He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)
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"He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" is a controversial 1962 pop song, most famously recorded by the Crystals, that explores themes of domestic abuse in a disturbing and ironic manner.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2876599 — 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: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Context triple: [Gerry Goffin, notableWork, He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)]
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A.
Kiss the Girl
"Kiss the Girl" is a popular romantic song from Disney's animated film The Little Mermaid, featured during a scene where Sebastian encourages Prince Eric to kiss Ariel.
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B.
Bleeding Love
"Bleeding Love" is a globally successful pop-R&B ballad, best known as Leona Lewis's breakout hit that topped charts worldwide in the late 2000s.
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C.
Last Kiss
"Last Kiss" is a popular rock ballad famously covered by Pearl Jam, known for its tragic narrative and success as one of the band's biggest hit singles.
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D.
Ma, I Don't Love Her
"Ma, I Don't Love Her" is a hip-hop track by the duo Clipse, known for its storytelling about complicated relationships over a Neptunes-produced beat.
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E.
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is a popular 1957 folk-pop song, originally adapted from a traditional tune and made famous by American singer Jimmie Rodgers.
- 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: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Target entity description: "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" is a controversial 1962 pop song, most famously recorded by the Crystals, that explores themes of domestic abuse in a disturbing and ironic manner.
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A.
Kiss the Girl
"Kiss the Girl" is a popular romantic song from Disney's animated film The Little Mermaid, featured during a scene where Sebastian encourages Prince Eric to kiss Ariel.
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B.
Bleeding Love
"Bleeding Love" is a globally successful pop-R&B ballad, best known as Leona Lewis's breakout hit that topped charts worldwide in the late 2000s.
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C.
Last Kiss
"Last Kiss" is a popular rock ballad famously covered by Pearl Jam, known for its tragic narrative and success as one of the band's biggest hit singles.
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D.
Ma, I Don't Love Her
"Ma, I Don't Love Her" is a hip-hop track by the duo Clipse, known for its storytelling about complicated relationships over a Neptunes-produced beat.
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E.
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
"Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" is a popular 1957 folk-pop song, originally adapted from a traditional tune and made famous by American singer Jimmie Rodgers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Brill Building pop ⓘ |
| bSide | No One Ever Tells You ⓘ |
| chartPerformance | commercial failure ⓘ |
| composer | Carole King ⓘ |
| controversy | depiction of domestic abuse as proof of love ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| coveredBy |
Grizzly Bear
ⓘ
Hole ⓘ Spiritualized ⓘ The Motels ⓘ The Raveonettes ⓘ The Vaselines ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely condemned for apparent endorsement of abuse ⓘ |
| describedAs |
controversial
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disturbing ⓘ ironic ⓘ |
| firstReleaseFormat | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
baroque pop
ⓘ
girl group ⓘ pop ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently cited in discussions of problematic pop lyrics
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used as an example of 1960s attitudes toward domestic abuse ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric | He hit me and it felt like a kiss ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abusive relationships
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domestic violence ⓘ emotional manipulation ⓘ romantic obsession ⓘ |
| hasTitlePhrase | And It Felt Like a Kiss ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | relationship of Little Eva with her boyfriend ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterReception | often interpreted as a critique of abusive relationships ⓘ |
| length | 2:31 ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | The Crystals ⓘ |
| partOf |
Wall of Sound
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surface form:
Phil Spector Wall of Sound recordings
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| performer | The Crystals ⓘ |
| producer | Phil Spector ⓘ |
| radioAirplay | largely withdrawn due to complaints ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1962 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Philles Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1962-04-02 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Barbara Alston ⓘ |
| writer |
Carole King
ⓘ
Gerry Goffin ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss) Description of subject: "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)" is a controversial 1962 pop song, most famously recorded by the Crystals, that explores themes of domestic abuse in a disturbing and ironic manner.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.