Y.M.C.A.
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Y.M.C.A. is a 1978 disco hit by the Village People, famous for its catchy chorus and arm-spelling dance that made it a global party and sports-event anthem.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Y.M.C.A. canonical | 3 |
| Y.M.C.A. by Village People | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5023347 — 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: Y.M.C.A. Context triple: [Victor Willis, coWroteSong, Y.M.C.A.]
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A.
Groovin' High
"Groovin' High" is a landmark bebop jazz composition and recording that helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style and the bebop movement of the 1940s.
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B.
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a 1977 disco song by the Bee Gees, best known for its iconic falsetto vocals and association with the film Saturday Night Fever.
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C.
In the Air Tonight
"In the Air Tonight" is a 1981 atmospheric rock song by Phil Collins, renowned for its haunting mood, lyrics about betrayal, and iconic drum break.
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D.
Everybody Dance
"Everybody Dance" is a 1977 disco song by the band Chic, co-written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, known for its infectious groove and enduring popularity on dance floors.
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E.
Lean on Me
"Lean on Me" is a Grammy-winning contemporary gospel and R&B song by Kirk Franklin featuring an ensemble of prominent vocalists, known for its uplifting message of support and faith.
- 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: Y.M.C.A. Target entity description: Y.M.C.A. is a 1978 disco hit by the Village People, famous for its catchy chorus and arm-spelling dance that made it a global party and sports-event anthem.
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A.
Groovin' High
"Groovin' High" is a landmark bebop jazz composition and recording that helped define Dizzy Gillespie's innovative style and the bebop movement of the 1940s.
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B.
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a 1977 disco song by the Bee Gees, best known for its iconic falsetto vocals and association with the film Saturday Night Fever.
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C.
In the Air Tonight
"In the Air Tonight" is a 1981 atmospheric rock song by Phil Collins, renowned for its haunting mood, lyrics about betrayal, and iconic drum break.
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D.
Everybody Dance
"Everybody Dance" is a 1977 disco song by the band Chic, co-written and produced by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, known for its infectious groove and enduring popularity on dance floors.
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E.
Lean on Me
"Lean on Me" is a Grammy-winning contemporary gospel and R&B song by Kirk Franklin featuring an ensemble of prominent vocalists, known for its uplifting message of support and faith.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Young Men's Christian Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| album | Cruisin' NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Village People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Bside | The Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationCanada | Platinum ⓘ |
| certificationUK | Platinum ⓘ |
| certificationUS | Platinum ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIrelandSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 2 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| culturalImpact |
global party anthem
ⓘ
sports-event anthem ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| genre | disco ⓘ |
| hasChorus | Yes ⓘ |
| hasHook | chorus spelling out Y-M-C-A ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Yes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignatureDanceMove | spelling Y-M-C-A with arms ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Young Men's Christian Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf | Village People's biggest hits ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:47 ⓘ |
| musicalArtist | Village People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
arm-spelling dance
ⓘ
catchy chorus ⓘ |
| performer | Village People NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Jacques Morali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | gay anthem by many commentators ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Casablanca Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1978-11-13 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| singleVersionLength | 3:43 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Henri Belolo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacques Morali NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Willis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | arm-gesture group dance ⓘ |
| tempo | disco dance tempo ⓘ |
| title | Y.M.C.A. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
parties
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sporting events ⓘ weddings ⓘ |
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: Y.M.C.A. Description of subject: Y.M.C.A. is a 1978 disco hit by the Village People, famous for its catchy chorus and arm-spelling dance that made it a global party and sports-event anthem.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
YMCA
this entity surface form:
Y.M.C.A. by Village People
subject surface form:
The Drew Carey Show