First We Take Manhattan
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"First We Take Manhattan" is a darkly prophetic, synth-driven song by Leonard Cohen that blends political and apocalyptic imagery with his signature poetic lyricism.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| First We Take Manhattan canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4387220 — 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: First We Take Manhattan Context triple: [I'm Your Man, hasTrack, First We Take Manhattan]
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A.
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film in which Jennifer Lopez stars as a hotel maid who unexpectedly falls in love with a wealthy politician.
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B.
Saturday Night in the City
"Saturday Night in the City" is an energetic pop-rock track featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 romantic comedy film *The Wedding Singer*.
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C.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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D.
Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City is a popular Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy film known for its lighthearted take on modern relationships and urban life.
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E.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 fantasy-romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen about a movie character who steps off the screen into the real world during the Great Depression.
- 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: First We Take Manhattan Target entity description: "First We Take Manhattan" is a darkly prophetic, synth-driven song by Leonard Cohen that blends political and apocalyptic imagery with his signature poetic lyricism.
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A.
Maid in Manhattan
Maid in Manhattan is a 2002 romantic comedy film in which Jennifer Lopez stars as a hotel maid who unexpectedly falls in love with a wealthy politician.
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B.
Saturday Night in the City
"Saturday Night in the City" is an energetic pop-rock track featured on the soundtrack of the 1998 romantic comedy film *The Wedding Singer*.
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C.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer is a modernist novel by John Dos Passos that portrays the fragmented, fast-paced life of early 20th-century New York City through a collage-like narrative style.
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D.
Love in the Big City
Love in the Big City is a popular Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy film known for its lighthearted take on modern relationships and urban life.
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E.
The Purple Rose of Cairo
The Purple Rose of Cairo is a 1985 fantasy-romantic comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen about a movie character who steps off the screen into the real world during the Great Depression.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | I’m Your Man ⓘ |
| artist | Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| composer | Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| describedAs |
apocalyptic
ⓘ
darkly prophetic ⓘ politically charged ⓘ synth-driven Leonard Cohen song ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Jennifer Warnes ⓘ |
| firstReleasedAs | Jennifer Warnes recording ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
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pop rock ⓘ synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | interpretations of political violence in popular music ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover |
Jann Arden version
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Jennifer Warnes version ⓘ Joe Cocker version ⓘ Lloyd Cole version ⓘ Nick Cave live version ⓘ Patricia O’Callaghan version ⓘ R.E.M. version ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin
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I don’t like your fashion business, mister ⓘ I’m guided by a signal in the heavens ⓘ They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
dark
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poetic lyricism ⓘ synth-driven ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
apocalyptic imagery
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political imagery ⓘ prophecy ⓘ revenge ⓘ terrorism ⓘ |
| includedIn | album Famous Blue Raincoat ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| partOf | Leonard Cohen discography ⓘ |
| performer | Leonard Cohen ⓘ |
| producer |
Jean-Michel Reusser
ⓘ
Leonard Cohen ⓘ Michel Robidoux ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: First We Take Manhattan Description of subject: "First We Take Manhattan" is a darkly prophetic, synth-driven song by Leonard Cohen that blends political and apocalyptic imagery with his signature poetic lyricism.
Referenced by (6)
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