Separate Lives
E1025570
"Separate Lives" is a 1985 soft rock ballad written by Stephen Bishop, best known in its hit duet version by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin from the film "White Nights."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Separate Lives canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13171150 — 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: Separate Lives Context triple: [Stephen Bishop, notableWork, Separate Lives]
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A.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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B.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
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C.
The Whole of Their Lives
The Whole of Their Lives is a political memoir by American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow, recounting his experiences in and eventual break from the U.S. Communist movement.
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D.
Single Life
"Single Life" is a mid-1980s funk and R&B hit by Larry Blackmon’s band Cameo, known for its catchy groove and playful take on bachelorhood.
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E.
Divided Lives
Divided Lives is a nonfiction book by journalist Elsa Walsh that explores the personal and professional struggles of high-achieving women balancing careers, marriage, and motherhood.
- 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: Separate Lives Target entity description: "Separate Lives" is a 1985 soft rock ballad written by Stephen Bishop, best known in its hit duet version by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin from the film "White Nights."
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A.
Two Lives
Two Lives is a memoir by Reeve Lindbergh that reflects on her complex family legacy and the contrasting lives of her parents, aviator Charles Lindbergh and writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
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B.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
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C.
The Whole of Their Lives
The Whole of Their Lives is a political memoir by American communist leader Benjamin Gitlow, recounting his experiences in and eventual break from the U.S. Communist movement.
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D.
Single Life
"Single Life" is a mid-1980s funk and R&B hit by Larry Blackmon’s band Cameo, known for its catchy groove and playful take on bachelorhood.
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E.
Divided Lives
Divided Lives is a nonfiction book by journalist Elsa Walsh that explores the personal and professional struggles of high-achieving women balancing careers, marriage, and motherhood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedWithArtist |
Marilyn Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithFilm | White Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | Stephen Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Stephen Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| decadeOfRelease | 1980s ⓘ |
| duetWith |
Marilyn Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | soft rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Only You Know and I Know NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasChartSuccessIn |
Adult Contemporary charts
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| hasISRC | unknown ⓘ |
| hasKey | ballad ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 4 minutes ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtist |
Marilyn Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersion | Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin version ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow ⓘ |
| hasType | power ballad ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | duet ⓘ |
| includedIn | White Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional separation
ⓘ
romantic breakup ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ |
| originallyWrittenFor | Stephen Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | White Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Marilyn Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Arif Mardin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| usedInFilm | White Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalist |
Marilyn Martin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phil Collins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Stephen Bishop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Separate Lives Description of subject: "Separate Lives" is a 1985 soft rock ballad written by Stephen Bishop, best known in its hit duet version by Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin from the film "White Nights."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.