A Sort of Homecoming

E131216

musical work song

A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
A Sort of Homecoming canonical	5
A Sort of Homecoming (live)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1131018 — 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: A Sort of Homecoming
Context triple: [With or Without You, precededBySingle, A Sort of Homecoming]

A. A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences.
B. The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
C. Bring Him Home
"Bring Him Home" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Jean Valjean as a prayer for the safety of the young revolutionary Marius.
D. A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
E. After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
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: A Sort of Homecoming
Target entity description: A Sort of Homecoming is a song by Irish rock band U2, known as the atmospheric opening track of their 1984 album The Unforgettable Fire.

A. A Long Way Home
A Long Way Home is a country music album by American singer-songwriter Dwight Yoakam that blends traditional honky-tonk with contemporary influences.
B. The Long Loneliness
The Long Loneliness is Dorothy Day’s spiritual autobiography, chronicling her journey from radical activism to Catholic faith and the founding of the Catholic Worker movement.
C. Bring Him Home
"Bring Him Home" is a poignant solo ballad from the musical Les Misérables, sung by the character Jean Valjean as a prayer for the safety of the young revolutionary Marius.
D. A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
E. After the Dance
"After the Dance" is a 1939 stage play by British dramatist Terence Rattigan that explores the disillusionment and emotional fallout among the hedonistic "bright young things" of interwar London.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	musical work ⓘ song ⓘ
album	The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ
artist	U2 ⓘ
composer	Adam Clayton ⓘ Bono ⓘ Larry Mullen Jr. ⓘ The Edge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ireland ⓘ
genre	alternative rock ⓘ post-punk ⓘ rock ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	A Sort of Homecoming (live) ⓘ linked to: A Sort of Homecoming
hasMusicStyle	atmospheric ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	ambient guitar textures ⓘ echo-laden production ⓘ
hasTheme	homecoming ⓘ spiritual journey ⓘ
includedIn	U2 concert setlists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
liveVersionAppearsOn	Wide Awake in America ⓘ
lyricist	Bono ⓘ
openingTrackOf	The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ
partOf	U2 discography ⓘ
performer	U2 ⓘ
performerNationality	Irish ⓘ
producer	Brian Eno ⓘ Daniel Lanois ⓘ
recordedFor	The Unforgettable Fire ⓘ
recordLabel	Island Records ⓘ
releaseYear	1984 ⓘ
trackNumber	1 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

With or Without You → precededBySingle → A Sort of Homecoming ⓘ

The Unforgettable Fire → hasPart → A Sort of Homecoming ⓘ

A Sort of Homecoming → hasLiveVersion → A Sort of Homecoming (live) ⓘ

linked to: A Sort of Homecoming

Unforgettable Fire Tour → featuredSong → A Sort of Homecoming ⓘ

Wide Awake in America → hasTrack → A Sort of Homecoming ⓘ

Wide Awake in America → liveVersionOf → A Sort of Homecoming ⓘ

Wide Awake in America → hasNotableSong → A Sort of Homecoming (live) ⓘ