Bang a Gong (Get It On)
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"Bang a Gong (Get It On)" is a 1971 glam rock hit by the British band T. Rex that became one of their signature and most internationally recognized songs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bang a Gong (Get It On) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13027857 — 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: Bang a Gong (Get It On) Context triple: [T. Rex, notableWork, Bang a Gong (Get It On)]
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A.
Bang Bang
"Bang Bang" is a politically charged punk rock song by Green Day from their album "Revolution Radio."
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B.
Bang Bang
"Bang Bang" is a 2014 pop/R&B hit single by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj known for its powerful vocals and energetic, brass-driven production.
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C.
Let's Go Bang
"Let's Go Bang" is a pop album by American actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt, released in the mid-1990s during her early music career.
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D.
Bang Bang Bang
"Bang Bang Bang" is a studio album by the American country-rock group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, showcasing their blend of country, folk, and rock influences.
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E.
Bang (album)
"Bang" is a 2015 studio album by Brazilian singer Anitta that blends pop, funk carioca, and R&B, marking a key moment in her international breakout.
- 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: Bang a Gong (Get It On) Target entity description: "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" is a 1971 glam rock hit by the British band T. Rex that became one of their signature and most internationally recognized songs.
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A.
Bang Bang
"Bang Bang" is a 2014 pop/R&B hit single by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj known for its powerful vocals and energetic, brass-driven production.
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B.
Bang Bang
"Bang Bang" is a politically charged punk rock song by Green Day from their album "Revolution Radio."
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C.
Let's Go Bang
"Let's Go Bang" is a pop album by American actress and singer Jennifer Love Hewitt, released in the mid-1990s during her early music career.
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D.
Bang Bang Bang
"Bang Bang Bang" is a studio album by the American country-rock group Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, showcasing their blend of country, folk, and rock influences.
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E.
Bang (album)
"Bang" is a 2015 studio album by Brazilian singer Anitta that blends pop, funk carioca, and R&B, marking a key moment in her international breakout.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Get It On
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Get It On (Bang a Gong) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustralianSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionGermanSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIrishSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 10 ⓘ |
| composer | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 1970s ⓘ |
| featuredOnCompilation |
Great Hits (T. Rex)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Essential T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsSingle | Hot Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
glam rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasBside |
Raw Ramp
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Raw Ramp (part 2) NERFINISHED ⓘ There Was a Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersionBy |
Ministry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Power Station NERFINISHED ⓘ Supergrass NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dandy Warhols NERFINISHED ⓘ U2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ percussion ⓘ piano ⓘ saxophone ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Electric Warrior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAmongMostRecognizedSongsOf | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:27 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being a defining glam rock hit of the early 1970s ⓘ |
| performer | T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedesSingle | Jeepster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Tony Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1971 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Fly Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1971-07-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| title | Bang a Gong (Get It On) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 3 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Marc Bolan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Marc Bolan 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: Bang a Gong (Get It On) Description of subject: "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" is a 1971 glam rock hit by the British band T. Rex that became one of their signature and most internationally recognized songs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.