description of subject: "The Time (Dirty Bit)" is a 2010 dance-pop and electro house single by the Black Eyed Peas that prominently samples the classic song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from the film Dirty Dancing.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Time (Dirty Bit) (Steve Aoki Remix)
this entity surface form:
Black Eyed Peas – "The Time (Dirty Bit)" (interpolation)