Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
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"Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" is a hard-edged rock song by Neil Young that reflects on the enduring power and cost of rock and roll, famously containing the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4807591 — 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: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Context triple: [Rust Never Sleeps, hasPart, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)]
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A.
Back to Black
Back to Black is Amy Winehouse’s critically acclaimed soul and R&B album known for its raw, confessional songwriting and retro-inspired production.
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B.
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
"It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song renowned for its dense, apocalyptic lyrics and scathing social commentary, often cited as one of his greatest works.
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C.
I’m Down
"I’m Down" is a song featured on Aerosmith’s 1987 hard rock album "Permanent Vacation."
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D.
Oh Yes
"Oh Yes" is a song featured on Whitney Houston’s 1998 R&B/pop album *My Love Is Your Love*.
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E.
Keep Right On
"Keep Right On" is a traditional football anthem passionately sung by Birmingham City F.C. supporters as a symbol of loyalty and perseverance.
- 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: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Target entity description: "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" is a hard-edged rock song by Neil Young that reflects on the enduring power and cost of rock and roll, famously containing the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away."
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A.
Back to Black
Back to Black is Amy Winehouse’s critically acclaimed soul and R&B album known for its raw, confessional songwriting and retro-inspired production.
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B.
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
"It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)" is a 1965 Bob Dylan song renowned for its dense, apocalyptic lyrics and scathing social commentary, often cited as one of his greatest works.
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C.
I’m Down
"I’m Down" is a song featured on Aerosmith’s 1987 hard rock album "Permanent Vacation."
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D.
Oh Yes
"Oh Yes" is a song featured on Whitney Houston’s 1998 R&B/pop album *My Love Is Your Love*.
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E.
Keep Right On
"Keep Right On" is a traditional football anthem passionately sung by Birmingham City F.C. supporters as a symbol of loyalty and perseverance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Rust Never Sleeps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Neil Young and Crazy Horse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedConcept | the phrase rust never sleeps ⓘ |
| chronologicallyFollows | My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
proto‑grunge ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
frequently cited in discussions of rock authenticity
ⓘ
quoted in popular culture and media ⓘ |
| hasGuitarStyle | heavy distortion ⓘ |
| hasLivePerformance | Rust Never Sleeps tour NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLyric | it’s better to burn out than to fade away NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium ⓘ |
| hasVersion | My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | grunge ⓘ |
| isElectricVersionOf | My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| liveAlbumAppearance | Live Rust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricist | Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
inclusion of the line it’s better to burn out than to fade away
ⓘ
reflection on the legacy of rock music ⓘ use of distorted electric guitar ⓘ |
| openingTrackOf | Rust Never Sleeps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rust Never Sleeps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer |
Crazy Horse
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
David Briggs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neil Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1979 ⓘ |
| theme |
fame
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mortality ⓘ rock and roll ⓘ the cost of artistic success ⓘ |
| trackType | electric version ⓘ |
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: Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) Description of subject: "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" is a hard-edged rock song by Neil Young that reflects on the enduring power and cost of rock and roll, famously containing the line "it's better to burn out than to fade away."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.