I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)
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"I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" is a 1972 rock song by The Moody Blues that critiques celebrity worship and emphasizes the band's role as entertainers rather than spiritual leaders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9395936 — 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)
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Target entity: I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) Context triple: [The Moody Blues, notableSong, I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)]
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A.
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel that critiques changing musical and fashion trends while affirming the enduring appeal of rock and roll.
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B.
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
"You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" is a 1976 Grammy-winning pop and R&B duet by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. that became their signature hit.
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C.
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is a 1974 rock song by the Rolling Stones that became one of the band's signature anthems, celebrated for its swaggering riff and defiant lyrics about the nature of rock music.
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D.
It Ain't Me Babe
"It Ain't Me Babe" is a 1964 folk song by Bob Dylan, known for its stark rejection of romantic idealization and its influential role in his early songwriting legacy.
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E.
I Gotta Have a Song
"I Gotta Have a Song" is a soul track by Stevie Wonder featured on his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
- 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’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) Target entity description: "I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" is a 1972 rock song by The Moody Blues that critiques celebrity worship and emphasizes the band's role as entertainers rather than spiritual leaders.
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A.
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me
"It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" is a hit 1980 rock song by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel that critiques changing musical and fashion trends while affirming the enduring appeal of rock and roll.
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B.
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
"You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" is a 1976 Grammy-winning pop and R&B duet by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. that became their signature hit.
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C.
It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)
"It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" is a 1974 rock song by the Rolling Stones that became one of the band's signature anthems, celebrated for its swaggering riff and defiant lyrics about the nature of rock music.
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D.
It Ain't Me Babe
"It Ain't Me Babe" is a 1964 folk song by Bob Dylan, known for its stark rejection of romantic idealization and its influential role in his early songwriting legacy.
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E.
I Gotta Have a Song
"I Gotta Have a Song" is a soul track by Stevie Wonder featured on his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Seventh Sojourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Moody Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | For My Lady ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
UK Singles Chart top 40 hit
ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 top 20 hit ⓘ |
| chronology | single from Seventh Sojourn ⓘ |
| composer | John Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
progressive rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | The Moody Blues live performances ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | promotional film performance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
critique of celebrity worship
ⓘ
rejection of spiritual leader status ⓘ role of entertainers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:18 ⓘ |
| lyricist | John Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalFeature |
prominent bass line
ⓘ
rock rhythm ⓘ synthesizer use ⓘ |
| notableFor | statement on band’s role as entertainers ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Seventh Sojourn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Moody Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performerMember |
Graeme Edge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ Justin Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Pinder NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Isn't Life Strange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Tony Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1972 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Threshold Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972-11-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| vocalist | Justin Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | John Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band) Description of subject: "I’m Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" is a 1972 rock song by The Moody Blues that critiques celebrity worship and emphasizes the band's role as entertainers rather than spiritual leaders.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Moody Blues