You Can Leave Your Hat On
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"You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a sultry pop song written and originally recorded by Randy Newman that later became widely known through Joe Cocker’s hit cover and its use in film soundtracks.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1786192 — 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: You Can Leave Your Hat On Context triple: [Randy Newman, notableWork, You Can Leave Your Hat On]
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A.
Wouldn’t Leave
"Wouldn’t Leave" is a melodic, emotionally driven song by Kanye West (Ye) that reflects on loyalty, controversy, and the strain his public actions place on his personal relationships.
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B.
Any Which Way You Can
Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 action-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood that follows a bare-knuckle brawler and his orangutan companion in a series of misadventures.
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C.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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D.
You Can't Get There From Here
"You Can't Get There From Here" is a work by American writer and television producer Earl Hamner Jr., best known as the creator of the family drama series "The Waltons."
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E.
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a powerful, emotionally charged showstopper ballad from the musical Dreamgirls, best known for its demanding vocals and iconic performances by Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson.
- 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: You Can Leave Your Hat On Target entity description: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a sultry pop song written and originally recorded by Randy Newman that later became widely known through Joe Cocker’s hit cover and its use in film soundtracks.
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A.
Wouldn’t Leave
"Wouldn’t Leave" is a melodic, emotionally driven song by Kanye West (Ye) that reflects on loyalty, controversy, and the strain his public actions place on his personal relationships.
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B.
Any Which Way You Can
Any Which Way You Can is a 1980 action-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood that follows a bare-knuckle brawler and his orangutan companion in a series of misadventures.
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C.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
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D.
You Can't Get There From Here
"You Can't Get There From Here" is a work by American writer and television producer Earl Hamner Jr., best known as the creator of the family drama series "The Waltons."
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E.
And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a powerful, emotionally charged showstopper ballad from the musical Dreamgirls, best known for its demanding vocals and iconic performances by Jennifer Holliday and Jennifer Hudson.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| album | Cocker ⓘ |
| chartingStatus | hit single in multiple countries ⓘ |
| composer | Randy Newman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| famousFor |
Joe Cocker’s hit cover version
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use in striptease scenes in films ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| genre |
blue-eyed soul
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pop ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion |
You Can Leave Your Hat On
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Etta James version)
You Can Leave Your Hat On self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker version)
You Can Leave Your Hat On self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Tom Jones version)
You Can Leave Your Hat On self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Ty Herndon version)
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| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
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drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"You can leave your hat on"
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"You can leave your hat on" (repeated hook) ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersion |
You Can Leave Your Hat On
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker, 1986)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Randy Newman ⓘ |
| mood | sultry ⓘ |
| notableCoverPerformer |
Etta James
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Joe Cocker ⓘ Tom Jones ⓘ Ty Herndon ⓘ |
| originalAlbum | Sail Away ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Randy Newman ⓘ |
| partOf | Randy Newman discography ⓘ |
| performer | Joe Cocker ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | erotic performance for a lover ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| theme |
sexuality
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striptease ⓘ |
| usedInSoundtrack |
9½ Weeks
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9½ Weeks ⓘ The Full Monty ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | gritty (in Joe Cocker version) ⓘ |
| writer | Randy Newman ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: You Can Leave Your Hat On Description of subject: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" is a sultry pop song written and originally recorded by Randy Newman that later became widely known through Joe Cocker’s hit cover and its use in film soundtracks.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker version)
this entity surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Tom Jones version)
this entity surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Etta James version)
this entity surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Ty Herndon version)
You Can Leave Your Hat On
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hasNotableVersion
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You Can Leave Your Hat On
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On (Joe Cocker, 1986)
this entity surface form:
You Can Leave Your Hat On by Randy Newman