Give Me One Reason
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"Give Me One Reason" is a blues-rock song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, best known for its soulful vocals, guitar-driven groove, and Grammy-winning success in the mid-1990s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Give Me One Reason canonical | 2 |
| Give Me One Good Reason | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5060404 — 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: Give Me One Reason Context triple: [Tracy Chapman, notableWork, Give Me One Reason]
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A.
I Found A Reason
"I Found A Reason" is a song featured on the 1970 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition album *Tell It All Brother*.
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B.
The Right Reason
The Right Reason is a collection of essays by conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. that articulates and defends his political and philosophical views.
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C.
Just Give Me a Reason
"Just Give Me a Reason" is a pop ballad duet by P!nk and Nate Ruess that became a worldwide hit for its emotional lyrics about a struggling relationship and its powerful vocal performances.
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D.
Tell Me Why
"Tell Me Why" is a song by Neil Young, best known as the opening track on his 1970 album After the Gold Rush.
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E.
I Can Give You More
"I Can Give You More" is a hip hop single by LL Cool J from his debut album "Radio."
- 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: Give Me One Reason Target entity description: "Give Me One Reason" is a blues-rock song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, best known for its soulful vocals, guitar-driven groove, and Grammy-winning success in the mid-1990s.
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A.
I Found A Reason
"I Found A Reason" is a song featured on the 1970 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition album *Tell It All Brother*.
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B.
The Right Reason
The Right Reason is a collection of essays by conservative commentator William F. Buckley Jr. that articulates and defends his political and philosophical views.
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C.
Just Give Me a Reason
"Just Give Me a Reason" is a pop ballad duet by P!nk and Nate Ruess that became a worldwide hit for its emotional lyrics about a struggling relationship and its powerful vocal performances.
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D.
Tell Me Why
"Tell Me Why" is a song by Neil Young, best known as the opening track on his 1970 album After the Gold Rush.
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E.
I Can Give You More
"I Can Give You More" is a hip hop single by LL Cool J from his debut album "Radio."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | New Beginning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| albumReleaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| artist | Tracy Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Tracy Chapman touring band ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award for Best Rock Song NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
became Tracy Chapman's biggest US hit single
ⓘ
reached the top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| composer | Tracy Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decade | 1990s ⓘ |
| firstLivePerformances | early 1990s concerts by Tracy Chapman ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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blues rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme |
plea for a reason to stay in a relationship
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romantic uncertainty ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
blues-influenced guitar riff
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guitar-driven groove ⓘ soulful vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Give Me One Reason music video ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
blues-based chord progression
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minimalist arrangement ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | New Beginning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Tracy Chapman discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyCharacteristic | call-and-response style guitar and vocal lines ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 4 minutes 6 seconds ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Record of the Year
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Song of the Year ⓘ |
| notableFor |
crossover success on rock and pop radio
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reviving Tracy Chapman’s mainstream popularity in the mid-1990s ⓘ |
| peakChartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | top 5 ⓘ |
| performer | Tracy Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Don Gehman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tracy Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Elektra Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1995 ⓘ |
| singleReleaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | critical acclaim for songwriting and performance ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
restrained yet powerful delivery
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soulful ⓘ |
| writer | Tracy Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Give Me One Reason Description of subject: "Give Me One Reason" is a blues-rock song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, best known for its soulful vocals, guitar-driven groove, and Grammy-winning success in the mid-1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Give Me One Good Reason