U2 single "Every Breaking Wave"
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"Every Breaking Wave" is a U2 song from their album *Songs of Innocence*, known as a soaring, introspective ballad about fear, vulnerability, and the risks of love.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| U2 single "Every Breaking Wave" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7142734 — 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: U2 single "Every Breaking Wave" Context triple: [Declan Gaffney, notableWork, U2 single "Every Breaking Wave"]
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A.
U2 – Boy
"U2 – Boy" is the 1980 debut studio album by Irish rock band U2, noted for its youthful themes and post-punk sound that helped launch the band to international attention.
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B.
U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
"U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" is the Irish rock band's 2004 studio album known for its return to a more guitar-driven sound and hit singles like "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."
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C.
U2 – Rattle and Hum
U2 – Rattle and Hum is a 1988 album and companion documentary film capturing the Irish rock band’s exploration of American roots music and live performances following the success of The Joshua Tree.
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D.
U2 Under a Blood Red Sky
U2 Under a Blood Red Sky is a 1983 live album by Irish rock band U2, renowned for capturing the band's early, politically charged performances and helping to establish their global reputation.
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E.
U2 live album Rattle and Hum
U2's "Rattle and Hum" is a 1988 hybrid live/studio album and soundtrack that captures the band exploring American roots music while expanding on the sound and themes of their breakthrough album "The Joshua Tree."
- 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: U2 single "Every Breaking Wave" Target entity description: "Every Breaking Wave" is a U2 song from their album *Songs of Innocence*, known as a soaring, introspective ballad about fear, vulnerability, and the risks of love.
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A.
U2 – Boy
"U2 – Boy" is the 1980 debut studio album by Irish rock band U2, noted for its youthful themes and post-punk sound that helped launch the band to international attention.
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B.
U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
"U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" is the Irish rock band's 2004 studio album known for its return to a more guitar-driven sound and hit singles like "Vertigo" and "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own."
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C.
U2 – Rattle and Hum
U2 – Rattle and Hum is a 1988 album and companion documentary film capturing the Irish rock band’s exploration of American roots music and live performances following the success of The Joshua Tree.
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D.
U2 Under a Blood Red Sky
U2 Under a Blood Red Sky is a 1983 live album by Irish rock band U2, renowned for capturing the band's early, politically charged performances and helping to establish their global reputation.
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E.
U2 live album Rattle and Hum
U2's "Rattle and Hum" is a 1988 hybrid live/studio album and soundtrack that captures the band exploring American roots music while expanding on the sound and themes of their breakthrough album "The Joshua Tree."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Songs of Innocence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | U2 ⓘ |
| composer | U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| describedAs | introspective ballad ⓘ |
| featuresBassist | Adam Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresDrummer | Larry Mullen Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGuitarist | The Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresVocalist | Bono NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fromStudioAlbumNumber | 13 ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
praisedForEmotionalVocalPerformance
ⓘ
praisedForLyrics ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Every Breaking Wave (piano live version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Every Breaking Wave music video ⓘ |
| isByBand | U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Interscope Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Island Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bono ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Aoife McArdle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Songs of Innocence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedOnTour | Innocence + Experience Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | U2 ⓘ |
| producer |
Danger Mouse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Declan Gaffney NERFINISHED ⓘ Flood NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Epworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Tedder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseContext | Songs of Innocence promotional single ⓘ |
| theme |
fear
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love ⓘ risk in relationships ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 2 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | soaring ⓘ |
| writer |
Adam Clayton
NERFINISHED
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Bono NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ The Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: U2 single "Every Breaking Wave" Description of subject: "Every Breaking Wave" is a U2 song from their album *Songs of Innocence*, known as a soaring, introspective ballad about fear, vulnerability, and the risks of love.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.