Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
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"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 upbeat pop song by Wham! that became one of the duo’s signature hits and a defining anthem of 1980s dance-pop.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374142 — 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: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Context triple: [George Michael, notableWork, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go]
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A.
Let’s Go Crazy
"Let’s Go Crazy" is a high-energy rock, funk, and pop song by Prince that opens the 1984 film and album "Purple Rain" and is renowned for its iconic guitar solo and sermon-like intro.
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B.
Walking on Sunshine
"Walking on Sunshine" is a 2014 British jukebox musical romantic comedy film set in Italy, featuring popular 1980s songs and an ensemble cast including Greg Wise.
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C.
Stir It Up
"Stir It Up" is a classic reggae song by Bob Marley, celebrated for its smooth groove and romantic lyrics and widely regarded as one of his signature tracks.
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D.
Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)
"Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)" is a 1987 rock album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that marked a rawer, more stripped-down sound and includes the hit single "Jammin’ Me."
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E.
Rock Your Body
"Rock Your Body" is a 2003 dance-pop and R&B single by Justin Timberlake, produced by The Neptunes and known for its infectious groove and success as one of his signature solo hits.
- 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: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Target entity description: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 upbeat pop song by Wham! that became one of the duo’s signature hits and a defining anthem of 1980s dance-pop.
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A.
Let’s Go Crazy
"Let’s Go Crazy" is a high-energy rock, funk, and pop song by Prince that opens the 1984 film and album "Purple Rain" and is renowned for its iconic guitar solo and sermon-like intro.
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B.
Walking on Sunshine
"Walking on Sunshine" is a 2014 British jukebox musical romantic comedy film set in Italy, featuring popular 1980s songs and an ensemble cast including Greg Wise.
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C.
Stir It Up
"Stir It Up" is a classic reggae song by Bob Marley, celebrated for its smooth groove and romantic lyrics and widely regarded as one of his signature tracks.
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D.
Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)
"Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough)" is a 1987 rock album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that marked a rawer, more stripped-down sound and includes the hit single "Jammin’ Me."
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E.
Rock Your Body
"Rock Your Body" is a 2003 dance-pop and R&B single by Justin Timberlake, produced by The Neptunes and known for its infectious groove and success as one of his signature solo hits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Make It Big NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Wham! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go (Instrumental) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralia | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanada | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIreland | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNorway | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | George Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| describedAs | defining anthem of 1980s dance-pop ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
brass section
ⓘ
drum machines ⓘ prominent synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go music video ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicStyle | up-tempo ⓘ |
| isInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| label |
Columbia Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Epic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:51 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector |
Andy Morahan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Duncan Gibbins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nextSingle | Careless Whisper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
features Wham! wearing "CHOOSE LIFE" T-shirts in the music video
ⓘ
known for upbeat 1980s dance-pop style ⓘ |
| partOf | Make It Big NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Wham! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousSingle | Club Tropicana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
George Michael
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recorded | 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-05-14 ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Wham! NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme | romantic excitement ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Andrew Ridgeley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | George Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Description of subject: "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 upbeat pop song by Wham! that became one of the duo’s signature hits and a defining anthem of 1980s dance-pop.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.