Down on the Corner
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"Down on the Corner" is a 1969 roots-rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival known for its upbeat, street-band feel and catchy, sing-along chorus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Down on the Corner canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5364426 — 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: Down on the Corner Context triple: [Creedence Clearwater Revival, notableWork, Down on the Corner]
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A.
Standing on the Corner
"Standing on the Corner" is a popular show tune from the 1956 Frank Loesser musical *The Most Happy Fella*, known for its humorous portrayal of men admiring women passing by.
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B.
Down on the Street
"Down on the Street" is a raw, hard-driving proto-punk song by The Stooges, known for its gritty energy and influential role in shaping punk rock.
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C.
I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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D.
Stories of the Street
"Stories of the Street" is a reflective, poetic song by Leonard Cohen that appears on his debut album, blending melancholic lyrics with folk-inspired melodies.
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E.
Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights is a 1989 crime-comedy film set in 1930s Harlem, written, directed by, and starring Eddie Murphy alongside Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx.
- 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: Down on the Corner Target entity description: "Down on the Corner" is a 1969 roots-rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival known for its upbeat, street-band feel and catchy, sing-along chorus.
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A.
Standing on the Corner
"Standing on the Corner" is a popular show tune from the 1956 Frank Loesser musical *The Most Happy Fella*, known for its humorous portrayal of men admiring women passing by.
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B.
Down on the Street
"Down on the Street" is a raw, hard-driving proto-punk song by The Stooges, known for its gritty energy and influential role in shaping punk rock.
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C.
I’m Goin’ Down
"I'm Goin' Down" is a song by Bruce Springsteen, featured on his 1984 album *Born in the U.S.A.*.
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D.
Stories of the Street
"Stories of the Street" is a reflective, poetic song by Leonard Cohen that appears on his debut album, blending melancholic lyrics with folk-inspired melodies.
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E.
Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights is a 1989 crime-comedy film set in 1930s Harlem, written, directed by, and starring Eddie Murphy alongside Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Creedence Clearwater Revival ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaGoSet | 8 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 3 ⓘ |
| composer | John Fogerty ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describes | a fictional street band playing on the corner ⓘ |
| firstReleasedAs | single from the album Willy and the Poor Boys ⓘ |
| genre |
rock
ⓘ
roots rock ⓘ swamp rock ⓘ |
| hasBside | Fortunate Son ⓘ |
| hasChorusDescription | catchy sing-along chorus ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely regarded as one of Creedence Clearwater Revival's signature songs ⓘ |
| hasImaginaryBand | Willy and the Poor Boys ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentationFeature |
percussive sound effects resembling washboard and jug band instruments
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prominent bass and percussion groove ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | upbeat street-band feel ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
"Down on the corner, out in the street"
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"Willy and the Poor Boys are playin'" ⓘ |
| hasRecordingArtistMember |
Doug Clifford
ⓘ
John Fogerty ⓘ Stu Cook ⓘ Tom Fogerty ⓘ |
| hasTheme | joy of street music and communal performance ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Willy and the Poor Boys ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWithEra | late 1960s rock ⓘ |
| isFromAlbumNumber | 4 (fourth studio album by Creedence Clearwater Revival) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:46 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Creedence Clearwater Revival discography
ⓘ
linked to:
Creedence Clearwater Revival
|
| performer | Creedence Clearwater Revival ⓘ |
| producer | John Fogerty ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Fantasy Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1969-10 ⓘ |
| writer | John Fogerty ⓘ |
| year | 1969 ⓘ |
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: Down on the Corner Description of subject: "Down on the Corner" is a 1969 roots-rock song by Creedence Clearwater Revival known for its upbeat, street-band feel and catchy, sing-along chorus.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.