Take On Me
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"Take On Me" is a 1984 synth-pop song by Norwegian band A-ha, famous for its catchy melody and innovative rotoscoped music video.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Take On Me canonical | 2 |
| Take On Me (music video) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9231778 — 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: Take On Me Context triple: [Despicable Me 3 soundtrack, includesTrack, Take On Me]
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A.
Over My Head
"Over My Head" is a song by the American rock band Alabama Shakes from their critically acclaimed album "Sound & Color."
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B.
Hold Ya Head
"Hold Ya Head" is a reflective and somber track by 2Pac (as Makaveli) from his posthumous album *The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory*, addressing struggle, loss, and perseverance.
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C.
Joy (Takes Over Me)
"Joy (Takes Over Me)" is a song featured on the album *Signed, Sealed & Delivered*.
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D.
Come On to Me
"Come On to Me" is a rock single by Paul McCartney released in 2018 as one of the lead tracks from his album "Egypt Station."
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E.
Rockaby
Rockaby is a one-woman monologue play by Samuel Beckett, renowned for its haunting exploration of isolation and mortality.
- 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: Take On Me Target entity description: "Take On Me" is a 1984 synth-pop song by Norwegian band A-ha, famous for its catchy melody and innovative rotoscoped music video.
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A.
Over My Head
"Over My Head" is a song by the American rock band Alabama Shakes from their critically acclaimed album "Sound & Color."
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B.
Hold Ya Head
"Hold Ya Head" is a reflective and somber track by 2Pac (as Makaveli) from his posthumous album *The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory*, addressing struggle, loss, and perseverance.
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C.
Joy (Takes Over Me)
"Joy (Takes Over Me)" is a song featured on the album *Signed, Sealed & Delivered*.
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D.
Come On to Me
"Come On to Me" is a rock single by Paul McCartney released in 2018 as one of the lead tracks from his album "Egypt Station."
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E.
Rockaby
Rockaby is a one-woman monologue play by Samuel Beckett, renowned for its haunting exploration of isolation and mortality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
music video
ⓘ
single ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Hunting High and Low NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | A-ha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Direction in a Video NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in a Video NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Best Special Effects in a Video NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video NERFINISHED ⓘ MTV Video Music Award for Viewer's Choice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Love Is Reason NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionNorwayVGLista | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| composer |
Magne Furuholmen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morten Harket NERFINISHED ⓘ Pål Waaktaar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norway ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| director | Steve Barron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousFor |
catchy synth-pop melody
ⓘ
innovative rotoscoped music video ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | pop music classic ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Take On Me (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| key | A major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:46 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Magne Furuholmen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Morten Harket NERFINISHED ⓘ Pål Waaktaar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
high falsetto vocals
ⓘ
prominent synthesizer riff ⓘ |
| originalReleaseDate | 1984-10-19 ⓘ |
| performer | A-ha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Tarney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Ratcliff NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Mansfield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Warner Bros. Records
ⓘ
Warner Music Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| reRecordedVersionReleaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| style | live-action/animation hybrid ⓘ |
| technique | rotoscoping ⓘ |
| tempo | approximately 169 BPM ⓘ |
| vocalRange | over two and a half octaves ⓘ |
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: Take On Me Description of subject: "Take On Me" is a 1984 synth-pop song by Norwegian band A-ha, famous for its catchy melody and innovative rotoscoped music video.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Take On Me (music video)
this entity surface form:
Take On Me (music video)