Don't You (Forget About Me)
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"Don't You (Forget About Me)" is an iconic 1985 pop-rock song by Simple Minds, best known for its prominent use in the film *The Breakfast Club* and its enduring status as a defining anthem of the decade.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don't You (Forget About Me) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7081855 — 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: Don't You (Forget About Me) Context triple: [Simple Minds, notableWork, Don't You (Forget About Me)]
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A.
Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
"Don’t Worry ’Bout Me" is a popular American song, best known as a jazz and pop standard from the Great American Songbook.
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B.
Only You
"Only You" is a 1996 hip hop and R&B single by 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase, widely recognized as one of Bad Boy Records' signature hits of the 1990s.
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C.
Only You
Only You is a 1994 romantic comedy film in which Joaquim de Almeida plays a charming Italian character who becomes entangled in the protagonist’s quest for true love.
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D.
It's My Life
"It's My Life" is a 2000 rock anthem by Bon Jovi that became one of the band's signature hits, known for its empowering lyrics and widespread commercial success.
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E.
Over My Head
"Over My Head" is a song by the American rock band Alabama Shakes from their critically acclaimed album "Sound & Color."
- 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: Don't You (Forget About Me) Target entity description: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is an iconic 1985 pop-rock song by Simple Minds, best known for its prominent use in the film *The Breakfast Club* and its enduring status as a defining anthem of the decade.
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A.
Don’t Worry ’Bout Me
"Don’t Worry ’Bout Me" is a popular American song, best known as a jazz and pop standard from the Great American Songbook.
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B.
Only You
"Only You" is a 1996 hip hop and R&B single by 112 featuring The Notorious B.I.G. and Mase, widely recognized as one of Bad Boy Records' signature hits of the 1990s.
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C.
Only You
Only You is a 1994 romantic comedy film in which Joaquim de Almeida plays a charming Italian character who becomes entangled in the protagonist’s quest for true love.
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D.
It's My Life
"It's My Life" is a 2000 rock anthem by Bon Jovi that became one of the band's signature hits, known for its empowering lyrics and widespread commercial success.
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E.
Over My Head
"Over My Head" is a song by the American rock band Alabama Shakes from their critically acclaimed album "Sound & Color."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Simple Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | John Hughes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 7 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardMainstreamRock | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
1980s anthem
ⓘ
signature song of Simple Minds ⓘ |
| era | 1980s ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
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pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | A Brass Band in African Chimes ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | Don't you forget about me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasLiveStapleStatusFor | Simple Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Don't You (Forget About Me) music video ⓘ |
| includedInSoundtrack | The Breakfast Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
A&M Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:23 ⓘ |
| length12InchVersion | 6:32 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Daniel Kleinman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | use in the final scene of The Breakfast Club ⓘ |
| notableUsage |
closing credits of The Breakfast Club
ⓘ
opening credits of The Breakfast Club ⓘ |
| originallyOfferedTo |
Billy Idol
NERFINISHED
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Bryan Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Breakfast Club (original motion picture soundtrack) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Simple Minds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Keith Forsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-02-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| tempo | moderate ⓘ |
| writer |
Keith Forsey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steve Schiff 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: Don't You (Forget About Me) Description of subject: "Don't You (Forget About Me)" is an iconic 1985 pop-rock song by Simple Minds, best known for its prominent use in the film *The Breakfast Club* and its enduring status as a defining anthem of the decade.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.