Dance With My Father

E95101

single song

"Dance With My Father" is a Grammy-winning R&B ballad by Luther Vandross, widely regarded as one of his most emotional and iconic songs.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Dance with My Father (album)	2
Dance With My Father canonical	1
Dance with My Father	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T803347 — 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: Dance With My Father
Context triple: [J Records, notableRelease, Dance With My Father]

A. Shall We Dance
"Shall We Dance" is a 1937 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its sophisticated dance sequences and classic George and Ira Gershwin songs.
B. Let's Dance
"Let's Dance" is a 1950 musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire that showcases his signature song-and-dance performances.
C. Save the Last Dance for Me
"Save the Last Dance for Me" is a classic early-1960s pop and R&B song, popularized by Ben E. King as lead singer of The Drifters, known for its romantic lyrics and memorable melody.
D. Slow Dance
"Slow Dance" is a song featured on the album "Once Again," likely contributing a mellow, romantic tone to the record.
E. The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
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: Dance With My Father
Target entity description: "Dance With My Father" is a Grammy-winning R&B ballad by Luther Vandross, widely regarded as one of his most emotional and iconic songs.

A. Shall We Dance
"Shall We Dance" is a 1937 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, celebrated for its sophisticated dance sequences and classic George and Ira Gershwin songs.
B. Let's Dance
"Let's Dance" is a 1950 musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire that showcases his signature song-and-dance performances.
C. Save the Last Dance for Me
"Save the Last Dance for Me" is a classic early-1960s pop and R&B song, popularized by Ben E. King as lead singer of The Drifters, known for its romantic lyrics and memorable melody.
D. Slow Dance
"Slow Dance" is a song featured on the album "Once Again," likely contributing a mellow, romantic tone to the record.
E. The Dance
The Dance is a famous early 20th-century painting by Henri Matisse that depicts a circle of nude figures dancing against a vivid, simplified landscape, exemplifying his bold use of color and form in Fauvism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance ⓘ Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
composer	Luther Vandross ⓘ Richard Marx ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedAs	emotional ballad ⓘ signature song of Luther Vandross ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	piano ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ strings ⓘ
hasISRC	USJI10300439 ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme	childhood memories ⓘ father–child relationship ⓘ grief ⓘ loss ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	Dance With My Father music video ⓘ
inspiredBy	Luther Vandross's memories of his father ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
musicalForm	ballad ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first person ⓘ
notableFor	being one of Luther Vandross's most iconic songs ⓘ
partOf	Dance With My Father self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dance with My Father (album)
performer	Luther Vandross ⓘ
producer	Luther Vandross ⓘ Nat Adderley Jr. ⓘ
recordLabel	J Records ⓘ
releasedAsSingleFrom	Dance With My Father self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dance with My Father (album)
releaseYear	2003 ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ
vocalist	Luther Vandross ⓘ
writer	Luther Vandross ⓘ Richard Marx ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

J Records → notableRelease → Dance With My Father ⓘ

Luther Vandross → notableWork → Dance With My Father ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dance with My Father

Dance With My Father → partOf → Dance With My Father self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dance with My Father (album)

Dance With My Father → releasedAsSingleFrom → Dance With My Father self-linksurface differs ⓘ