Runaround Sue
E596431
"Runaround Sue" is a 1961 doo-wop hit single by Dion, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about a heartbreakingly unfaithful girl.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Runaround Sue canonical | 6 |
| “Runaround Sue” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6480071 — 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: Runaround Sue Context triple: [Runaway with Del Shannon, hasTrack, Runaround Sue]
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A.
Runaround
"Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
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B.
Catch That Rabbit
"Catch That Rabbit" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores robot behavior and the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning mining robot on an asteroid.
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C.
Merry Go Round
"Merry Go Round" is a blues-rock track by guitarist Gary Moore from his Peter Green tribute album "Blues for Greeny."
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D.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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E.
Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round is a classic carousel ride featuring ornate, rotating horses and other figures, providing a traditional family-friendly amusement park experience.
- 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: Runaround Sue Target entity description: "Runaround Sue" is a 1961 doo-wop hit single by Dion, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about a heartbreakingly unfaithful girl.
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A.
Runaround
"Runaround" is a seminal science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that famously introduced and explored the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning robot on Mercury.
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B.
Catch That Rabbit
"Catch That Rabbit" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov that explores robot behavior and the Three Laws of Robotics through a malfunctioning mining robot on an asteroid.
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C.
Merry Go Round
"Merry Go Round" is a blues-rock track by guitarist Gary Moore from his Peter Green tribute album "Blues for Greeny."
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D.
Heebie Jeebies
"Heebie Jeebies" is a 1926 jazz recording by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five, famous for popularizing scat singing in mainstream jazz.
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E.
Merry-Go-Round
Merry-Go-Round is a classic carousel ride featuring ornate, rotating horses and other figures, providing a traditional family-friendly amusement park experience.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Dion ⓘ |
| chartPeakDate | 1961-10-24 ⓘ |
| chartPosition |
Billboard Hot 100 number 1
ⓘ
UK Singles Chart number 11 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| describes | an unfaithful girl ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Wanderer ⓘ |
| genre |
doo-wop
ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ |
| hasAudience | teen pop market ⓘ |
| hasBSide | Runaway Girl ⓘ |
| hasHook | Hey hey, uh-huh-huh ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | 1960s pop rock sound ⓘ |
| hasMusicStyle | vocal group backing ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | shuffle beat ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
infidelity
ⓘ
romantic heartbreak ⓘ |
| includedIn | album Runaround Sue ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Dion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:38 ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Dion DiMucci
ⓘ
Ernie Maresca ⓘ |
| medium | 7-inch vinyl single ⓘ |
| notableFor |
call-and-response vocals
ⓘ
catchy melody ⓘ handclap rhythm ⓘ |
| originalReleaseFormat | mono recording ⓘ |
| partOf | early 1960s American pop music canon ⓘ |
| performer | Dion ⓘ |
| precededBy | Somebody Nobody Wants ⓘ |
| producer |
Gene Schwartz
ⓘ
Phil Gernhard ⓘ |
| recordingYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Laurie Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | cover versions by various artists ⓘ |
| usesSongForm | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| vocalType | male lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer |
Dion DiMucci
ⓘ
Ernie Maresca ⓘ |
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: Runaround Sue Description of subject: "Runaround Sue" is a 1961 doo-wop hit single by Dion, known for its catchy melody and lyrics about a heartbreakingly unfaithful girl.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Runaround Sue