Magic Dance
E512509
"Magic Dance" is a lively pop song performed by David Bowie in the 1986 fantasy film *Labyrinth*, where it features prominently in a memorable musical sequence with goblins and the baby Toby.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magic Dance canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5342429 — 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: Magic Dance Context triple: [Labyrinth, songFeatured, Magic Dance]
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A.
Shadow Dancing
"Shadow Dancing" is a 1978 disco-pop hit single by Andy Gibb that became one of his most successful and recognizable songs.
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B.
Magic Touch
"Magic Touch" is a song featured on Aerosmith's 1987 album *Permanent Vacation*.
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C.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a serene and lyrical orchestral and flute piece from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Orphée et Eurydice*, often performed as a standalone concert work.
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D.
The Dance
The Dance is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, known for its dynamic composition and elegant depiction of figures in motion.
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E.
The Dance
"The Dance" is a painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, exemplifying his elegant, theatrical scenes of aristocratic leisure and refined movement.
- 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: Magic Dance Target entity description: "Magic Dance" is a lively pop song performed by David Bowie in the 1986 fantasy film *Labyrinth*, where it features prominently in a memorable musical sequence with goblins and the baby Toby.
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A.
Shadow Dancing
"Shadow Dancing" is a 1978 disco-pop hit single by Andy Gibb that became one of his most successful and recognizable songs.
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B.
Magic Touch
"Magic Touch" is a song featured on Aerosmith's 1987 album *Permanent Vacation*.
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C.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits
Dance of the Blessed Spirits is a serene and lyrical orchestral and flute piece from Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Orphée et Eurydice*, often performed as a standalone concert work.
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D.
The Dance
The Dance is a painting by Dutch Golden Age artist Abraham Bloemaert, known for its dynamic composition and elegant depiction of figures in motion.
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E.
The Dance
"The Dance" is a painting by French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, exemplifying his elegant, theatrical scenes of aristocratic leisure and refined movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithCharacter | Toby Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFranchise | Labyrinth (franchise) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributedBy |
Capitol Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EMI Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredInFilm | Labyrinth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Jareth the Goblin King NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirectorOfSequence | Jim Henson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
Dance magic, dance
ⓘ
Jump magic, jump ⓘ You remind me of the babe ⓘ |
| hasFandomMemeStatus | internet culture ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
backing vocals
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerformerRole | lead vocals by David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalSequenceWith |
Toby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
goblins ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyleElement |
synth-pop
ⓘ
upbeat tempo ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoType | film sequence ⓘ |
| includedIn | Labyrinth home video releases ⓘ |
| includedOnMedium |
audio cassette
ⓘ
compact disc ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
call-and-response intro dialogue
ⓘ
cult following among Labyrinth fans ⓘ goblin dance sequence ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | Labyrinth: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedLiveBy | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Arif Mardin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Capitol Records
ⓘ
EMI ⓘ |
| settingOfScene | Goblin City throne room ⓘ |
| sungByCharacter | Jareth the Goblin King 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: Magic Dance Description of subject: "Magic Dance" is a lively pop song performed by David Bowie in the 1986 fantasy film *Labyrinth*, where it features prominently in a memorable musical sequence with goblins and the baby Toby.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.