song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits)
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"Money for Nothing" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits, featuring Mark Knopfler’s distinctive guitar riff and satirical lyrics about MTV-era rock stardom.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Money for Nothing (music video) | 2 |
| song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7298718 — 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: song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits) Context triple: [Mark Knopfler, notableWork, song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits)]
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A.
The Money Song
"The Money Song" is a musical number from the 2020 production "Money Money 2020," likely focusing on themes of wealth, consumerism, or financial excess.
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B.
You Never Give Me Your Money
"You Never Give Me Your Money" is a multi-part Beatles song by Paul McCartney that opens the famous medley on side two of their 1969 album Abbey Road, reflecting the band’s financial and personal tensions.
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C.
Money (That's What I Want)
"Money (That's What I Want)" is a 1959 rhythm and blues song, first recorded by Barrett Strong for Motown, that became a foundational hit and has been widely covered by major rock and pop artists.
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D.
She Works Hard for the Money
"She Works Hard for the Money" is a 1983 dance-pop song and feminist anthem by Donna Summer that became one of her signature hits.
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E.
Til the Money's Gone
"Til the Money's Gone" is a song featured on Eddie Murphy's 1985 R&B album "How Could It Be."
- 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: song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits) Target entity description: "Money for Nothing" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits, featuring Mark Knopfler’s distinctive guitar riff and satirical lyrics about MTV-era rock stardom.
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A.
The Money Song
"The Money Song" is a musical number from the 2020 production "Money Money 2020," likely focusing on themes of wealth, consumerism, or financial excess.
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B.
You Never Give Me Your Money
"You Never Give Me Your Money" is a multi-part Beatles song by Paul McCartney that opens the famous medley on side two of their 1969 album Abbey Road, reflecting the band’s financial and personal tensions.
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C.
Money (That's What I Want)
"Money (That's What I Want)" is a 1959 rhythm and blues song, first recorded by Barrett Strong for Motown, that became a foundational hit and has been widely covered by major rock and pop artists.
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D.
She Works Hard for the Money
"She Works Hard for the Money" is a 1983 dance-pop song and feminist anthem by Donna Summer that became one of her signature hits.
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E.
Til the Money's Gone
"Til the Money's Gone" is a song featured on Eddie Murphy's 1985 R&B album "How Could It Be."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Brothers in Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Dire Straits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithChannel | MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
number 1 on the Australian Singles Chart
ⓘ
number 1 on the Canadian Singles Chart ⓘ number 1 on the UK Singles Chart ⓘ number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| composer | Mark Knopfler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsIntertext | I want my MTV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Steve Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredArtist | Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
arena rock
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classic rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasControversy | criticized for homophobic slur in lyrics ⓘ |
| hasGuitarRiff | distinctive opening guitar riff ⓘ |
| hasIconicStatus | one of Dire Straits’ most famous songs ⓘ |
| hasLyricSubject | working-class man commenting on rock stars on television ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Money for Nothing music video ⓘ |
| hasNotableInstrument | Gibson Les Paul guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSound | heavily processed guitar tone ⓘ |
| includedIn |
compilation album Money for Nothing (Dire Straits)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
various Dire Straits greatest hits compilations ⓘ |
| isOnSide | Side A of Brothers in Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 4 minutes 38 seconds (single edit)
ⓘ
approximately 8 minutes 26 seconds (album version) ⓘ |
| livePerformance | frequently performed on Dire Straits tours in the mid-1980s ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Mark Knopfler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTheme | satire of MTV-era rock stardom ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | MTV Europe launch broadcast ⓘ |
| partOf | Brothers in Arms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Dire Straits NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Mark Knopfler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neil Dorfsman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Vertigo Records
NERFINISHED
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Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-06-24 ⓘ |
| usesVocalMelodyFrom | Don’t Stand So Close to Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Mark Knopfler
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sting 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: song "Money for Nothing" (with Dire Straits) Description of subject: "Money for Nothing" is a 1985 rock song by Dire Straits, featuring Mark Knopfler’s distinctive guitar riff and satirical lyrics about MTV-era rock stardom.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Money for Nothing (music video)
this entity surface form:
Money for Nothing (music video)