Magic (song)
E217014
"Magic" is a popular song title used by multiple artists, most notably the 1974 hit by Pilot and the 2014 single by Coldplay.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Magic (Coldplay song) | 1 |
| Magic (Pilot song) | 1 |
| Magic (song) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1921577 — 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: Magic (song) Context triple: [Magic, hasPart, Magic (song)]
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A.
Magique
Magique is the star-shaped, elf-like mascot created to represent the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
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B.
True Magic
True Magic is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Mos Def that blends introspective lyrics with experimental, minimalist production.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
Magia
Magia is the first studio album by Colombian singer Shakira, recorded when she was a teenager and showcasing her early pop and Latin music style.
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E.
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a pop ballad famously covered by British boy band Take That, adapted from Barry Manilow’s original song and known as one of their early hit singles.
- 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: Magic (song) Target entity description: "Magic" is a popular song title used by multiple artists, most notably the 1974 hit by Pilot and the 2014 single by Coldplay.
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A.
Magique
Magique is the star-shaped, elf-like mascot created to represent the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.
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B.
True Magic
True Magic is a socially conscious hip-hop album by Mos Def that blends introspective lyrics with experimental, minimalist production.
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C.
The Magic
The Magic is a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne that expands on the themes of The Secret by focusing on the transformative power of gratitude.
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D.
Magia
Magia is the first studio album by Colombian singer Shakira, recorded when she was a teenager and showcasing her early pop and Latin music style.
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E.
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a pop ballad famously covered by British boy band Take That, adapted from Barry Manilow’s original song and known as one of their early hit singles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
song
ⓘ
song ⓘ song title ⓘ |
| awardNomination |
Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
ⓘ
surface form:
Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
|
| chartPosition |
UK Singles Chart number 11
ⓘ
UK Singles Chart top 10 ⓘ US Billboard Hot 100 number 5 ⓘ US Billboard Hot 100 top 20 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ pop rock ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric | Oh, ho, ho, it's magic, you know ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
longing
ⓘ
romantic relationship ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo |
yes
ⓘ
yes ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Magic (song)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Magic (Coldplay song)
Magic (song) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Magic (Pilot song)
|
| instrumentation | minimalist arrangement ⓘ |
| isClassicHit | yes ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Jonas Åkerlund ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum |
From the Album of the Same Name
ⓘ
Ghost Stories ⓘ |
| performer |
Coldplay
ⓘ
Pilot (band) ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Parsons
ⓘ
Coldplay ⓘ Paul Epworth ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Atlantic Records
ⓘ
EMI Records ⓘ Parlophone ⓘ |
| releaseDate |
1974
ⓘ
2014-03-03 ⓘ |
| singleFrom |
From the Album of the Same Name
ⓘ
Ghost Stories ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Billy Lyall
ⓘ
Chris Martin ⓘ David Paton ⓘ Guy Berryman ⓘ Jonny Buckland ⓘ Will Champion ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| title |
Magic
ⓘ
Magic ⓘ |
| yearEndChart |
Billboard
ⓘ
surface form:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975
|
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: Magic (song) Description of subject: "Magic" is a popular song title used by multiple artists, most notably the 1974 hit by Pilot and the 2014 single by Coldplay.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Magic (Pilot song)
this entity surface form:
Magic (Coldplay song)