What the World Needs Now Is Love
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"What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 pop standard and peace anthem, best known in its hit recording by Jackie DeShannon, that pleads for universal love and compassion.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| What the World Needs Now Is Love canonical | 6 |
| What the World Needs Now | 1 |
| What the World Needs Now Is Love (album) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1230310 — 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: What the World Needs Now Is Love Context triple: [Burt Bacharach, wroteSong, What the World Needs Now Is Love]
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A.
Oh Love
"Oh Love" is a pop-punk song by Green Day, released as the lead single from their 2012 album ¡Uno!.
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B.
What a Wonderful World
"What a Wonderful World" is a classic 1967 jazz and pop ballad, best known for Louis Armstrong’s warm, gravelly vocals and its optimistic reflection on the beauty of everyday life.
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C.
Love Makes the World Go
Love Makes the World Go is a musical work by renowned American composer Richard Rodgers, known for his influential contributions to 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
People Will Say We're in Love
"People Will Say We're in Love" is a romantic duet from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, known as one of its most enduring and frequently performed songs.
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E.
There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" is an optimistic theme song written for Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction, celebrating faith in technological progress and the future.
- 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: What the World Needs Now Is Love Target entity description: "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 pop standard and peace anthem, best known in its hit recording by Jackie DeShannon, that pleads for universal love and compassion.
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A.
Oh Love
"Oh Love" is a pop-punk song by Green Day, released as the lead single from their 2012 album ¡Uno!.
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B.
What a Wonderful World
"What a Wonderful World" is a classic 1967 jazz and pop ballad, best known for Louis Armstrong’s warm, gravelly vocals and its optimistic reflection on the beauty of everyday life.
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C.
Love Makes the World Go
Love Makes the World Go is a musical work by renowned American composer Richard Rodgers, known for his influential contributions to 20th-century musical theatre.
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D.
People Will Say We're in Love
"People Will Say We're in Love" is a romantic duet from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, known as one of its most enduring and frequently performed songs.
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E.
There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow
"There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" is an optimistic theme song written for Disney's Carousel of Progress attraction, celebrating faith in technological progress and the future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Burt Bacharach ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
peace anthem
ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ |
| firstReleaseDate | 1965 ⓘ |
| followsInStyle | Burt Bacharach–Hal David collaborations ⓘ |
| genre |
peace song
ⓘ
pop ⓘ pop standard ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later peace songs ⓘ |
| hasLyricsOpeningLine | What the world needs now is love, sweet love ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
humanity
ⓘ
love ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| hasTitle | What the World Needs Now Is Love self-link ⓘ |
| isClassicOf |
1960s pop
ⓘ
American songbook ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Hal David ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with peace movements
ⓘ
message of universal love and compassion ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy | Jackie DeShannon ⓘ |
| partOf | 1960s popular music ⓘ |
| performer | Jackie DeShannon ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Dionne Warwick
ⓘ
Jackie DeShannon ⓘ Luther Vandross ⓘ Ronald Isley ⓘ Sérgio Mendes & Brasil '66 ⓘ
surface form:
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
The Supremes ⓘ Tom Clay ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| theme |
compassion
ⓘ
peace ⓘ universal love ⓘ |
| writer |
Burt Bacharach
ⓘ
Hal David ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: What the World Needs Now Is Love Description of subject: "What the World Needs Now Is Love" is a 1965 pop standard and peace anthem, best known in its hit recording by Jackie DeShannon, that pleads for universal love and compassion.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
What the World Needs Now Is Love (album)
subject surface form:
Burt Bacharach
subject surface form:
Comfort Me
this entity surface form:
What the World Needs Now
subject surface form:
The Queen Alone