I Want That Man
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"I Want That Man" is a 1989 pop-rock single by American singer Deborah Harry, co-written by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie of Thompson Twins and known for its catchy, synth-driven sound.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Want That Man canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6959941 — 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 Want That Man Context triple: [Deborah Harry, notableSoloSong, I Want That Man]
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A.
I Want a Woman
"I Want a Woman" is a hard rock/glam metal song by the American band Ratt, released in 1988 on their album "Reach for the Sky."
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B.
Love That Man
"Love That Man" is an R&B song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album *Just Whitney*.
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C.
I Want You to Want Me
"I Want You to Want Me" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, featured on his album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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D.
She Wants Me
She Wants Me is a 2012 independent romantic comedy film starring Josh Gad and Hilary Duff, produced by Mark Burg.
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E.
What Men Want
What Men Want is a 2019 romantic comedy film in which Taraji P. Henson plays a sports agent who suddenly gains the ability to hear men's thoughts, leading to both professional advantages and personal complications.
- 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 Want That Man Target entity description: "I Want That Man" is a 1989 pop-rock single by American singer Deborah Harry, co-written by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie of Thompson Twins and known for its catchy, synth-driven sound.
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A.
I Want a Woman
"I Want a Woman" is a hard rock/glam metal song by the American band Ratt, released in 1988 on their album "Reach for the Sky."
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B.
Love That Man
"Love That Man" is an R&B song by Whitney Houston from her 2002 studio album *Just Whitney*.
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C.
I Want You to Want Me
"I Want You to Want Me" is a country song by Dwight Yoakam, featured on his album "Tomorrow’s Sounds Today."
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D.
She Wants Me
She Wants Me is a 2012 independent romantic comedy film starring Josh Gad and Hilary Duff, produced by Mark Burg.
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E.
What Men Want
What Men Want is a 2019 romantic comedy film in which Taraji P. Henson plays a sports agent who suddenly gains the ability to hear men's thoughts, leading to both professional advantages and personal complications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumArtist | Deborah Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artistCareerPhase | Deborah Harry solo career ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Thompson Twins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number 2 in Australia
ⓘ
number 2 in New Zealand ⓘ top 20 in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| composer |
Alannah Currie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coWriter |
Alannah Currie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Kiss It Better NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ |
| genre |
pop rock
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasBSide |
Bike Boy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tear Down These Walls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | I Want That Man single cover ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drums
ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| includedIn | Deborah Harry compilations ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Alannah Currie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsTheme | romantic desire ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor | catchy synth-driven sound ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Def, Dumb & Blonde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Deborah Harry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerNationality | American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Liar, Liar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1988 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1989-09-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| sideAOf | I Want That Man single ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Alannah Currie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tom Bailey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalist | Deborah Harry 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 Want That Man Description of subject: "I Want That Man" is a 1989 pop-rock single by American singer Deborah Harry, co-written by Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie of Thompson Twins and known for its catchy, synth-driven sound.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.