Vertigo (song by U2)
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"Vertigo" is a high-energy rock song by Irish band U2, released in 2004 and known for its distinctive guitar riff and use in a major Apple iPod advertising campaign.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vertigo (song by U2) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5865135 — 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: Vertigo (song by U2) Context triple: [Vertigo (Jacknife Lee 10" mix), remixOf, Vertigo (song by U2)]
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A.
Count Vertigo
Count Vertigo is a DC Comics supervillain, primarily an enemy of Green Arrow, known for his aristocratic background and powers that disrupt his opponents’ balance and perception.
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B.
Where the Streets Have No Name
"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a soaring, anthemic rock song by Irish band U2, renowned for its atmospheric guitar intro and prominent place on their landmark 1987 album *The Joshua Tree*.
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C.
U2 song "One Tree Hill"
"One Tree Hill" is a 1987 U2 song from their album *The Joshua Tree*, known as an emotional tribute to a late friend and for its atmospheric, anthemic sound.
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D.
Deja Vu
"Deja Vu" is a popular hip-hop track by American rapper J. Cole from his 2016 album "4 Your Eyez Only," known for its introspective lyrics and melodic production.
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E.
Deja Vu
Deja Vu is a 2006 science fiction action thriller film starring Denzel Washington and Paula Patton, centered on time travel technology used to prevent a terrorist attack in New Orleans.
- 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: Vertigo (song by U2) Target entity description: "Vertigo" is a high-energy rock song by Irish band U2, released in 2004 and known for its distinctive guitar riff and use in a major Apple iPod advertising campaign.
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A.
Count Vertigo
Count Vertigo is a DC Comics supervillain, primarily an enemy of Green Arrow, known for his aristocratic background and powers that disrupt his opponents’ balance and perception.
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B.
Where the Streets Have No Name
"Where the Streets Have No Name" is a soaring, anthemic rock song by Irish band U2, renowned for its atmospheric guitar intro and prominent place on their landmark 1987 album *The Joshua Tree*.
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C.
U2 song "One Tree Hill"
"One Tree Hill" is a 1987 U2 song from their album *The Joshua Tree*, known as an emotional tribute to a late friend and for its atmospheric, anthemic sound.
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D.
Deja Vu
"Deja Vu" is a popular hip-hop track by American rapper J. Cole from his 2016 album "4 Your Eyez Only," known for its introspective lyrics and melodic production.
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E.
Deja Vu
Deja Vu is a 2006 science fiction action thriller film starring Denzel Washington and Paula Patton, centered on time travel technology used to prevent a terrorist attack in New Orleans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Apple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Adam Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number 1 on UK Singles Chart
ⓘ
number 31 on US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| drummer | Larry Mullen Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
CD single
ⓘ
digital download ⓘ vinyl single ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| guitarist | The Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDistinctiveFeature | high-energy guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasStyle | high-energy rock ⓘ |
| hasTempo | fast ⓘ |
| includedInTourSetlist |
U2 360° Tour
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vertigo Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Bono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector |
Alex Courtes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Fougerol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Vertigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive guitar riff
ⓘ
use in major Apple iPod advertising campaign ⓘ |
| openingCountInPhrase | Uno, dos, tres, catorce ⓘ |
| partOf | U2 discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| producer |
Flood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jacknife Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Lillywhite ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 2004 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Interscope Records
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 1 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Apple iPod advertising campaign
ⓘ
Apple iTunes advertising campaign ⓘ |
| won |
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer |
Adam Clayton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bono NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Edge 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: Vertigo (song by U2) Description of subject: "Vertigo" is a high-energy rock song by Irish band U2, released in 2004 and known for its distinctive guitar riff and use in a major Apple iPod advertising campaign.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.