Touch of Grey
E131697
"Touch of Grey" is a popular Grateful Dead song, best known for its upbeat, resilient chorus ("I will get by") and for being the band's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Touch of Grey canonical | 4 |
| Shade of Grey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1159386 — 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: Touch of Grey Context triple: [Grateful Dead, notableSong, Touch of Grey]
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A.
Violet Trace
Violet Trace is a troubled Harlem hairdresser in Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz," whose violent act against her husband's young lover exposes the scars of her Southern past and the complexities of love, jealousy, and identity during the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
City of Oaks
City of Oaks is the popular nickname for Raleigh, North Carolina, highlighting its abundance of oak trees and tree-lined streets.
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C.
The Faultline
The Faultline is an organized supporters' group known for passionately backing Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes with coordinated chants, displays, and matchday atmosphere.
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D.
City of Souls
City of Souls is the somber nickname for Colma, California, a small town famous for its vast cemeteries and far larger population of the dead than the living.
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E.
The Hunt
The Hunt is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the dramatic strategies predators and prey use to survive in the wild.
- 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: Touch of Grey
Target entity description: "Touch of Grey" is a popular Grateful Dead song, best known for its upbeat, resilient chorus ("I will get by") and for being the band's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
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A.
Violet Trace
Violet Trace is a troubled Harlem hairdresser in Toni Morrison's novel "Jazz," whose violent act against her husband's young lover exposes the scars of her Southern past and the complexities of love, jealousy, and identity during the Harlem Renaissance.
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B.
City of Oaks
City of Oaks is the popular nickname for Raleigh, North Carolina, highlighting its abundance of oak trees and tree-lined streets.
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C.
The Faultline
The Faultline is an organized supporters' group known for passionately backing Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes with coordinated chants, displays, and matchday atmosphere.
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D.
City of Souls
City of Souls is the somber nickname for Colma, California, a small town famous for its vast cemeteries and far larger population of the dead than the living.
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E.
The Hunt
The Hunt is a BBC nature documentary series that explores the dramatic strategies predators and prey use to survive in the wild.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | In the Dark ⓘ |
| artist | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Jerry Garcia Band ⓘ |
| bSide | My Brother Esau ⓘ |
| chartedIn |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Hot 100
|
| composer | Jerry Garcia ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| featuresInMusicVideo | Grateful Dead skeleton puppets ⓘ |
| firstLivePerformanceDate | 1982-09-15 ⓘ |
| firstLivePerformanceLocation |
Capital Centre
ⓘ
surface form:
Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
|
| genre |
psychedelic rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
I will get by
ⓘ
I Will Survive ⓘ
surface form:
I will survive
|
| hasCulturalImpact | became an anthem of perseverance for many fans ⓘ |
| hasKeyLyric |
It's even worse than it appears, but it's all right
ⓘ
We will get by, we will survive ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersions | multiple Grateful Dead concert recordings ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Touch of Grey music video ⓘ |
| hasRefrain | I will get by, I will survive ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
optimism in adversity
ⓘ
resilience ⓘ |
| includedOn | Grateful Dead compilation albums ⓘ |
| isNotableFor | being the Grateful Dead's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:47 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Robert Hunter ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Gary Gutierrez ⓘ |
| partOf | Grateful Dead discography ⓘ |
| peakChartPosition | Billboard Hot 100 number 9 ⓘ |
| performer | Grateful Dead ⓘ |
| producer |
Jerry Garcia
ⓘ
John Cutler ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1987 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Arista Records ⓘ |
| releasedAs | lead single from the album In the Dark ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-06 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| tempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Touch of Grey
Description of subject: "Touch of Grey" is a popular Grateful Dead song, best known for its upbeat, resilient chorus ("I will get by") and for being the band's only Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shade of Grey