“I Need to Know”
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"I Need to Know" is a 1999 Latin pop and salsa-infused hit single by Marc Anthony that helped establish his mainstream crossover success in the English-language market.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Need to Know | 4 |
| song "I Need to Know" | 1 |
| “I Need to Know” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5577980 — 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 Need to Know” Context triple: [Marc Anthony, notableWork, “I Need to Know”]
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A.
I Need to Know
"I Need to Know" is a 1978 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released as a single from their second album "You're Gonna Get It!".
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B.
I Know What You Need
"I Know What You Need" is a psychological horror short story by Stephen King about a college student who discovers the dark, supernatural source of her seemingly perfect boyfriend’s ability to anticipate her desires.
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C.
Nobody Needs to Know
"Nobody Needs to Know" is a poignant solo number from the musical *The Last Five Years* in which the character Jamie grapples with guilt and infidelity near the end of his marriage.
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D.
I Want You to Know
"I Want You to Know" is a 2015 EDM-pop single by Zedd featuring Selena Gomez that became a commercial hit for its catchy, danceable production and emotive vocals.
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E.
Who Knows
"Who Knows" is a blues-rock song by Jimi Hendrix, performed with his Band of Gypsys and known for its extended improvisation and funk-influenced groove.
- 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 Need to Know” Target entity description: "I Need to Know" is a 1999 Latin pop and salsa-infused hit single by Marc Anthony that helped establish his mainstream crossover success in the English-language market.
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A.
I Need to Know
"I Need to Know" is a 1978 rock song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released as a single from their second album "You're Gonna Get It!".
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B.
I Know What You Need
"I Know What You Need" is a psychological horror short story by Stephen King about a college student who discovers the dark, supernatural source of her seemingly perfect boyfriend’s ability to anticipate her desires.
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C.
Nobody Needs to Know
"Nobody Needs to Know" is a poignant solo number from the musical *The Last Five Years* in which the character Jamie grapples with guilt and infidelity near the end of his marriage.
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D.
I Want You to Know
"I Want You to Know" is a 2015 EDM-pop single by Zedd featuring Selena Gomez that became a commercial hit for its catchy, danceable production and emotive vocals.
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E.
Who Knows
"Who Knows" is a blues-rock song by Jimi Hendrix, performed with his Band of Gypsys and known for its extended improvisation and funk-influenced groove.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Marc Anthony ⓘ |
| artist | Marc Anthony ⓘ |
| chartedOn |
Billboard Adult Contemporary
ⓘ
linked to:
Billboard Adult Contemporary chart
Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot Latin Songs ⓘ
linked to:
Billboard Latin music charts
Billboard Tropical Songs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
Latin pop
ⓘ
salsa ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasSpanishLanguageVersion | Dímelo ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish | Marc Anthony mainstream crossover success in the English-language market ⓘ |
| isBreakthroughSingleFor | Marc Anthony ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | Marc Anthony ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | salsa-infused pop ⓘ |
| musicVideoPerformer | Marc Anthony ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ |
| partOf | Marc Anthony (album) ⓘ |
| performer | Marc Anthony ⓘ |
| producer |
Cory Rooney
ⓘ
Dan Shea ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Columbia Records
ⓘ
Sony Discos ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| tempo | uptempo ⓘ |
| writer |
Cory Rooney
ⓘ
Dan Shea ⓘ Marc Anthony ⓘ |
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: “I Need to Know” Description of subject: "I Need to Know" is a 1999 Latin pop and salsa-infused hit single by Marc Anthony that helped establish his mainstream crossover success in the English-language market.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: “I Need to Know”
linked to: “I Need to Know”
linked to: “I Need to Know”
linked to: “I Need to Know”
subject linked to:
“You Sang to Me”
linked to: “I Need to Know”