Conga

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single song

"Conga" is a 1985 Latin pop-dance hit by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine that popularized Latin rhythms in mainstream American pop music.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Conga canonical	5
Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga	1
Conga (live)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5577919 — 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: Conga
Context triple: [Gloria Estefan, notableWork, Conga]

A. Conga!
"Conga!" is a lively musical number from the 1953 Broadway musical *Wonderful Town*, known for its energetic Latin-inspired rhythm and ensemble choreography.
B. Samba Pa Ti
"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental Latin rock ballad by guitarist Carlos Santana, renowned for its expressive, melodic guitar work and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
C. Dranse
The Dranse is a river in the Haute-Savoie region of France that flows from the Alps into Lake Geneva near Thonon-les-Bains.
D. Syncopation
Syncopation is a 1942 American musical drama film centered on the history and development of jazz music.
E. Azonto
Azonto is a popular Ghanaian dance and music style characterized by fast-paced rhythms and expressive, often humorous body movements.
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: Conga
Target entity description: "Conga" is a 1985 Latin pop-dance hit by Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine that popularized Latin rhythms in mainstream American pop music.

A. Conga!
"Conga!" is a lively musical number from the 1953 Broadway musical *Wonderful Town*, known for its energetic Latin-inspired rhythm and ensemble choreography.
B. Samba Pa Ti
"Samba Pa Ti" is an instrumental Latin rock ballad by guitarist Carlos Santana, renowned for its expressive, melodic guitar work and enduring popularity since its release in 1970.
C. Dranse
The Dranse is a river in the Haute-Savoie region of France that flows from the Alps into Lake Geneva near Thonon-les-Bains.
D. Syncopation
Syncopation is a 1942 American musical drama film centered on the history and development of jazz music.
E. Azonto
Azonto is a popular Ghanaian dance and music style characterized by fast-paced rhythms and expressive, often humorous body movements.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
albumArtist	Miami Sound Machine ⓘ
associatedDance	conga line ⓘ
chartPerformance	Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit ⓘ Billboard Hot Dance Club Play hit ⓘ Billboard Hot Latin Songs hit ⓘ
chronologyFollowedBy	Bad Boy ⓘ
chronologyFollows	Dr. Beat ⓘ
composer	Enrique Garcia ⓘ linked to: Enrique García
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
genre	Latin freestyle ⓘ Latin pop ⓘ dance-pop ⓘ
has12InchMixLength	6:00 ⓘ
hasBand	Miami Sound Machine ⓘ
hasBside	Mucho Money ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact	became a staple of 1980s dance music ⓘ widely used at parties and sporting events ⓘ
hasFormat	12-inch single ⓘ 7-inch single ⓘ cassette single ⓘ
hasLength	4:14 ⓘ
hasLiveVersion	Conga (live) ⓘ linked to: Conga
hasMainArtist	Gloria Estefan ⓘ
hasMusicalFeature	dance-oriented tempo ⓘ horn section riffs ⓘ syncopated Latin percussion ⓘ
hasRadioEditLength	4:14 ⓘ
hasReleaseYear	1985 ⓘ
hasSignatureLine	Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ⓘ linked to: Conga
hasSingleType	lead single ⓘ
includedInTourSetlist	Gloria Estefan world tours ⓘ Let It Loose Tour ⓘ Primitive Love Tour ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Enrique Garcia ⓘ linked to: Enrique García
musicVideoDirector	Don Taylor ⓘ
notableFor	popularizing Latin rhythms in mainstream American pop music ⓘ
partOfAlbum	Primitive Love ⓘ
performer	Miami Sound Machine ⓘ
performerNationality	Cuban-American ⓘ
producer	Emilio Estefan Jr. ⓘ linked to: Emilio Estefan Lawrence Dermer ⓘ Rafael Vigil ⓘ
recordLabel	Epic Records ⓘ
releaseDecade	1980s ⓘ
vocalist	Gloria Estefan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gloria Estefan → notableWork → Conga ⓘ

On Your Feet! → featuresSong → Conga ⓘ

Miami Sound Machine → notableWork → Conga ⓘ

Miami Sound Machine → hasSignatureSong → Conga ⓘ

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan → notableWork → Conga ⓘ

Conga → hasLiveVersion → Conga (live) ⓘ

linked to: Conga

Conga → hasSignatureLine → Come on, shake your body, baby, do the conga ⓘ