Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
E1046366
"Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" is a 1966 soul single by Lou Rawls that became one of his signature hits and earned him widespread acclaim.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Love Is a Hurtin' Thing canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13542328 — 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: Love Is a Hurtin' Thing Context triple: [Lou Rawls, notableWork, Love Is a Hurtin' Thing]
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A.
I’m Hurtin’
"I’m Hurtin’" is a song featured as the B-side to Roy Orbison’s 1961 hit single "Running Scared."
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B.
Love Is Pain
"Love Is Pain" is a song by Fergie from her 2017 visual album "Double Dutchess," blending emotional lyrics with contemporary pop and R&B production.
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C.
Nothing Hurts Like Love
"Nothing Hurts Like Love" is a pop ballad by British singer Daniel Bedingfield, released in 2004 and known for its emotive lyrics about heartbreak.
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D.
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
"Only Love Can Hurt Like This" is a soulful, retro-influenced pop ballad by British singer Paloma Faith that became one of her signature hits.
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E.
It Hurts to Be in Love
"It Hurts to Be in Love" is a 1964 pop song, originally intended for Neil Sedaka but made famous by Gene Pitney, known for its dramatic vocals and lush Brill Building-style production.
- 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: Love Is a Hurtin' Thing Target entity description: "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" is a 1966 soul single by Lou Rawls that became one of his signature hits and earned him widespread acclaim.
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A.
I’m Hurtin’
"I’m Hurtin’" is a song featured as the B-side to Roy Orbison’s 1961 hit single "Running Scared."
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B.
Love Is Pain
"Love Is Pain" is a song by Fergie from her 2017 visual album "Double Dutchess," blending emotional lyrics with contemporary pop and R&B production.
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C.
Nothing Hurts Like Love
"Nothing Hurts Like Love" is a pop ballad by British singer Daniel Bedingfield, released in 2004 and known for its emotive lyrics about heartbreak.
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D.
Only Love Can Hurt Like This
"Only Love Can Hurt Like This" is a soulful, retro-influenced pop ballad by British singer Paloma Faith that became one of her signature hits.
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E.
It Hurts to Be in Love
"It Hurts to Be in Love" is a 1964 pop song, originally intended for Neil Sedaka but made famous by Gene Pitney, known for its dramatic vocals and lush Brill Building-style production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| artist | Lou Rawls ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| describedAs | one of Lou Rawls' signature hits ⓘ |
| genre | soul ⓘ |
| hasMusicalEra | 1960s popular music ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | 1960s soul ⓘ |
| hasOriginalReleaseFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| hasPerformerVocalType | baritone vocals ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Love Is a Hurtin' Thing ⓘ |
| hasType | soul single ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Lou Rawls ⓘ |
| partOf | Lou Rawls discography ⓘ |
| performer | Lou Rawls ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1966 ⓘ |
| received | widespread acclaim ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1966 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
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: Love Is a Hurtin' Thing Description of subject: "Love Is a Hurtin' Thing" is a 1966 soul single by Lou Rawls that became one of his signature hits and earned him widespread acclaim.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.