That Lucky Old Sun
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"That Lucky Old Sun" is a classic American popular song, first published in 1949, known for its soulful melody and lyrics contrasting human hardship with the effortless journey of the sun across the sky.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| That Lucky Old Sun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11022693 — 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: That Lucky Old Sun Context triple: [The Sound in Your Mind, hasPart, That Lucky Old Sun]
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A.
Every Country’s Sun
Every Country’s Sun is a 2017 studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, noted for its expansive, atmospheric instrumentals and dynamic shifts in mood and intensity.
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B.
You’ll Never Be the Sun
"You’ll Never Be the Sun" is a country-folk song best known for its harmony-rich recording by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt on their collaborative album Trio II.
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C.
A Sun Came
A Sun Came is the eclectic, genre-blending debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, showcasing his experimental folk and lo-fi sound.
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D.
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
A Song Flung Up to Heaven is Maya Angelou’s sixth autobiographical volume, chronicling her experiences during the turbulent years surrounding the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
The Sun Don’t Lie
The Sun Don’t Lie is a 1993 jazz fusion album by bassist and composer Marcus Miller, showcasing his virtuosic playing, production skills, and blend of funk, jazz, and R&B influences.
- 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: That Lucky Old Sun Target entity description: "That Lucky Old Sun" is a classic American popular song, first published in 1949, known for its soulful melody and lyrics contrasting human hardship with the effortless journey of the sun across the sky.
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A.
Every Country’s Sun
Every Country’s Sun is a 2017 studio album by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai, noted for its expansive, atmospheric instrumentals and dynamic shifts in mood and intensity.
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B.
You’ll Never Be the Sun
"You’ll Never Be the Sun" is a country-folk song best known for its harmony-rich recording by Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt on their collaborative album Trio II.
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C.
A Sun Came
A Sun Came is the eclectic, genre-blending debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens, showcasing his experimental folk and lo-fi sound.
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D.
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
A Song Flung Up to Heaven is Maya Angelou’s sixth autobiographical volume, chronicling her experiences during the turbulent years surrounding the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
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E.
The Sun Don’t Lie
The Sun Don’t Lie is a 1993 jazz fusion album by bassist and composer Marcus Miller, showcasing his virtuosic playing, production skills, and blend of funk, jazz, and R&B influences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
popular song
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Beasley Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs | classic American popular song ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | 1949 ⓘ |
| genre |
popular music
ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ |
| hasForm | ballad ⓘ |
| hasMood |
hopeful
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melancholic ⓘ soulful ⓘ |
| hasStyle | gospel-influenced pop ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
contrast between human hardship and the effortless journey of the sun
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longing for rest and peace ⓘ working-class struggle ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | the sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later soul and R&B interpretations of gospel-tinged pop ballads ⓘ |
| isPartOf | 20th-century American popular music canon ⓘ |
| isStandardIn | American songbook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalPerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| lyricFocus |
daily toil and suffering
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desire for divine relief ⓘ |
| lyricist | Haven Gillespie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metaphorUses | the sun as a symbol of effortless existence ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Aretha Franklin
NERFINISHED
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Dean Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Frank Sinatra NERFINISHED ⓘ Frankie Laine NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Lee Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Ray Charles NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Cooke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Vaughan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1949 ⓘ |
| refrain |
“Nothing to do but roll around heaven all day”
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“Roll out that lazy, hazy, crazy old sun” ⓘ |
| structure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous cover versions ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: That Lucky Old Sun Description of subject: "That Lucky Old Sun" is a classic American popular song, first published in 1949, known for its soulful melody and lyrics contrasting human hardship with the effortless journey of the sun across the sky.
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