Ashes to Ashes
E434411
"Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 art-pop song by David Bowie that revisits his Major Tom character with a darker, more introspective tone and an innovative, visually striking music video.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ashes to Ashes canonical | 1 |
| “Ashes to Ashes” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4363189 — 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: Ashes to Ashes Context triple: [David Bowie, notableWork, Ashes to Ashes]
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A.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction crime drama television series that serves as a sequel to Life on Mars, following a modern-day detective who finds herself transported back to the 1980s.
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B.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
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C.
Nightshift
"Nightshift" is a soulful 1985 tribute ballad by the Commodores honoring late musicians Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, and is one of the group's most enduring hits.
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D.
Queen of the Damned
Queen of the Damned is a 2002 gothic horror film based on Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels, focusing on the ancient vampire Lestat and the resurrected vampire queen Akasha.
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E.
The Damned
The Damned are a pioneering English punk rock band formed in the mid-1970s, known for releasing one of the first UK punk singles and albums and later incorporating gothic and psychedelic influences into their sound.
- 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: Ashes to Ashes Target entity description: "Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 art-pop song by David Bowie that revisits his Major Tom character with a darker, more introspective tone and an innovative, visually striking music video.
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A.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a British science fiction crime drama television series that serves as a sequel to Life on Mars, following a modern-day detective who finds herself transported back to the 1980s.
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B.
Ashes to Ashes
Ashes to Ashes is a late, enigmatic stage play by Harold Pinter that explores memory, guilt, and complicity through fragmented dialogue and unsettling power dynamics between two characters.
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C.
Nightshift
"Nightshift" is a soulful 1985 tribute ballad by the Commodores honoring late musicians Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson, and is one of the group's most enduring hits.
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D.
Queen of the Damned
Queen of the Damned is a 2002 gothic horror film based on Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles novels, focusing on the ancient vampire Lestat and the resurrected vampire queen Akasha.
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E.
The Damned
The Damned are a pioneering English punk rock band formed in the mid-1970s, known for releasing one of the first UK punk singles and albums and later incorporating gothic and psychedelic influences into their sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | Move On NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartNameUK | UK Singles Chart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUK | 1 ⓘ |
| composer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| era | post-punk period ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Major Tom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art pop
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasHookLine |
"Ashes to ashes, funk to funky"
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"We know Major Tom's a junkie" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Ashes to Ashes (music video) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | David Bowie compilation albums ⓘ |
| label | RCA Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
addiction
ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ introspection ⓘ |
| lyricist | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoCost | one of the most expensive music videos of its time ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | David Mallet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoFormat | color video ⓘ |
| musicVideoInnovation | extensive use of video effects ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative music video
ⓘ
revisiting Major Tom with a darker tone ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Visconti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn |
Good Earth Studios, London
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Power Station, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1980-08-08 ⓘ |
| revisitsCharacterFrom | Space Oddity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 4:26 ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead vocal by David Bowie ⓘ |
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: Ashes to Ashes Description of subject: "Ashes to Ashes" is a 1980 art-pop song by David Bowie that revisits his Major Tom character with a darker, more introspective tone and an innovative, visually striking music video.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
“Ashes to Ashes”