Rapture
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"Rapture" is a 1980 new wave and early hip hop–influenced song by the American band Blondie, notable for featuring one of the first rap verses to top the Billboard Hot 100.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rapture canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5255306 — 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: Rapture Context triple: [Blondie, notableWork, Rapture]
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A.
Rapture
Rapture is a play by British dramatist Lucy Kirkwood that explores contemporary social and political anxieties through darkly comic, character-driven drama.
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B.
The Rapture
The Rapture is the final studio album by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, noted for its dark, atmospheric sound and eclectic stylistic range.
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C.
The Rapture
The Rapture is an American dance-punk band known for fusing post-punk, electronica, and indie rock, particularly prominent in the early 2000s New York music scene.
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D.
The Secret Rapture
The Secret Rapture is a 1988 stage play by David Hare that explores the moral and political tensions within a family in Thatcher-era Britain.
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E.
Apocalypse
Apocalypse is a 1974 jazz fusion album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, notable for its orchestral arrangements and collaboration with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra.
- 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: Rapture Target entity description: "Rapture" is a 1980 new wave and early hip hop–influenced song by the American band Blondie, notable for featuring one of the first rap verses to top the Billboard Hot 100.
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A.
Rapture
Rapture is a play by British dramatist Lucy Kirkwood that explores contemporary social and political anxieties through darkly comic, character-driven drama.
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B.
The Rapture
The Rapture is the final studio album by English post-punk band Siouxsie and the Banshees, noted for its dark, atmospheric sound and eclectic stylistic range.
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C.
The Rapture
The Rapture is an American dance-punk band known for fusing post-punk, electronica, and indie rock, particularly prominent in the early 2000s New York music scene.
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D.
The Secret Rapture
The Secret Rapture is a 1988 stage play by David Hare that explores the moral and political tensions within a family in Thatcher-era Britain.
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E.
Apocalypse
Apocalypse is a 1974 jazz fusion album by the Mahavishnu Orchestra, notable for its orchestral arrangements and collaboration with conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Autoamerican NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Walk Like Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartAchievement |
first song with a rap verse to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardDanceClubSongs | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer |
Chris Stein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Debbie Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresElement | rap verse ⓘ |
| followsSingle | The Tide Is High NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hip hop
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ rap rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
disco-influenced groove
ⓘ
funk-influenced bassline ⓘ spoken-word rap section ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyricReference |
Fab Five Freddy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grandmaster Flash NERFINISHED ⓘ Man from Mars ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
mainstream hip hop
ⓘ
rap rock ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Debbie Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lengthAlbumVersion | 6:31 ⓘ |
| lengthSingleVersion | 4:59 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Chris Stein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Debbie Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early fusion of new wave and hip hop
ⓘ
one of the first rap-influenced songs to achieve mainstream pop success in the United States ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Autoamerican NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Blondie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesSingle | Island of Lost Souls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1980 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rapture Description of subject: "Rapture" is a 1980 new wave and early hip hop–influenced song by the American band Blondie, notable for featuring one of the first rap verses to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.