Rock the Casbah
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"Rock the Casbah" is a 1982 hit single by British punk rock band The Clash that blends punk, dance, and Middle Eastern musical influences and became one of their most iconic and commercially successful songs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rock the Casbah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5215078 — 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: Rock the Casbah Context triple: [The Clash, notableSong, Rock the Casbah]
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A.
Baba O'Riley
"Baba O'Riley" is a classic rock song by The Who, renowned for its iconic synthesizer intro and anthemic chorus often mistaken for being titled "Teenage Wasteland."
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B.
I Can't Explain
"I Can't Explain" is a 1965 rock single by The Who, widely regarded as one of their earliest signature songs and a formative track in the development of power pop.
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C.
Won't Get Fooled Again
"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a landmark rock song by The Who, famed for its powerful synthesizer-driven sound, explosive climax, and enduring political and cultural resonance.
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D.
I Am a Rock
"I Am a Rock" is a folk rock song by Simon & Garfunkel known for its introspective lyrics about emotional isolation and self-protection.
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E.
Crocodile Rock
"Crocodile Rock" is a 1972 rock and roll–inspired hit single by Elton John known for its nostalgic lyrics and upbeat, retro sound.
- 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: Rock the Casbah Target entity description: "Rock the Casbah" is a 1982 hit single by British punk rock band The Clash that blends punk, dance, and Middle Eastern musical influences and became one of their most iconic and commercially successful songs.
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A.
Baba O'Riley
"Baba O'Riley" is a classic rock song by The Who, renowned for its iconic synthesizer intro and anthemic chorus often mistaken for being titled "Teenage Wasteland."
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B.
I Can't Explain
"I Can't Explain" is a 1965 rock single by The Who, widely regarded as one of their earliest signature songs and a formative track in the development of power pop.
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C.
Won't Get Fooled Again
"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a landmark rock song by The Who, famed for its powerful synthesizer-driven sound, explosive climax, and enduring political and cultural resonance.
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D.
I Am a Rock
"I Am a Rock" is a folk rock song by Simon & Garfunkel known for its introspective lyrics about emotional isolation and self-protection.
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E.
Crocodile Rock
"Crocodile Rock" is a 1972 rock and roll–inspired hit single by Elton John known for its nostalgic lyrics and upbeat, retro sound.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Combat Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 30 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 8 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100PeakYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| composer | Topper Headon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describedAs |
one of the most commercially successful songs by The Clash
ⓘ
one of the most iconic songs of The Clash ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
dance beat
ⓘ
handclaps ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ piano ⓘ |
| followedBySingle | Should I Stay or Should I Go NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dance rock
ⓘ
new wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ punk rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Long Time Jerk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | became a major MTV-era hit ⓘ |
| hasMusicalInfluence | Middle Eastern music ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Rock the Casbah music video ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
cultural conflict
ⓘ
resistance to authoritarianism ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Combat Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOfMostFamousSongsOf | The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3:42 ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Don Letts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfDiscographyOf | The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBySingle | Know Your Rights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Glyn Johns
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Clash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1981 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
CBS Records
NERFINISHED
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Epic Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| writer |
Joe Strummer
NERFINISHED
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Mick Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Topper Headon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Rock the Casbah Description of subject: "Rock the Casbah" is a 1982 hit single by British punk rock band The Clash that blends punk, dance, and Middle Eastern musical influences and became one of their most iconic and commercially successful songs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.