The Best Things in Life Are Free

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single song

"The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a 1992 dance-pop and R&B duet by Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, recorded for the soundtrack of the film *Mo' Money* and known for its chart success and multiple remixes.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
The Best Things in Life Are Free canonical	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (CJ Mackintosh remix)	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (Classic 12" mix)	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (David Morales remix)	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (Def mix)	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (K-Klass remix)	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (MK mix)	1
The Best Things in Life Are Free (song)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3204743 — 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: The Best Things in Life Are Free
Context triple: [That's the Way Love Goes, precededBySingle, The Best Things in Life Are Free]

A. It’s a Good Life
"It’s a Good Life" is a classic 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone about a small town terrorized by a young boy with godlike psychic powers.
B. This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
C. This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
D. This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
E. Simply the Best
Simply the Best is a song best known as Tina Turner’s powerful 1989 hit, often regarded as one of her signature anthems.
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: The Best Things in Life Are Free
Target entity description: "The Best Things in Life Are Free" is a 1992 dance-pop and R&B duet by Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, recorded for the soundtrack of the film *Mo' Money* and known for its chart success and multiple remixes.

A. It’s a Good Life
"It’s a Good Life" is a classic 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone about a small town terrorized by a young boy with godlike psychic powers.
B. This Life
"This Life" is a rock-influenced theme song best known for opening the television series *Sons of Anarchy*, capturing its outlaw biker tone and atmosphere.
C. This Life
"This Life" is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 2009 rock album "Working on a Dream."
D. This Life
"This Life" is a British television drama series that follows the intertwined personal and professional lives of young lawyers sharing a house in London.
E. Simply the Best
Simply the Best is a song best known as Tina Turner’s powerful 1989 hit, often regarded as one of her signature anthems.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
chartSuccess	top 10 in multiple countries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	early 1990s ⓘ
featuresArtist	Janet Jackson ⓘ Luther Vandross ⓘ
format	12-inch single ⓘ 7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ dance-pop ⓘ
hasBackingVocals	male and female ensemble backing vocals ⓘ
hasChorusVocal	Janet Jackson ⓘ Luther Vandross ⓘ
hasRemix	The Best Things in Life Are Free self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (CJ Mackintosh remix) The Best Things in Life Are Free self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (Classic 12" mix) The Best Things in Life Are Free self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (David Morales remix) The Best Things in Life Are Free self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (Def mix) The Best Things in Life Are Free self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (K-Klass remix) The Best Things in Life Are Free self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (MK mix)
hasTheme	love and valuing non-material things ⓘ
includedIn	Mo' Money: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
musicVideoFeatures	Janet Jackson ⓘ Luther Vandross ⓘ
notableFor	commercial chart success ⓘ multiple remixes ⓘ
partOfSoundtrack	Mo' Money ⓘ
performer	Janet Jackson ⓘ Luther Vandross ⓘ
producer	Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
recordedFor	Mo' Money: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ⓘ
recordLabel	A&M Records ⓘ Perspective Records ⓘ
songwriter	Janet Jackson ⓘ Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ Luther Vandross ⓘ Michael Bivins ⓘ Ricky Bell ⓘ Ronnie DeVoe ⓘ
usedInFilm	Mo' Money ⓘ
vocalType	duet ⓘ
yearOfRelease	1992 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

That's the Way Love Goes → precededBySingle → The Best Things in Life Are Free ⓘ

Ralph Tresvant → notableWork → The Best Things in Life Are Free ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Best Things in Life Are Free (song)