I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues
E731992
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a popular 1983 Elton John ballad known for its soulful melody, harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder, and themes of love and longing.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8429304 — 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: I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Context triple: [I'm Still Standing, precededBySingle, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues]
-
A.
Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues" is a 1990 blues-rock song and title track by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, renowned for its emotive guitar solos and status as one of his signature pieces.
-
B.
The Blues Is Alright
"The Blues Is Alright" is a popular modern blues song best known through performances by artists like Little Milton and Z.Z. Hill, often celebrated as a contemporary blues standard.
-
C.
All Blues
"All Blues" is a modal jazz composition by Miles Davis, featured on his landmark 1959 album Kind of Blue and known for its relaxed, blues-based groove and innovative use of harmony.
-
D.
Me and the Blues
Me and the Blues is a jazz and blues vocal album by renowned singer Joe Williams, showcasing his rich baritone voice in a set of soulful, swinging performances.
-
E.
Hangman Blues
"Hangman Blues" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 lo-fi indie folk album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
- 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: I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Target entity description: "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a popular 1983 Elton John ballad known for its soulful melody, harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder, and themes of love and longing.
-
A.
Still Got the Blues
"Still Got the Blues" is a 1990 blues-rock song and title track by Irish guitarist Gary Moore, renowned for its emotive guitar solos and status as one of his signature pieces.
-
B.
The Blues Is Alright
"The Blues Is Alright" is a popular modern blues song best known through performances by artists like Little Milton and Z.Z. Hill, often celebrated as a contemporary blues standard.
-
C.
All Blues
"All Blues" is a modal jazz composition by Miles Davis, featured on his landmark 1959 album Kind of Blue and known for its relaxed, blues-based groove and innovative use of harmony.
-
D.
Me and the Blues
Me and the Blues is a jazz and blues vocal album by renowned singer Joe Williams, showcasing his rich baritone voice in a set of soulful, swinging performances.
-
E.
Hangman Blues
"Hangman Blues" is a song by Smog (Bill Callahan), featured on his 1997 lo-fi indie folk album *The Doctor Came at Dawn*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Too Low for Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certification | RIAA gold single ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport | 4 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 5 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 4 ⓘ |
| chronologyInEltonJohnSingles | precededBy ⓘ |
| composer | Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| featuresInstrumentalist | Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Kiss the Bride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
pop ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| harmonicaSoloBy | Stevie Wonder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Yes ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
longing
ⓘ
love ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ separation ⓘ |
| includedInTourSetlist | Elton John concert tours ⓘ |
| isOneOf | Elton John signature songs ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:23 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bernie Taupin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Russell Mulcahy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
harmonica solo
ⓘ
romantic ballad style ⓘ soulful melody ⓘ |
| partOf | Too Low for Zero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedLiveBy | Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | All Quiet on the Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Chris Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Universal Music Publishing Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Geffen Records
ⓘ
Rocket Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-04-01 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Bernie Taupin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Davey Johnstone NERFINISHED ⓘ Elton John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist | Elton John 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: I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues Description of subject: "I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" is a popular 1983 Elton John ballad known for its soulful melody, harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder, and themes of love and longing.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
I'm Still Standing