Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
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"Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’" is an energetic funk and post-disco song by Michael Jackson, known for its driving rhythm, socially charged lyrics, and memorable "mama-say mama-sa mama-coo-sa" chant.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ canonical | 6 |
| Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' | 3 |
| Wanna Be Startin Somethin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9390420 — 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: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Context triple: [Thriller (album), hasPart, Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’]
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A.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul and R&B song by Marvin Gaye, celebrated for its sensual lyrics, smooth vocals, and enduring influence on popular music.
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B.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul album by Marvin Gaye, renowned for its sensual themes and smooth, influential sound.
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C.
Can't Fight the Feelin'
"Can't Fight the Feelin'" is a song featured on Celine Dion's 2007 pop album "Taking Chances."
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D.
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a 1977 disco song by the Bee Gees, best known for its iconic falsetto vocals and association with the film Saturday Night Fever.
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E.
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
"Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough" is a 1979 disco-funk single by Michael Jackson that became one of his breakthrough solo hits and a defining track of the Off the Wall era.
- 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: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Target entity description: "Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’" is an energetic funk and post-disco song by Michael Jackson, known for its driving rhythm, socially charged lyrics, and memorable "mama-say mama-sa mama-coo-sa" chant.
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A.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul and R&B song by Marvin Gaye, celebrated for its sensual lyrics, smooth vocals, and enduring influence on popular music.
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B.
Let's Get It On
"Let's Get It On" is a landmark 1973 soul album by Marvin Gaye, renowned for its sensual themes and smooth, influential sound.
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C.
Can't Fight the Feelin'
"Can't Fight the Feelin'" is a song featured on Celine Dion's 2007 pop album "Taking Chances."
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D.
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a 1977 disco song by the Bee Gees, best known for its iconic falsetto vocals and association with the film Saturday Night Fever.
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E.
Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
"Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough" is a 1979 disco-funk single by Michael Jackson that became one of his breakthrough solo hits and a defining track of the Off the Wall era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Thriller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| backingVocalsBy | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Canadian Singles Chart top 10
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UK Singles Chart top 10 ⓘ US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 ⓘ |
| co-producer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | Thriller era ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
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dance-pop ⓘ funk ⓘ post-disco ⓘ |
| hasCallAndResponse | vocal call-and-response sections ⓘ |
| hasChant | mama-say mama-sa mama-coo-sa ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | no official original-era music video ⓘ |
| includedIn | album Thriller ⓘ |
| isEnergetic | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
gossip and rumors
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media pressure ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| notableElement |
extended vocal chant outro
ⓘ
percussive rhythm section ⓘ prominent horn arrangements ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | Thriller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Thriller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Quincy Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-05-08 ⓘ |
| rhythmStyle | driving groove ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| tourUsage |
performed on Bad World Tour
NERFINISHED
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performed on Dangerous World Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ performed on HIStory World Tour ⓘ performed on This Is It rehearsals ⓘ performed on Victory Tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 1 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Michael Jackson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | high-energy lead vocals ⓘ |
| writer | Michael Jackson 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: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Description of subject: "Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’" is an energetic funk and post-disco song by Michael Jackson, known for its driving rhythm, socially charged lyrics, and memorable "mama-say mama-sa mama-coo-sa" chant.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wanna Be Startin Somethin
this entity surface form:
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
this entity surface form:
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
this entity surface form:
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'