Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye
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"Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye" is a gentle, melancholic Leonard Cohen song about a tender, regretful farewell in a fading relationship.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4868115 — 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: Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye Context triple: [Songs of Leonard Cohen, hasPart, Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye]
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A.
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
The Wrong Side of Goodbye is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch working a cold missing-person case while serving as a part-time private investigator.
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B.
Too Good at Goodbyes
"Too Good at Goodbyes" is a soulful pop ballad by Sam Smith, co-written with Jimmy Napes, known for its emotive vocals and themes of heartbreak and emotional self-protection.
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C.
Goodbyes
"Goodbyes" is a melancholic hip-hop/pop single by Post Malone featuring Young Thug, known for its themes of heartbreak and its commercial success on global music charts.
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D.
The Last Goodbye
"The Last Goodbye" is a song performed by Scottish actor and musician Billy Boyd, best known as the end-credits theme for the film *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*.
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E.
So Long, Farewell
"So Long, Farewell" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its playful farewell sequence performed by the von Trapp children.
- 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: Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye Target entity description: "Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye" is a gentle, melancholic Leonard Cohen song about a tender, regretful farewell in a fading relationship.
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A.
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
The Wrong Side of Goodbye is a crime novel by Michael Connelly featuring detective Harry Bosch working a cold missing-person case while serving as a part-time private investigator.
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B.
Too Good at Goodbyes
"Too Good at Goodbyes" is a soulful pop ballad by Sam Smith, co-written with Jimmy Napes, known for its emotive vocals and themes of heartbreak and emotional self-protection.
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C.
Goodbyes
"Goodbyes" is a melancholic hip-hop/pop single by Post Malone featuring Young Thug, known for its themes of heartbreak and its commercial success on global music charts.
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D.
The Last Goodbye
"The Last Goodbye" is a song performed by Scottish actor and musician Billy Boyd, best known as the end-credits theme for the film *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*.
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E.
So Long, Farewell
"So Long, Farewell" is a popular song from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical *The Sound of Music*, known for its playful farewell sequence performed by the von Trapp children.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
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song ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist | Leonard Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyInArtistCareer | early Leonard Cohen song ⓘ |
| composer | Leonard Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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folk rock ⓘ |
| hasLyricLine |
“Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye”
NERFINISHED
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“I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm” ⓘ “Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm” ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
acoustic arrangement
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prominent guitar ⓘ soft vocal delivery ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Claudine Longet
NERFINISHED
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Judy Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ Julie Felix NERFINISHED ⓘ Roberta Flack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
ending relationship
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farewell ⓘ regret ⓘ tenderness ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacterString | Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Songs of Leonard Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOnSide | Side one of Songs of Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Leonard Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mood |
gentle
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melancholic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| partOf | Leonard Cohen discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Leonard Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | John Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
cover versions
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music criticism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye Description of subject: "Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye" is a gentle, melancholic Leonard Cohen song about a tender, regretful farewell in a fading relationship.
Referenced by (1)
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