Life in the Fast Lane
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"Life in the Fast Lane" is a 1976 hard rock song by the Eagles, known for its driving guitar riff and lyrics depicting the excess and hedonism of 1970s Los Angeles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life in the Fast Lane canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5351995 — 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: Life in the Fast Lane Context triple: [Eagles, notableWork, Life in the Fast Lane]
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A.
Devil in a Fast Car
"Devil in a Fast Car" is a song featured on the album *Best Kept Secret*, known for its energetic, driving rock style and evocative title imagery.
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B.
L.A. Express
L.A. Express was a prominent 1970s jazz-fusion band best known for serving as Joni Mitchell’s touring and recording ensemble during her mid-’70s electric period.
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C.
Weekend in L.A.
"Weekend in L.A." is a popular live jazz and R&B album by guitarist and vocalist George Benson, celebrated for its smooth style and hit rendition of "On Broadway."
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D.
Ride Like the Wind
"Ride Like the Wind" is a 1980 soft rock hit by Christopher Cross, known for its smooth production, memorable melody, and narrative about a desperate outlaw racing for the border.
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E.
Joy Ride
"Joy Ride" is a track from Mariah Carey's acclaimed 2005 album *The Emancipation of Mimi*, showcasing her signature vocal style in a smooth, R&B-influenced ballad.
- 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: Life in the Fast Lane Target entity description: "Life in the Fast Lane" is a 1976 hard rock song by the Eagles, known for its driving guitar riff and lyrics depicting the excess and hedonism of 1970s Los Angeles.
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A.
Devil in a Fast Car
"Devil in a Fast Car" is a song featured on the album *Best Kept Secret*, known for its energetic, driving rock style and evocative title imagery.
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B.
L.A. Express
L.A. Express was a prominent 1970s jazz-fusion band best known for serving as Joni Mitchell’s touring and recording ensemble during her mid-’70s electric period.
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C.
Weekend in L.A.
"Weekend in L.A." is a popular live jazz and R&B album by guitarist and vocalist George Benson, celebrated for its smooth style and hit rendition of "On Broadway."
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D.
Ride Like the Wind
"Ride Like the Wind" is a 1980 soft rock hit by Christopher Cross, known for its smooth production, memorable melody, and narrative about a desperate outlaw racing for the border.
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E.
Joy Ride
"Joy Ride" is a track from Mariah Carey's acclaimed 2005 album *The Emancipation of Mimi*, showcasing her signature vocal style in a smooth, R&B-influenced ballad.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Hotel California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Don Henley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glenn Frey NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bassist | Randy Meisner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 11 ⓘ |
| composer |
Don Henley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glenn Frey NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decadeDepicted | 1970s ⓘ |
| drummer | Don Henley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstReleaseRegion | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
hard rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| guitarist |
Don Felder
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Walsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBside | The Last Resort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| includedIn |
Eagles Greatest Hits Volume 2
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Very Best of the Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label | Asylum Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalist | Don Henley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | 4:46 ⓘ |
| lyricTheme |
excess
ⓘ
fast-paced lifestyle ⓘ hedonism ⓘ |
| notableFeature | driving guitar riff ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| partOf | Hotel California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Eagles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Bill Szymczyk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordingDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1977-05 ⓘ |
| setting | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| side | Side one ⓘ |
| tempo | fast ⓘ |
| trackNumber | 3 ⓘ |
| writer |
Don Henley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Glenn Frey NERFINISHED ⓘ Joe Walsh 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: Life in the Fast Lane Description of subject: "Life in the Fast Lane" is a 1976 hard rock song by the Eagles, known for its driving guitar riff and lyrics depicting the excess and hedonism of 1970s Los Angeles.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Eagles