Someone Somewhere in Summertime
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"Someone Somewhere in Summertime" is a 1982 synth-driven new wave song by Scottish band Simple Minds, known for its atmospheric sound and melancholic, romantic tone.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Someone Somewhere in Summertime canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7081861 — 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: Someone Somewhere in Summertime Context triple: [Simple Minds, notableWork, Someone Somewhere in Summertime]
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A.
Somebody Somewhere
"Somebody Somewhere" is a romantic ballad from the 1956 Broadway musical *The Most Happy Fella*, known for its lyrical expression of longing and hope for love.
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B.
Someplace Else
Someplace Else is a whimsical, imaginary locale within Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood of Make-Believe, often visited by characters on special adventures.
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C.
Summertime in the City
"Summertime in the City" is a song best known as a 1966 hit by The Lovin' Spoonful, co-written by lyricist Gerry Goffin.
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D.
Summertime
Summertime is a 1943 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a solitary woman standing in sunlight at the entrance of a building, characteristic of his themes of urban isolation and quiet introspection.
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E.
Summertime
"Summertime" is a famous aria from George Gershwin's opera *Porgy and Bess*, renowned as a jazz standard and one of the most covered songs in music history.
- 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: Someone Somewhere in Summertime Target entity description: "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" is a 1982 synth-driven new wave song by Scottish band Simple Minds, known for its atmospheric sound and melancholic, romantic tone.
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A.
Somebody Somewhere
"Somebody Somewhere" is a romantic ballad from the 1956 Broadway musical *The Most Happy Fella*, known for its lyrical expression of longing and hope for love.
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B.
Someplace Else
Someplace Else is a whimsical, imaginary locale within Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood of Make-Believe, often visited by characters on special adventures.
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C.
Summertime in the City
"Summertime in the City" is a song best known as a 1966 hit by The Lovin' Spoonful, co-written by lyricist Gerry Goffin.
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D.
Summertime
Summertime is a 1943 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper, depicting a solitary woman standing in sunlight at the entrance of a building, characteristic of his themes of urban isolation and quiet introspection.
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E.
Summertime
"Summertime" is a famous aria from George Gershwin's opera *Porgy and Bess*, renowned as a jazz standard and one of the most covered songs in music history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Simple Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | King Is White and in the Crowd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 36 ⓘ |
| chronology | Simple Minds singles chronology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| followsSingle | Glittering Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
post-punk ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Someone Somewhere in Summertime single cover ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Someone Somewhere in Summertime (live) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
atmospheric sound
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melancholic tone ⓘ romantic tone ⓘ synth-driven arrangement ⓘ |
| hasNotableCharacteristic |
considered a fan favourite
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often cited as one of Simple Minds’ classic tracks ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Simple Minds discography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length |
4:08 (single edit)
ⓘ
4:37 ⓘ |
| mainInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| performer | Simple Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesSingle | Waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Peter Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Virgin Music Publishers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedAt |
Rockfield Studios, Wales
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Townhouse Studios, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
A&M Records
ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982-11-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| singleFrom | New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| writer |
Charlie Burchill
NERFINISHED
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Derek Forbes NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ Mick MacNeil NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Ogletree 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: Someone Somewhere in Summertime Description of subject: "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" is a 1982 synth-driven new wave song by Scottish band Simple Minds, known for its atmospheric sound and melancholic, romantic tone.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.