Take Me to the River
E483443
Take Me to the River is a classic 1974 soul song by Al Green that blends gospel, R&B, and funk and has been widely covered and celebrated as one of his signature recordings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Take Me to the River canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4962801 — 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: Take Me to the River Context triple: [Al Green, notableWork, Take Me to the River]
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A.
In the Rain
"In the Rain" is a song best known as a soulful 1971 hit by the American R&B group The Dramatics, featuring lush production and emotive vocals.
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B.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions and expansive, symphonic sound.
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C.
The Weight
"The Weight" is a classic 1968 rock song by The Band, renowned for its storytelling lyrics and enduring influence on American roots music.
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D.
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is a landmark 1976 double album by Stevie Wonder, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in popular music history.
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E.
We Could Be Free
"We Could Be Free" is a politically charged, introspective hip-hop song by Vic Mensa that reflects on systemic injustice, violence, and the hope for collective liberation.
- 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: Take Me to the River Target entity description: Take Me to the River is a classic 1974 soul song by Al Green that blends gospel, R&B, and funk and has been widely covered and celebrated as one of his signature recordings.
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A.
In the Rain
"In the Rain" is a song best known as a soulful 1971 hit by the American R&B group The Dramatics, featuring lush production and emotive vocals.
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B.
Close to the Edge
Close to the Edge is a landmark 1972 progressive rock album by the band Yes, renowned for its complex compositions and expansive, symphonic sound.
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C.
The Weight
"The Weight" is a classic 1968 rock song by The Band, renowned for its storytelling lyrics and enduring influence on American roots music.
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D.
Songs in the Key of Life
Songs in the Key of Life is a landmark 1976 double album by Stevie Wonder, widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums in popular music history.
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E.
We Could Be Free
"We Could Be Free" is a politically charged, introspective hip-hop song by Vic Mensa that reflects on systemic injustice, violence, and the hope for collective liberation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| albumSequenceNumber | eighth studio album for Al Green ⓘ |
| associatedWithScene | Memphis music scene ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by music critics ⓘ |
| genre |
R&B
ⓘ
funk ⓘ gospel ⓘ soul ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | frequently cited as one of Al Green's greatest recordings ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
guitar
ⓘ
horn section ⓘ organ ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | Memphis soul ⓘ |
| hasNotableCoverVersionBy |
Annie Lennox
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bryan Ferry NERFINISHED ⓘ Foghat NERFINISHED ⓘ Levon Helm NERFINISHED ⓘ Syl Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Talking Heads NERFINISHED ⓘ The Commitments (film soundtrack cast) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSongStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow-to-mid tempo groove ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Al Green Explores Your Mind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
blue-eyed soul
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| isRecognizedAs |
R&B classic
ⓘ
soul standard ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Al Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
baptism imagery
ⓘ
love and devotion ⓘ spiritual redemption ⓘ |
| originalArtist | Al Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Al Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfRecording | Royal Recording Studios, Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Willie Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1973 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Hi Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| vocalist | Al Green NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | gospel-influenced ⓘ |
| writer |
Al Green
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mabon "Teenie" Hodges 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: Take Me to the River Description of subject: Take Me to the River is a classic 1974 soul song by Al Green that blends gospel, R&B, and funk and has been widely covered and celebrated as one of his signature recordings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.