"Be My Lover"
E761113
"Be My Lover" is a 1995 Eurodance hit by La Bouche that became an international club anthem and one of the genre’s most recognizable songs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| "Be My Lover" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8840782 — 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: "Be My Lover" Context triple: [Eurodance, notableTrack, "Be My Lover"]
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A.
Be My Love
"Be My Love" is a popular romantic song from the 1950 film "The Toast of New Orleans," best known for Mario Lanza’s hit recording and its enduring status as a classic vocal standard.
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B.
Can’t Be My Lover
"Can’t Be My Lover" is a song by American R&B singer John Legend from his 2008 album "Evolver."
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C.
I Wanna Be Your Lover
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a 1979 funk and disco-influenced hit single by Prince that became his first major crossover success and helped launch his mainstream career.
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D.
Everybody Loves a Lover
"Everybody Loves a Lover" is a cheerful, upbeat pop song popularized by American singer and actress Doris Day in the late 1950s.
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E.
Book of Love
Book of Love is the English title of "Sefer Ahavah," a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that systematically codifies Jewish laws related to love and devotion to God.
- 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: "Be My Lover" Target entity description: "Be My Lover" is a 1995 Eurodance hit by La Bouche that became an international club anthem and one of the genre’s most recognizable songs.
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A.
Be My Love
"Be My Love" is a popular romantic song from the 1950 film "The Toast of New Orleans," best known for Mario Lanza’s hit recording and its enduring status as a classic vocal standard.
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B.
Can’t Be My Lover
"Can’t Be My Lover" is a song by American R&B singer John Legend from his 2008 album "Evolver."
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C.
I Wanna Be Your Lover
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" is a 1979 funk and disco-influenced hit single by Prince that became his first major crossover success and helped launch his mainstream career.
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D.
Everybody Loves a Lover
"Everybody Loves a Lover" is a cheerful, upbeat pop song popularized by American singer and actress Doris Day in the late 1950s.
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E.
Book of Love
Book of Love is the English title of "Sefer Ahavah," a section of Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah that systematically codifies Jewish laws related to love and devotion to God.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumReleaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| award | Echo Award for Best International Dance Single nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Forget Me Nots NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationAustralia | Platinum ⓘ |
| certificationFrance | Gold ⓘ |
| certificationGermany | Gold ⓘ |
| certificationUnitedKingdom | Silver NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificationUnitedStates | Platinum ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaARIA | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMDance | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionEurochartHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionGermanyOfficialCharts | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 25 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 6 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHotDanceClubPlay | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
CD single ⓘ |
| genre | Eurodance ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover | Be My Lover (Sasha cover) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSampleUse | sampled in various dance tracks ⓘ |
| hasRemix |
Be My Lover (Club Mix)
NERFINISHED
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Be My Lover (House Mix) NERFINISHED ⓘ Be My Lover (Trance Mix) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAmong | La Bouche signature songs ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
Eurodance classic
ⓘ
club anthem ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:00 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Andreas Bethmann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseTerritory | Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Sweet Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | La Bouche NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Frank Farian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
BMG
NERFINISHED
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RCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Giorgio Spagna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lane McCray NERFINISHED ⓘ Melanie Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsequentReleaseTerritory | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Lane McCray
NERFINISHED
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Melanie Thornton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: "Be My Lover" Description of subject: "Be My Lover" is a 1995 Eurodance hit by La Bouche that became an international club anthem and one of the genre’s most recognizable songs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.