One Way or Another
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"One Way or Another" is a 1978 punk-influenced new wave song by American band Blondie, known for its driving riff and vengeful, stalker-themed lyrics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| One Way or Another canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5255304 — 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: One Way or Another Context triple: [Blondie, notableWork, One Way or Another]
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A.
Any Which Way You Can
Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 action-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood that follows a bare-knuckle brawler and his orangutan companion in a series of misadventures.
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B.
One Way Out
One Way Out is a celebrated live album by the Allman Brothers Band that captures their improvisational Southern rock sound in concert.
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C.
Any Way You Want It
"Any Way You Want It" is a high-energy rock song by the American band Journey, best known for its catchy chorus and enduring popularity as a classic rock radio staple.
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D.
One Way Ticket (Because I Can)
"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" is an upbeat 1996 country song by LeAnn Rimes that became one of her early hit singles, showcasing her powerful vocals and youthful energy.
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E.
Get Away
"Get Away" is a 1993 R&B single by American singer Bobby Brown, known for its new jack swing style and energetic production.
- 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: One Way or Another Target entity description: "One Way or Another" is a 1978 punk-influenced new wave song by American band Blondie, known for its driving riff and vengeful, stalker-themed lyrics.
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A.
Any Which Way You Can
Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 action-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood that follows a bare-knuckle brawler and his orangutan companion in a series of misadventures.
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B.
One Way Out
One Way Out is a celebrated live album by the Allman Brothers Band that captures their improvisational Southern rock sound in concert.
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C.
Any Way You Want It
"Any Way You Want It" is a high-energy rock song by the American band Journey, best known for its catchy chorus and enduring popularity as a classic rock radio staple.
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D.
One Way Ticket (Because I Can)
"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" is an upbeat 1996 country song by LeAnn Rimes that became one of her early hit singles, showcasing her powerful vocals and youthful energy.
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E.
Get Away
"Get Away" is a 1993 R&B single by American singer Bobby Brown, known for its new jack swing style and energetic production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Parallel Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Nigel Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followsInAlbumTracklist | 11:59 ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
power pop ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently used in film and television soundtracks
ⓘ
widely recognized rock radio staple ⓘ |
| hasEra | late 1970s ⓘ |
| hasFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasLyricalPerspective | first‑person stalker ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
driving guitar riff
ⓘ
up‑tempo rhythm ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | "One way or another, I'm gonna find ya" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVocalist | Debbie Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginStory | inspired by Debbie Harry’s experience with a stalker ⓘ |
| hasStyleCharacteristic | punk‑influenced new wave sound ⓘ |
| hasTempo | fast ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
obsession
ⓘ
revenge ⓘ stalking ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | aggressive lead vocal ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Parallel Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyIncludedOn | Blondie greatest hits compilations ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Blondie discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesInAlbumTracklist | Sunday Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1978 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| usedAs | concert staple for Blondie ⓘ |
| writer |
Debbie Harry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nigel Harrison 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: One Way or Another Description of subject: "One Way or Another" is a 1978 punk-influenced new wave song by American band Blondie, known for its driving riff and vengeful, stalker-themed lyrics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.