Better the Devil You Know
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"Better the Devil You Know" is a 1990 dance-pop single by Australian singer Kylie Minogue that became one of her signature hits and a defining track of her early career.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Better the Devil You Know canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6280124 — 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: Better the Devil You Know Context triple: [Kylie Minogue, notableWork, Better the Devil You Know]
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A.
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring espionage, terrorism, and high-stakes covert operations.
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B.
Dancing with the Devil
Dancing with the Devil is a deeply personal song and documentary project by Demi Lovato that explores her struggles with addiction, trauma, and recovery.
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C.
Who The Devil Made It
"Who The Devil Made It" is a book by filmmaker and critic Peter Bogdanovich that collects in-depth interviews with classic Hollywood directors, exploring their careers and the art of filmmaking.
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D.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set in German East Africa during World War I, blending high-stakes action with historical drama.
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E.
Devil Without a Cause
Devil Without a Cause is Kid Rock’s breakthrough 1998 studio album that fused rap, rock, and country elements and propelled him to mainstream fame.
- 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: Better the Devil You Know Target entity description: "Better the Devil You Know" is a 1990 dance-pop single by Australian singer Kylie Minogue that became one of her signature hits and a defining track of her early career.
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A.
Touch the Devil
Touch the Devil is a Cold War-era thriller novel by Jack Higgins featuring espionage, terrorism, and high-stakes covert operations.
-
B.
Dancing with the Devil
Dancing with the Devil is a deeply personal song and documentary project by Demi Lovato that explores her struggles with addiction, trauma, and recovery.
-
C.
Who The Devil Made It
"Who The Devil Made It" is a book by filmmaker and critic Peter Bogdanovich that collects in-depth interviews with classic Hollywood directors, exploring their careers and the art of filmmaking.
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D.
Shout at the Devil
Shout at the Devil is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith set in German East Africa during World War I, blending high-stakes action with historical drama.
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E.
Devil Without a Cause
Devil Without a Cause is Kid Rock’s breakthrough 1998 studio album that fused rap, rock, and country elements and propelled him to mainstream fame.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Rhythm of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| Bside | I’m Over Dreaming (Over You) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
Australian Singles Chart top 5
ⓘ
Irish Singles Chart number 1 ⓘ UK Singles Chart number 2 ⓘ |
| chronology | Kylie Minogue singles chronology ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| describedAs |
defining track of Kylie Minogue’s early career
ⓘ
one of Kylie Minogue’s signature hits ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Kylie Minogue compilation albums ⓘ |
| followedBy | Step Back in Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Tears on My Pillow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
pop ⓘ |
| hasLiveVersion | Better the Devil You Know (live performances) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Better the Devil You Know music video ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideoDirector | Paul Goldman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRemix |
Dave Ford Mix
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mad March Hare Mix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Kylie Minogue concert setlists ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:52 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming a fan-favourite in Kylie Minogue’s live performances
ⓘ
marking a more mature image for Kylie Minogue ⓘ |
| partOf | Rhythm of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Kylie Minogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Stock Aitken Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | MCA Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1989 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mushroom Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PWL Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1990 ⓘ |
| releaseFormat |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ CD single ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Matt Aitken
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mike Stock NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Waterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme | romantic relationship ⓘ |
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: Better the Devil You Know Description of subject: "Better the Devil You Know" is a 1990 dance-pop single by Australian singer Kylie Minogue that became one of her signature hits and a defining track of her early career.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.