Adam's Song
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"Adam's Song" is a melancholic pop-punk track by Blink-182 that addresses themes of depression, loneliness, and suicide, standing out as one of the band's most emotionally serious and influential songs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Adam's Song canonical | 3 |
| Adam’s Song | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3929920 — 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: Adam's Song Context triple: [Blink-182, notableSong, Adam's Song]
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A.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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B.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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C.
The Song We Were Singing
"The Song We Were Singing" is a reflective, nostalgia-tinged track by Paul McCartney from his 1997 album "Flaming Pie."
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D.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
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E.
So Sad the Song
"So Sad the Song" is a soulful ballad best known from Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1976 recording, showcasing Gerry Goffin’s emotive songwriting.
- 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: Adam's Song Target entity description: "Adam's Song" is a melancholic pop-punk track by Blink-182 that addresses themes of depression, loneliness, and suicide, standing out as one of the band's most emotionally serious and influential songs.
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A.
A Song
"A Song" is a track by Greek composer Vangelis featured on his 1979 electronic music album "Earth."
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B.
Our Song
"Our Song" is a track by the English progressive rock band Yes, featured on their 1983 album "90125."
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C.
The Song We Were Singing
"The Song We Were Singing" is a reflective, nostalgia-tinged track by Paul McCartney from his 1997 album "Flaming Pie."
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D.
A Love Song
"A Love Song" is a country-pop ballad recorded by Kenny Rogers that became one of his notable hits in the early 1980s.
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E.
So Sad the Song
"So Sad the Song" is a soulful ballad best known from Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1976 recording, showcasing Gerry Goffin’s emotive songwriting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Enema of the State ⓘ |
| artist | Blink-182 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToEra | late 1990s pop-punk ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
Canada Rock/Alternative #1
ⓘ
US Alternative Songs #2 ⓘ US Mainstream Rock #19 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | praised for emotional depth ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
pop punk ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformance | featured in Blink-182 concert setlists ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
I never thought I'd die alone
ⓘ
Please tell mom this is not her fault ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
one of Blink-182's most emotionally serious songs
ⓘ
one of Blink-182's most influential songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:09 ⓘ |
| mood | melancholic ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Marcos Siega ⓘ |
| nextSingle | Man Overboard ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on discussions of mental health in pop-punk
ⓘ
serious tone compared to other Blink-182 songs ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Enema of the State ⓘ |
| performer | Blink-182 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | All the Small Things ⓘ |
| producer | Jerry Finn ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1998–1999 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Geffen Records
ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2000-03-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
| theme |
depression
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ suicide ⓘ teen angst ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 11 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Mark Hoppus ⓘ |
| writer |
Mark Hoppus
ⓘ
Tom DeLonge ⓘ Travis Landon Barker ⓘ
surface form:
Travis Barker
|
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: Adam's Song Description of subject: "Adam's Song" is a melancholic pop-punk track by Blink-182 that addresses themes of depression, loneliness, and suicide, standing out as one of the band's most emotionally serious and influential songs.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Adam’s Song
subject surface form:
Blink-182
this entity surface form:
Adam’s Song