Drift Away
E460522
"Drift Away" is a popular soft rock song, originally recorded by Dobie Gray and later famously covered by Uncle Kracker, known for its laid-back melody and nostalgic lyrics about the power of music.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Drift Away canonical | 16 |
| Drift Away (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4684250 — 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: Drift Away Context triple: [Uncle Kracker, notableWork, Drift Away]
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A.
Get Away
"Get Away" is a 1993 R&B single by American singer Bobby Brown, known for its new jack swing style and energetic production.
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B.
Coastin'
"Coastin'" is an R&B song by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, known for its smooth, summery groove and sensual, laid-back vibe.
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C.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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D.
Lookin' to Get Out
Lookin' to Get Out is a 1982 American comedy film starring Jon Voight and Burt Young, directed by Hal Ashby, about two gamblers trying to win back their losses in Las Vegas.
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E.
Little Wing
"Little Wing" is Stevie Ray Vaughan's acclaimed instrumental cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic, celebrated for its expressive guitar work and emotional depth.
- 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: Drift Away Target entity description: "Drift Away" is a popular soft rock song, originally recorded by Dobie Gray and later famously covered by Uncle Kracker, known for its laid-back melody and nostalgic lyrics about the power of music.
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A.
Get Away
"Get Away" is a 1993 R&B single by American singer Bobby Brown, known for its new jack swing style and energetic production.
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B.
Coastin'
"Coastin'" is an R&B song by American singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, known for its smooth, summery groove and sensual, laid-back vibe.
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C.
Song Sung Blue
"Song Sung Blue" is a 1972 soft rock hit by Neil Diamond that became one of his signature songs and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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D.
Lookin' to Get Out
Lookin' to Get Out is a 1982 American comedy film starring Jon Voight and Burt Young, directed by Hal Ashby, about two gamblers trying to win back their losses in Las Vegas.
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E.
Little Wing
"Little Wing" is Stevie Ray Vaughan's acclaimed instrumental cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic, celebrated for its expressive guitar work and emotional depth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| composer | Mentor Williams ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| coveredBy |
Uncle Kracker
ⓘ
numerous artists ⓘ |
| decadeOfOriginalPopularity | 1970s ⓘ |
| decadeOfRenewedPopularity | 2000s ⓘ |
| famousCoverArtist | Uncle Kracker ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
adult contemporary listeners
ⓘ
soft rock listeners ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitar ⓘ keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
escapism
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ power of music ⓘ |
| hasMood |
laid-back
ⓘ
reflective ⓘ uplifting ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul
ⓘ
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyPlayedOn |
adult contemporary radio
ⓘ
classic hits radio ⓘ |
| isPopularMusicStandard | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
laid-back melody
ⓘ
nostalgic lyrics ⓘ |
| originalPerformer | Dobie Gray ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Dobie Gray
ⓘ
Uncle Kracker ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
melodic chorus
ⓘ
radio-friendly structure ⓘ relaxed groove ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
connection to rock and roll
ⓘ
emotional effect of music ⓘ relief from everyday troubles ⓘ |
| writer | Mentor Williams ⓘ |
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: Drift Away Description of subject: "Drift Away" is a popular soft rock song, originally recorded by Dobie Gray and later famously covered by Uncle Kracker, known for its laid-back melody and nostalgic lyrics about the power of music.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.