The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)
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"The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic vocals.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) canonical | 1 |
| The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9041356 — 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: The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) Context triple: [Only the Strong Survive, hasTrack, The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)]
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A.
I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine
"I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine" is a popular song from the early 1950s, best known for being recorded by artists such as Patti Page and Elvis Presley.
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B.
Sunshine of My Soul
"Sunshine of My Soul" is a jazz album by pianist Jaki Byard, showcasing his eclectic style and inventive approach to the piano trio format.
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C.
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
"Things Ain’t What They Used to Be" is a jazz standard composed by Mercer Ellington that has become widely performed and recorded in the swing and big band repertoire.
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D.
Sun Goes Down
"Sun Goes Down" is a popular electronic dance track by Brazilian DJ and producer Bruno Martini, known for its melodic hooks and radio-friendly production.
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E.
Nothing Like the Sun
Nothing Like the Sun is a 1987 studio album by English musician Sting that blends jazz, rock, and world music influences and is noted for its sophisticated songwriting and social themes.
- 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: The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) Target entity description: "The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic vocals.
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A.
I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine
"I Don’t Care If The Sun Don’t Shine" is a popular song from the early 1950s, best known for being recorded by artists such as Patti Page and Elvis Presley.
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B.
Sunshine of My Soul
"Sunshine of My Soul" is a jazz album by pianist Jaki Byard, showcasing his eclectic style and inventive approach to the piano trio format.
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C.
Things Ain’t What They Used to Be
"Things Ain’t What They Used to Be" is a jazz standard composed by Mercer Ellington that has become widely performed and recorded in the swing and big band repertoire.
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D.
Sun Goes Down
"Sun Goes Down" is a popular electronic dance track by Brazilian DJ and producer Bruno Martini, known for its melodic hooks and radio-friendly production.
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E.
Nothing Like the Sun
Nothing Like the Sun is a 1987 studio album by English musician Sting that blends jazz, rock, and world music influences and is noted for its sophisticated songwriting and social themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arranger | Ivor Raymonde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Frankie Valli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Walker Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartSuccessVersion | The Walker Brothers recording ⓘ |
| composer |
Bob Crewe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Gaudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coveredBy |
Cher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Keane NERFINISHED ⓘ Neil Diamond NERFINISHED ⓘ The Four Seasons NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lettermen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Shadows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| genre |
baroque pop
ⓘ
pop ⓘ pop ballad ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
Loneliness is the coat you wear
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The sun ain’t gonna shine anymore ⓘ |
| hasTitle | The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Philips Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalistOnWalkerBrothersVersion | Scott Walker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Bob Crewe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Gaudio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic arrangement
ⓘ
lush orchestration ⓘ melancholic vocals ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | The Walker Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Frankie Valli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Johnny Franz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Frankie Valli
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Walker Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | orchestral pop ⓘ |
| theme |
heartbreak
ⓘ
loneliness ⓘ lost love ⓘ |
| UKSinglesChartPeakPosition | 1 ⓘ |
| UKSinglesChartPeakYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| USBillboardHot100PeakPosition | 13 ⓘ |
| USBillboardHot100PeakYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| WalkerBrothersReleaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| WalkerBrothersSingleBside | After the Lights Go Out 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: The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore) Description of subject: "The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is a dramatic pop ballad best known from the 1966 hit recording by The Walker Brothers, noted for its lush orchestration and melancholic vocals.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hero
this entity surface form:
The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore