I Want to Be on TV
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"I Want to Be on TV" is a punk rock song by Green Day, released as the B-side to their single "Geek Stink Breath."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Want to Be on TV canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5081961 — 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 Want to Be on TV Context triple: [Geek Stink Breath, hasBside, I Want to Be on TV]
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A.
I Don't Want to Be
"I Don't Want to Be" is a 2003 pop-rock song by Gavin DeGraw best known as the theme song for the television series One Tree Hill.
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B.
On Television
On Television is a critical work by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu that analyzes how television shapes public discourse, culture, and power relations.
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C.
I Wanna Be
"I Wanna Be" is a song featured on the collaborative blues-rock album "Riding with the King" by B.B. King and Eric Clapton.
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D.
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
"You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" is a 1976 Grammy-winning pop and R&B duet by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. that became their signature hit.
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E.
What’s It Gonna Be
"What’s It Gonna Be" is a song featured on John Legend’s 2006 album *Evolver*.
- 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 Want to Be on TV Target entity description: "I Want to Be on TV" is a punk rock song by Green Day, released as the B-side to their single "Geek Stink Breath."
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A.
I Don't Want to Be
"I Don't Want to Be" is a 2003 pop-rock song by Gavin DeGraw best known as the theme song for the television series One Tree Hill.
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B.
On Television
On Television is a critical work by sociologist Pierre Bourdieu that analyzes how television shapes public discourse, culture, and power relations.
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C.
I Wanna Be
"I Wanna Be" is a song featured on the collaborative blues-rock album "Riding with the King" by B.B. King and Eric Clapton.
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D.
You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)
"You Don’t Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)" is a 1976 Grammy-winning pop and R&B duet by Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. that became their signature hit.
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E.
What’s It Gonna Be
"What’s It Gonna Be" is a song featured on John Legend’s 2006 album *Evolver*.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | song ⓘ |
| artist | Green Day ⓘ |
| composer | Green Day ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| followsInDiscography | songs from the album Insomniac era ⓘ |
| genre | punk rock ⓘ |
| hasBsideOf | Geek Stink Breath ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtistMember |
Billie Joe Armstrong
ⓘ
Mike Dirnt ⓘ Tré Cool ⓘ |
| hasStyle | punk rock ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
fame
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Green Day ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Green Day ⓘ |
| partOfSingle | Geek Stink Breath ⓘ |
| performer | Green Day ⓘ |
| performerRole |
Billie Joe Armstrong – vocals, guitar
ⓘ
Mike Dirnt – bass guitar, backing vocals ⓘ Tré Cool – drums ⓘ
linked to:
Tré Cool
|
| positionOnSingle | B-side ⓘ |
| publisher | Reprise Records ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Green Day ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Reprise Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: I Want to Be on TV Description of subject: "I Want to Be on TV" is a punk rock song by Green Day, released as the B-side to their single "Geek Stink Breath."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Green Day – Geek Stink Breath