Happiness Is a Warm Gun
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"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a 1968 Beatles song from the White Album, noted for its shifting time signatures, darkly surreal lyrics, and John Lennon's fragmented, multi-part composition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Happiness Is a Warm Gun canonical | 2 |
| Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4161161 — 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: Happiness Is a Warm Gun Context triple: [Pod, hasPart, Happiness Is a Warm Gun]
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A.
All the Sad Young Men
All the Sad Young Men is a 1926 short story collection by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of disillusionment, lost love, and the moral decay of the Jazz Age.
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B.
Glad to Be Unhappy
"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a melancholy standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook that has been widely recorded in jazz and pop interpretations.
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C.
Goats Head Soup
Goats Head Soup is a 1973 studio album by the Rolling Stones known for its darker tone and hit single "Angie."
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D.
Mama’s Gun
Mama’s Gun is a critically acclaimed neo-soul album by Erykah Badu, known for its warm, live instrumentation and introspective, socially conscious songwriting.
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E.
The Weary Kind
"The Weary Kind" is a country ballad written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for the film "Crazy Heart," widely recognized for its poignant portrayal of a washed-up musician's struggles.
- 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: Happiness Is a Warm Gun Target entity description: "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a 1968 Beatles song from the White Album, noted for its shifting time signatures, darkly surreal lyrics, and John Lennon's fragmented, multi-part composition.
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A.
All the Sad Young Men
All the Sad Young Men is a 1926 short story collection by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of disillusionment, lost love, and the moral decay of the Jazz Age.
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B.
Glad to Be Unhappy
"Glad to Be Unhappy" is a melancholy standard from the Rodgers and Hart songbook that has been widely recorded in jazz and pop interpretations.
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C.
Goats Head Soup
Goats Head Soup is a 1973 studio album by the Rolling Stones known for its darker tone and hit single "Angie."
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D.
Mama’s Gun
Mama’s Gun is a critically acclaimed neo-soul album by Erykah Badu, known for its warm, live instrumentation and introspective, socially conscious songwriting.
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E.
The Weary Kind
"The Weary Kind" is a country ballad written by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett for the film "Crazy Heart," widely recognized for its poignant portrayal of a washed-up musician's struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | The Beatles ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
ⓘ
surface form:
Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand
|
| artist | The Beatles ⓘ |
| associatedWith | John Lennon’s darker lyrical style ⓘ |
| backingVocal |
George Harrison
ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ |
| bassGuitar | Paul McCartney ONNED1 ⓘ |
| composer | John Lennon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creditedWriter | Lennon–McCartney ⓘ |
| drums | Ringo Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | late 1960s ⓘ |
| feature |
abrupt tempo changes
ⓘ
complex vocal harmonies ⓘ dark surreal lyrics ⓘ shifting time signatures ⓘ |
| genre |
art rock
ⓘ
progressive rock ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| guitar |
George Harrison
ⓘ
John Lennon ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later progressive rock songwriting ⓘ |
| hasPart | multi-part song structure ⓘ |
| hasSection |
"I need a fix ’cause I’m going down" section
ⓘ
"Mother Superior jumped the gun" section ⓘ "She’s not a girl who misses much" section ⓘ doo-wop style coda ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
addiction imagery
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sexual innuendo ⓘ violence imagery ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Beatles’ 1968 double album ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | American gun magazine slogan ⓘ |
| label | Apple Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocal | John Lennon ⓘ |
| lyricist | John Lennon ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial gun-themed title
ⓘ
fragmented multi-part composition ⓘ |
| partOf | The Beatles (White Album) ⓘ |
| performer | The Beatles ⓘ |
| producer | George Martin ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
The Beatles
ⓘ
at EMI Studios, London ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| side |
The Beatles (White Album)
ⓘ
surface form:
Side A of The Beatles (White Album)
|
| timeSignature | multiple changing time signatures ⓘ |
| trackOnAlbum | The Beatles (White Album) ONNED1 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Happiness Is a Warm Gun Description of subject: "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a 1968 Beatles song from the White Album, noted for its shifting time signatures, darkly surreal lyrics, and John Lennon's fragmented, multi-part composition.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Happiness Is a Warm Gun in Your Hand