Is This Love reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100
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"Is This Love" is a power ballad by the English rock band Whitesnake that became one of their biggest hits and a defining song of late-1980s glam metal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Is This Love reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3929889 — 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: Is This Love reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Context triple: [Whitesnake, peakUSChartPosition, Is This Love reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100]
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A.
Is This Love
"Is This Love" is a classic reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, celebrated for its soulful expression of romantic devotion and enduring popularity worldwide.
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B.
If This Is Love
"If This Is Love" is a pop song by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays that introduced them to the music scene as their first official release.
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C.
So This Is Love
"So This Is Love" is a romantic ballad from Disney's animated film Cinderella, performed during the iconic ballroom dance scene between Cinderella and Prince Charming.
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D.
What Is Love
"What Is Love" is a 1993 Eurodance hit by Haddaway, best known for its infectious chorus and enduring popularity in clubs, films, and internet culture.
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E.
If This Isn’t Love
"If This Isn’t Love" is an R&B ballad by Jennifer Hudson that showcases her powerful vocals and emotional delivery, released from her self-titled debut album.
- 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: Is This Love reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Target entity description: "Is This Love" is a power ballad by the English rock band Whitesnake that became one of their biggest hits and a defining song of late-1980s glam metal.
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A.
Is This Love
"Is This Love" is a classic reggae song by Bob Marley and the Wailers, celebrated for its soulful expression of romantic devotion and enduring popularity worldwide.
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B.
If This Is Love
"If This Is Love" is a pop song by British-Irish girl group The Saturdays that introduced them to the music scene as their first official release.
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C.
So This Is Love
"So This Is Love" is a romantic ballad from Disney's animated film Cinderella, performed during the iconic ballroom dance scene between Cinderella and Prince Charming.
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D.
What Is Love
"What Is Love" is a 1993 Eurodance hit by Haddaway, best known for its infectious chorus and enduring popularity in clubs, films, and internet culture.
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E.
If This Isn’t Love
"If This Isn’t Love" is an R&B ballad by Jennifer Hudson that showcases her powerful vocals and emotional delivery, released from her self-titled debut album.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
glam metal song
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power ballad ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Whitesnake (1987 album) ⓘ |
| artist | Whitesnake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Neil Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartedOn |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot 100
UK Singles Chart ⓘ |
| chartPosition | 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| composer |
David Coverdale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Sykes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| drummer | Aynsley Dunbar ⓘ |
| featuredInMusicVideo | Tawny Kitaen ⓘ |
| genre |
glam metal
ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ power ballad ⓘ |
| hasGuitarStyle | melodic hard rock guitar solo ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo |
Is This Love
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surface form:
"Is This Love" (Whitesnake music video)
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| hasTheme |
emotional longing
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romantic love ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | melodic rock vocal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadGuitarBy | John Sykes ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | David Coverdale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAs |
defining song of late-1980s glam metal
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one of Whitesnake's biggest hits ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Whitesnake (1987 album) ⓘ |
| peakChartPositionOnBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| peakChartPositionOnUKSinglesChart | 9 ⓘ |
| performer |
Aynsley Dunbar
ⓘ
David Coverdale NERFINISHED ⓘ John Sykes ⓘ Neil Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Whitesnake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Keith Olsen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Stone ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EMI
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Geffen Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-03-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| singleFrom | Whitesnake (1987 album) ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | late-1980s glam metal ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| writer |
David Coverdale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Sykes ⓘ |
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: Is This Love reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Description of subject: "Is This Love" is a power ballad by the English rock band Whitesnake that became one of their biggest hits and a defining song of late-1980s glam metal.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.