Don't You Want Me
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"Don't You Want Me" is a 1981 synth-pop hit by British band The Human League, widely regarded as one of the defining songs of the new wave era.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Don't You Want Me canonical | 2 |
| Don’t You Want Me (music video) | 2 |
| Don't You Want Me reached number one on US Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7305329 — 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 Want Me Context triple: [The Human League, notableWork, Don't You Want Me]
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A.
I Don’t Want You
"I Don’t Want You" is a punk rock song by the Ramones from their 1978 album *Road to Ruin*.
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B.
Don't You (Forget About Me)
"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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C.
Any Way You Want Me
"Any Way You Want Me" is a 1956 ballad recorded by Elvis Presley, known as a tender, slow-tempo love song from his early rock and roll era.
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D.
I Want You
"I Want You" is a soulful hip-hop track by Common, produced by will.i.am, known for its smooth, romantic vibe and lush, sample-based instrumentation.
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E.
I Want You
"I Want You" is a 1976 soul and R&B album by Marvin Gaye, noted for its lush production, sensual themes, and influence on the quiet storm genre.
- 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 Want Me Target entity description: "Don't You Want Me" is a 1981 synth-pop hit by British band The Human League, widely regarded as one of the defining songs of the new wave era.
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A.
I Don’t Want You
"I Don’t Want You" is a punk rock song by the Ramones from their 1978 album *Road to Ruin*.
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B.
Don't You (Forget About Me)
"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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C.
Any Way You Want Me
"Any Way You Want Me" is a 1956 ballad recorded by Elvis Presley, known as a tender, slow-tempo love song from his early rock and roll era.
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D.
I Want You
"I Want You" is a soulful hip-hop track by Common, produced by will.i.am, known for its smooth, romantic vibe and lush, sample-based instrumentation.
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E.
I Want You
"I Want You" is a 1976 soul and R&B album by Marvin Gaye, noted for its lush production, sensual themes, and influence on the quiet storm genre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Dare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Seconds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralianKentMusicReport | 4 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIrishSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart | 3 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coVocalist | Susan Ann Sulley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | iconic 1980s pop song ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
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synth-pop ⓘ |
| globalSales | over 3,000,000 copies ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Don't You Want Me (live performances by The Human League) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Don't You Want Me music video ⓘ |
| includedIn |
The Human League Greatest Hits
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Very Best of The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Dare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | B-flat major ⓘ |
| label |
A&M Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgin Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Philip Oakey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Steve Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableUsage |
featured in numerous films and television shows
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used in advertising campaigns ⓘ |
| performer | The Human League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Martin Rushent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognition |
considered one of the defining songs of the new wave era
ⓘ
frequently included in 1980s best-of lists ⓘ |
| recorded | 1981 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-11-27 ⓘ |
| salesUK | over 1,500,000 copies ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme | romantic relationship breakdown ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | duet ⓘ |
| writer |
Ian Burden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jo Callis NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanne Catherall NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Adrian Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Oakey NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Ann Sulley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearEndChartUSBillboardHot100 | 1 (1982) ⓘ |
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 Want Me Description of subject: "Don't You Want Me" is a 1981 synth-pop hit by British band The Human League, widely regarded as one of the defining songs of the new wave era.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Don't You Want Me reached number one on US Billboard Hot 100
this entity surface form:
Don’t You Want Me (music video)
this entity surface form:
Don’t You Want Me (music video)