I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
E434920
"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" is a 1987 Grammy-winning duet between George Michael and Aretha Franklin that became a major international pop and soul hit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4374147 — 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: I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Context triple: [George Michael, notableWork, I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)]
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A.
Wait For Me
"Wait For Me" is a track from Big Sean's debut studio album "Finally Famous," showcasing his introspective lyricism over melodic production.
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B.
When You Say Nothing at All
"When You Say Nothing at All" is a popular country ballad best known for its heartfelt lyrics and hit recordings by artists such as Keith Whitley, Alison Krauss, and Ronan Keating.
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C.
How Will I Know
"How Will I Know" is a 1985 upbeat pop and dance song by Whitney Houston that became one of her signature hits and helped establish her as a major international star.
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D.
Let’s Wait Awhile
"Let's Wait Awhile" is a 1987 R&B ballad by Janet Jackson that emphasizes themes of sexual abstinence and emotional readiness in a relationship.
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E.
I Look to You
"I Look to You" is Whitney Houston's 2009 comeback studio album, featuring a blend of contemporary R&B and pop ballads that marked her return to the music scene after a long hiatus.
- 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: I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Target entity description: "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" is a 1987 Grammy-winning duet between George Michael and Aretha Franklin that became a major international pop and soul hit.
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A.
Wait For Me
"Wait For Me" is a track from Big Sean's debut studio album "Finally Famous," showcasing his introspective lyricism over melodic production.
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B.
When You Say Nothing at All
"When You Say Nothing at All" is a popular country ballad best known for its heartfelt lyrics and hit recordings by artists such as Keith Whitley, Alison Krauss, and Ronan Keating.
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C.
How Will I Know
"How Will I Know" is a 1985 upbeat pop and dance song by Whitney Houston that became one of her signature hits and helped establish her as a major international star.
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D.
Let’s Wait Awhile
"Let's Wait Awhile" is a 1987 R&B ballad by Janet Jackson that emphasizes themes of sexual abstinence and emotional readiness in a relationship.
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E.
I Look to You
"I Look to You" is Whitney Houston's 2009 comeback studio album, featuring a blend of contemporary R&B and pop ballads that marked her return to the music scene after a long hiatus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Grammy Award
ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
UK Singles Chart number one
ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 number one ⓘ number one in several international markets ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | 1980s pop and R&B ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasBside |
Aretha Franklin – Rock-A-Lott
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Michael – Hard Day (various editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | covered by various artists in live performances ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
backing vocals
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) music video ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Aretha Franklin compilation albums
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Michael compilation albums ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 4 minutes ⓘ |
| mediaAppearance | featured in various music television programs in the late 1980s ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Andy Morahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collaboration between George Michael and Aretha Franklin
ⓘ
major international hit in 1987 ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum |
Aretha (1986 album)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Faith (some editions) ⓘ |
| performer |
Aretha Franklin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Michael NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Narada Michael Walden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1987 ⓘ |
| recorded | 1986 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ |
| tempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
anticipation of love
ⓘ
faith and perseverance in relationships ⓘ |
| vocalArrangement |
call-and-response
ⓘ
harmonized choruses ⓘ |
| vocalType | duet ⓘ |
| writer |
Dennis Morgan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Simon Climie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) Description of subject: "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" is a 1987 Grammy-winning duet between George Michael and Aretha Franklin that became a major international pop and soul hit.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.