I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)
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"I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)" is a 1981 hit single by American pop duo Daryl Hall & John Oates that blends blue-eyed soul with new wave and became one of their signature songs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) canonical | 2 |
| Can’t Go for That | 1 |
| “I Can’t Go for That” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5636055 — 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: I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) Context triple: [Daryl Hall & John Oates, notableWork, I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)]
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A.
I Can’t Hold Back
"I Can’t Hold Back" is a 1984 rock song by the American band Survivor, best known for its powerful vocals and melodic, arena-rock style.
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B.
Couldn’t Say No
"Couldn’t Say No" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the South African rock band Prime Circle.
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C.
I Can't Give You Anything
"I Can't Give You Anything" is a punk rock song by the Ramones from their 1977 album "Rocket to Russia."
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D.
I Can't Dance
"I Can't Dance" is a 1991 pop-rock song by the English band Genesis, known for its minimalist groove, humorous lyrics, and satirical music video.
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E.
Don't Do Me Like That
"Don't Do Me Like That" is a hit rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, best known for its catchy hooks and appearance on their 1979 album "Damn the Torpedoes."
- 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: I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) Target entity description: "I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)" is a 1981 hit single by American pop duo Daryl Hall & John Oates that blends blue-eyed soul with new wave and became one of their signature songs.
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A.
I Can’t Hold Back
"I Can’t Hold Back" is a 1984 rock song by the American band Survivor, best known for its powerful vocals and melodic, arena-rock style.
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B.
Couldn’t Say No
"Couldn’t Say No" is a song featured on the album "Evolver" by the South African rock band Prime Circle.
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C.
I Can't Give You Anything
"I Can't Give You Anything" is a punk rock song by the Ramones from their 1977 album "Rocket to Russia."
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D.
I Can't Dance
"I Can't Dance" is a 1991 pop-rock song by the English band Genesis, known for its minimalist groove, humorous lyrics, and satirical music video.
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E.
Don't Do Me Like That
"Don't Do Me Like That" is a hit rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, best known for its catchy hooks and appearance on their 1979 album "Damn the Torpedoes."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| chartPositionBillboardYearEndHot1001982 | 14 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 8 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSAdultContemporary | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSHotSoulSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | Private Eyes (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicallyPrecedes | Did It in a Minute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | early 1980s pop ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
drum machine
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saxophone ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| genre |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ |
| hasBSide | Unguarded Minute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | yes ⓘ |
| hasSignatureBassLine | yes ⓘ |
| includedIn | greatest hits compilations of Hall & Oates ⓘ |
| influenced | R&B and pop artists of the 1980s ⓘ |
| isSignatureHitFor | Daryl Hall & John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:13 ⓘ |
| lengthSingleEdit | 3:42 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of blue-eyed soul and new wave
ⓘ
use of drum machine groove ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Private Eyes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Daryl Hall
NERFINISHED
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Daryl Hall & John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Daryl Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Kernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
Electric Lady Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Hit Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-10-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| sampledBy | numerous hip hop and R&B tracks ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Daryl Hall & John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme | personal boundaries in a relationship ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soulful lead vocal by Daryl Hall ⓘ |
| writer |
Daryl Hall
NERFINISHED
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John Oates NERFINISHED ⓘ Sara Allen 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: I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do) Description of subject: "I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)" is a 1981 hit single by American pop duo Daryl Hall & John Oates that blends blue-eyed soul with new wave and became one of their signature songs.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Can’t Go for That
this entity surface form:
“I Can’t Go for That”